Anti-patterns part 2: Coding is the biggest Golden Hammer of all
Today I want to talk about what is perhaps the most infamous of all: the Golden Hammer. Actually, it’s a collection of hammers that makes up the toolbox from hell. Read more
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When anti-patterns become a pattern
There are plenty of learning resources on software best practices. Sprinkled in between all the well-intended advice are warnings about... Read more
The most useless knowledge of all
There are things a programmer needs to know, no excuses. There are things you can’t possibly all remember, so it’s... Read more
Essentialism for developers
Essentialism – the Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown is a book with an essential message: much of life... Read more
Robotic Process Automation with Kofax Kapow™
04/24/17
Kapow Software was acquired by Kofax in 2013 and fits perfectly to Kofax’s First Mile™ strategy. Kofax Kapow provides a... Read more
Web frameworks and how to survive them
SUMMARY: Frameworks that help build the web apps of tomorrow must keep up with all powerful new technology there is... Read more
Linux on the Mac. Why? How? WHAT?!
I’m writing this in Neovim, inside RXVT, in the i3 window manager, on Debian, running on a MacBook Pro (2015... Read more
codecentric go challenge 2016
08/28/16
This Sunday, August 28th, the third codecentric go challenge is going to start. The challenge – organized by Prof. Ingo... Read more
In Love with Ada
04/11/16
Anyone out there remembering the Ada programming language? In this blog post, I’m going to give you a short introduction... Read more