Category Archives: Repost

Five Truths About Code Optimization

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Russ

One of the things that is remarkable about programming is how the details keep changing  while most of the fundamentals stay exactly the same. Here’s an article about code optimization that I wrote years ago that I required only very … Continue reading →

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Where Did That Method Come From?

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Russ

This is a slightly edited version of an article I wrote a few years ago. Enjoy! How do you learn a new programming language? Attend a class? Buy the book? Just start writing code? All of those things will get you going … Continue reading →

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Some Important Numbers For Developers

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Russ

This is a fun one that I wrote a few years ago. Software engineering is one of those semi-mathematical technical professions that is just chock full of numbers. Our machines run at so many gigahertz and produce some exact number … Continue reading →

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Olsen’s Law of Continuing Education

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Russ

This one is from 2009 and had always been one of my favorites. Let‘s face it: Agile programming is full of some pretty far fetched ideas. Pair programming is the concept that two people devoted to a one person job … Continue reading →

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