November « 2004 « daily delusions

Everything at once

By Yashima, on November 19th, 2004

I should have known. Everything always happens at once. Only this time I would really have liked to be at two of the places …. as much as I wanted to have another week-end of DSA, I have wanted to go to the Con at Kirchheim Teck for years and never found out before . . . → Read More: Everything at once

Bug Resolution

By Yashima, on November 18th, 2004

I need to accept bugs as part of the process, just like I needed to see that exception handling is part of the code. Neither should be treated with condescension because they don’t take it well and the revenge will hurt. There are always bugs to be fixed and exceptions to be handled. Treated . . . → Read More: Bug Resolution

Buildfile

By Yashima, on November 17th, 2004

Oops. I just noticed that with 500 lines my build file is probably the biggest file on my project.

Geek and Proud

By Yashima, on November 17th, 2004

A long long time ago “geek” used to have negative connotations. Nowadays that’s changed.

Still sometimes, one should suppress geekiness – just as not to go overboard.

Luckily the culprit does not read this – I think. The other three witnesses do. Oh yes blasphemy …. I know mailing-lists are cool ;-)

… . . . → Read More: Geek and Proud

Code Generation

By Yashima, on November 16th, 2004

Does my computer have the voice of Helen Hunt? I sometimes think it is more Eddie Murphy … well here’s an article on modern code generation sceptics and why they are cute: David Rupp’s Blog: Code Generation

Here’s what’s really happening:

Your code: (see above)

Your computer: (sounding pretty much like your toaster) . . . → Read More: Code Generation