Monday, July 16, 2018

Stop When You Achieve Your Goal

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Software engineers use many development techniques that correspond to a sub-goal of software development. For example, structured or objec...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

"Know-When" Is As Important As Know-How

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Knowing how to use a technique well does not make it a good technique, nor does it make you a good engineer. The good engineer knows doze...
Monday, July 09, 2018

Developing Great Product Management and Engineering Relationships

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A healthy relationship between Product Management and Engineering is critical to build successful products. It’s also essential in creating ...
Sunday, July 01, 2018

Software Tools Are Expensive

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Software tools can be expensive. You have to factor in the cost of the tool, the hardware to run the tool on, and the training of your emplo...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Give Software Tools To Good Engineers

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Users of software tools become more productive. However, a tool cannot convert a poor software engineer (one that produces code that is u...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Use Tools, But Be Realistic

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Software tools can make their users more efficient and should be used. Remember that the hard work (the thinking) is not done by the tool...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Technique Before Tools

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"An undisciplined software engineer with a tool becomes a dangerous undisciplined software engineer." A software engineer mu...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Different Languages For Different Phases

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"The industry's eternal thirst for simple solutions to complex problems ( Every Complex Problem Has a Solution ) drives many to...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Record Your Assumptions

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" We make approximately one assumption every 10 lines of code, or even if I'm off by a factor of 2 or 3, one assumption every 2...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Every Complex Problem Has a Solution

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" To every complex problem, there is a simple solution... and it is wrong! " - Wlad Turski Be highly suspicious of anyone ...