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April 17, 2019 Uncategorized

The interview coding test

I write code, at an average of about 3000-5000 lines a year.  But sometimes a lot more, like in 2002-2004

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March 30, 2019 Conference

Gelsenkirchen

Every trip I take there are moments of apprehension.  I won’t call them fear; it’s not that strong a sentiment. 

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February 23, 2019 Uncategorized

On second thought

If nothing else in life I want to be painfully honest.  Of course honesty can be painful not just for

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December 7, 2018 Uncategorized

“I can use DQL!”

So, DQL.  More about DQL. I was writing some more automated tests yesterday and part of the automation is to

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October 27, 2018 Shipping Software

Bowling together

We celebrated the shipment of Domino V10 at Brunswick Zone Lowell Lanes, about a 15 minute drive from our office

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October 19, 2018 Uncategorized

Building résumés

During a wave of fatigue in the end game of shipping a piece of software, a quality engineer (that is

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October 10, 2018 Uncategorized

The case of the fictional monkey experiment

I had heard a story of an experiment performed on a community of monkeys.  Don’t worry, it’s not true.  Well,

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September 29, 2018 Uncategorized

Concerning the Design Catalog …

Efficiency in programming languages is achieved by avoiding bad practices like excessive looping, too many I/O or network operations and

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September 15, 2018 Uncategorized

DQL roots

A few years ago, I and 3 of my colleagues were drafted for a skunkworks effort, a throwaway project. Prove

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September 13, 2018 Iris Associates

The Iris bloodline

He came by helicopter. No one was sure where it landed, but they heard it fly in. He brought several

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