2013-06-20T16:11:48+00:00 via web To: Public
What if we considered TDD a ritual?2013-06-13T00:50:05+00:00 via web To: Perl users, Public
"If it weren't for the fact that !perl 6 has had far too many forks, I'd be highly tempted to fork it again." http://ur1.ca/eaxr92013-06-13T00:44:40+00:00 via web To: Public
"More contributors increase [the] chance of solving remaining problems." http://ur1.ca/eaxpm2013-06-13T00:05:10+00:00 via web To: Public
Many things amuse me about the email subject "Say Hello to Skype on Your Blackberry!"
I can see shy ... it leaves nasty droppings http://identi.ca/url/75414296Once bitten but twice .. golden http://identi.ca/url/759842232013-06-12T23:35:30+00:00 via web To: Public
This ETL code is getting lengthier and uglier with every iteration of data thrown at it, but it's also getting better.
@chromatic Or is it to a printer. Time to go also2013-06-09T23:52:24+00:00 via web To: Public
Apparently the movie "World War Z" is based on the title of a book.Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
2013-06-07T23:55:08+00:00 via web To: Public
It doesn't have to be perfect. It only has to get the job done today and allow me to make it better next time I need to change it.Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
2013-06-07T21:39:39+00:00 via web To: Public
By all means, publish early and often, but be honest about your intentions and abilities to your potential users.2013-06-07T21:38:59+00:00 via web To: Public
Proofs of concept are practically useless unless you're willing to turn them into products and maintain them.2013-06-07T21:37:59+00:00 via web To: Public
That's what "patches welcome" means. Ideas are cheap. Show me working code. We can evaluate working code.2013-06-07T21:37:20+00:00 via web To: Public
A proof of concept that lingers and never reaches utility is useless (except as warning against false hubris).2013-06-07T21:36:47+00:00 via web To: Public
An experiment or proof of concept is useful if it teaches you something, stands on its own, or gets merged back.2013-06-07T21:35:57+00:00 via web To: Public
How do you defeat fragmentation? By building small systems that work everywhere and FINISHING THEM.Steven Rosenberg shared this.
2013-06-07T16:56:47+00:00 via web To: Public
What's the word for when people try to optimize without profiling? Fun? Futile? Failure?2013-06-05T22:46:31+00:00 via web To: Perl users, Public
Maybe it's the allergy medicine talking, but I have a sudden urge to fork Rakudo and rename it OMG!BRONIES. !perl2013-06-05T17:41:20+00:00 via web To: Public
On one hand, Google Analytics has documentation. On the other, it's written in spokesweasel.2013-06-04T22:24:13+00:00 via web To: Public
NIH is hubris, and not the good kind. NIH is the kind of hubris the gods punish.2013-06-04T19:30:02+00:00 via web To: Public
Oh, good. He edited out the libel, so now this is just nonsense I don't have to respond to: http://ur1.ca/e6o2g2013-06-04T17:58:17+00:00 via web To: Public
Is there a polite way to call someone out for spreading complete nonsense in public without coming across as a jerk?2013-06-03T18:13:09+00:00 via web To: Public
The capitalist apology of Google in this thread disturbs me: http://ur1.ca/e64po