Project Views
18 Friday Apr 2014
Posted in Fun
Tag Archives: software design
The Universal Answer
10 Monday Mar 2014
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computer programmer, computer programmers, computer programming, computer science, it depends, software design, The Universal Answer, Universal Answer
At some point it strikes you. For some it happens early in Computer Science class after hearing a professor say it for the umpteenth time. For others it happens when hearing it come from their own mouths for the umpteenth time. The Universal Answer to any (and all) computer (science) question(s).
“It depends.”
Too much specialization!
06 Thursday Mar 2014
To make this blog (I hope) useful, I have tips and advice and bits of advice. But the initial motivation was wanting to write about programming or software in general — topics too technical for my regular blog. In particular, I wanted a place to document past projects, ideas and personal (but sharable) thoughts about coding. I wanted a place to tell stories.
Today I have a story to tell about a programming project I’m working on.
Software Engineer
01 Saturday Mar 2014
Posted in Opinion
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bit wrangler, byte wrangler, computer programmers, engineers, magnetic domains, silicon life forms, software design, software designer, software engineer, software maker
I don’t like the term Software Engineer. Real engineers have licenses and certifications and prescribed educations. No such exists (currently) for software makers. It is still a new craft in our society (it goes back only to the 1950s or so), and we haven’t caught up to how complex and demanding it really is. Anyone can use the term Software Engineer, so it doesn’t have the meaning it could.
Software Development
28 Friday Feb 2014
Posted in Opinion
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abstraction, computer programmers, computer programming, software, software design, software development
Software development can be hard to describe or compare because it depends so much on the use of abstraction. One can visualize a continuum of professions based on how much abstraction they tend to require from their workers. Software tends to be on the far end of that spectrum. Not only do programmers deal almost entirely with abstraction, but often with multiple layers of abstraction!
New Blog!
26 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in Blog
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computer humor, computer languages, computer programming, Python code, software, software design, software development
I have a lot of computer programming stuff I’d like to write about, but it’s way too specific for my regular blog (which has a hard enough time attracting readers), and it’s too general to be appropriate for my Book of BOOL blog.
So here I go with blog number three. (Technically, blog number four; my very first blog was my now-long-abandoned baseball blog.) This blog is exclusively for writing about computer programming topics. Expect a mix of “stuff I’ve done that was fun” plus “stuff I’ve thought about and want to document” plus “good advice for coders.”
I’ve written some of those last kind on my regular blog. To get things going, and to put them in a more sensible place, I’ll re-post them here.
Soon. But for now, “Hello, World!” It’s a whole new blog!
The Hard-Core Coder 
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