I’ve been working in software engineering for 18 years. I worked mostly as individual contributor (now as a Senior Staff Engineer), also I was an Engineering Manager for couple years. Now I am interviewing after a few years at the … Read more
Exklusiv Stand: 12.11.2021 11:00 Uhr Nach Recherchen von Fakt und dem “Spiegel” könnte der Diebstahl von geistigem Eigentum durch SAP eine lange Tradition haben. Bereits von 1997 bis 2008 soll der Konzern in Kooperation mit Universitäten Entwicklungen von Mitbewerbern missbraucht … Read more
Opinion Jarek Duda on software patents Jarek Duda is a lecturer in Institute of Computer Science and Computational Mathematics of Jagiellonian University. He has education in computer science (PhD), physics (PhD) and mathematics (MSc), focusing mainly on widely understood information … Read more
A friend recently sent me a link to a large collection of 1980s computing magazines—there’s some great stuff there, well worth browsing. Perusing the list, I noticed Softline, which I remember reading in our home while growing up. (I was … Read more
When someones dives into the world of Software Engineering, one day he will need to learn the basics of Software Architecture Patterns. When I was new to coding, I didn’t know where to get a resource for a brief introduction … Read more
Litigation is historic in nature due to its focus on consumer rights, filing as third-party beneficiary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IRVINE, Calif. (Oct. 19, 2021) Software Freedom Conservancy announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Vizio Inc. for what it … Read more
✍︎A production search system. Want to build or improve a search experience? Start here. Ask a software engineer: “How would you add search functionality to your product?” or “How do I build a search engine?” You’ll probably immediately hear back … Read more
Of all the principles of software engineering which has fallen by the wayside in the modern “move fast and break things” mentality of assholes modern software developers, reliability is perhaps the most neglected, along with its cousin, robustness. Almost all … Read more
The Bike Shed September 29, 2021Volume 19, issue 4 PDF The Bikeshed The time is (also) way overdue for IT professional liability Poul-Henning Kamp Around the time computers were old enough to drink, software engineering guru Gerald Weinberg said: … Read more
8 June 2021 by Florian My housemate the other day asked me something to the effect of “How can Software Engineers call themselves engineers when there’s no rules, governing bodies, or anything to stipulate what true Software Engineering is?” The … Read more