programmers
YX problem | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
Software people are always all up in the XY problem: someone asks about how to do X when what they’re really trying to solve is Y. I find the YX problem much more frustrating: where software people decide that they want to answer question Y even though what someone asks is question X. I’ve seen …
Re-evaluating second brains | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
Because my undergraduate Physics teaching drilled into me the importance of keeping a lab book, I’ve always kept notebooks throughout my professional career too. If I want to know (and I’m not sure why I would) what process I created to upgrade the Solaris 7 kernel on a Sun Enterprise 450, I still have the …
Stop promoting programmers – gkresic’s pages
I’m old, and one benefit of being old is that I’ve seen things. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Ori… Ok, maybe not those things, but still… things. And let me tell you something about one thing I believe many of us should be more aware …
