Posts

Space-based Architecture The first of three articles on the space-based architecture. This one describes what the SBA approach is all about.

The Little Language A short word about domain specific languages and why they might hold much promise for software development, business relations, and effective reuse.

Doing it right can mean doing it wrong It’s really easy to get so hung up on principles like DRY, YAGNI, KISS, etc that we can’t even write a line of code for fear that it might be picked apart by the purists. Relax. Sometimes you should write poorly structured code to see where your going, as long as you track it and can fix it later.

Lispians A quick look at Lisp to see if there’s any truth to the intellectual hype.

The Idiom and the Idiot Finding an agile architecture requires thinking and acting like your business, not clinging to the supposed tenets of best practice.

Outsourcing we will go Creating great software is difficult. But it’s the realisation of everything marketing and branding talk about, so never, ever, ever, give it to someone else to do.

Methodologies Suck Formally structuring what you do is great, because it helps anyone somewhat removed from the project quickly understand where you are. It also helps establish some sense of repeatability and an opportunity to continuously improve. But don’t get caught up in the methodology madness.

The engineer that wasnt there Turns out that the term software engineer, was never really meant to be adopted by coders. It was used as a challenge to developers at a NATO conference in 1968 to be more structured and methodical.

Are You Sitting Comfortably A brief introduction to the concepts of narratology, and why they can help you do better presentations.

Seeing the Spoon A kick-off article for the site in general, or why I decided to get a few things of my chest