The progress of computers and software has taught us, that there are not many things that can not be done. Linux, Google, Facebook, cloud computing, open source etc. has shocked us with solutions we hadn’t even dreamed about. Still, I often hear (and use myself) this phrase: “it can’t be done”. This post is about…
Projects Names That Tell A Story
Sometimes if you look closer at projects names you will notice some interesting stuff. This short post is exactly about this – names of projects that are more than mere identifiers. Let us start with an obvious example of C++. The name indicates that C++ is a successor (a better version perhaps) of C (++…
How to Make Your Geeky Presentation Worse
So you are a geek? And you want to present a technical topic on JUG or maybe some conference? Ok, here comes some anti-patterns that will help you to ruin your talk. 🙂 The anti-patterns presented here were gathered during many JUGs and conferences that I attended over a span of a few years.Because I…
What is “Done”?
When can you say that a task is done? This is an old topic but still important and still being discussed over and over by almost any team. Lately my team decided to come with a definition of done. This post presents our view on “what is ‘done’?”. Introduction We tried to address every aspect…