Tag Archives: software development

Do Less

Posted on March 24, 2016 by way0utwest

When I read this blog post, I was transported back to simpler times, when I learned to develop applications on 8088 processors. Back then, to make the system go faster, we learned to do less. It’s certainly true that the less … Continue reading →

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Building Better Software

Posted on March 10, 2016 by way0utwest

One of the ways in which many software development teams have tried to improve is by examining what has worked in other organizations and projects and experimenting with ideas. Across the decades that we have been using computers, there have … Continue reading →

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Learning from Microsoft

Posted on March 1, 2016 by way0utwest

I know that many data professionals out there are skeptical of the cloud. Certainly there are problems with reliability, security, and more that prevent many of you from migrating to some online database. However that doesn’t mean that everything being … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Algorithms

Posted on February 29, 2016 by way0utwest

I ran across an interesting piece in Wired recently that talks about algorithms and the power they hold in the modern world. I don’t think it’s a great piece, and it starts to mix code, data, algorithms and other aspects of modern software in … Continue reading →

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