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Microsoft's Zune Meltdown: Three Lessons Developers Should Learn
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: Developer Wisdom
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On December 31, all the 30GB Zune models turned into bricks because of a Leap Year firmware coding error. This quality assurance and testing debacle demonstrates three lessons every software
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Taking The Time for Software Design
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: Developer Wisdom
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Cranking out ho-hum code might not require a lot of thinking. But when you need to design elegant software, you need time and space for creative cogitation. Do your coworkers and bosses recognize
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The Differences Between Dynamic/Scripting Languages and "Regular" Languages No Longer Matter
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Questions Topic: DevelopmentBlog: Developer Wisdom
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If your software development experience comes from the old-style world of compiled languages, such as C++ or COBOL, you may be a little mystified by the new generations of scripting or dynamic
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Does IE6 Still Matter?
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Questions Topic: DevelopmentBlog: Developer Wisdom
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 is seven years old. It's a pain to write Web applications to run correctly on the notoriously non-standards-compliant Web browser. Should you bother? Do you? If you
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The Strange Case of the Ruby Development Community
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: DevelopmentBlog: Developer Wisdom
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Koders.com sees an increase in Ruby code searches as a sign of the scripting language's growing popularity. But is that what it means? Esther Schindler isn't so sure. Black Duck Software just
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Fighting the Superstitions of Software Development: Questioning the Assumptions
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: Personal ManagementBlog: Developer Wisdom
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We fix the problems we know to look for. It's the assumptions left unexamined that are apt to bite you. Which superstitions are you carrying around that need to be re-examined? One of the wisest,
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It's Your Bug. But It's Not Your Job Anymore.
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Questions Topic: DevelopmentBlog: Developer Wisdom
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If a previous employer called to ask you about a bug in the code you'd written for them, how much time and energy would you be comfortable investing in helping out? Let's say you left your previous
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