It’s unnecessary and complicated at almost every layer. At best I can congratulate someone for quickly and simply solving a problem on top of the shit that they are given. The only software that I like is one that I … Read more
Years ago, when I was an undergraduate student at McGill, I took a software engineering class, and as part of that class, I heard the infamous story of the Therac-25 computer-controlled radiotherapy machine. Long story short: a software bug caused … Read more
Margo Seltzer, University of British Columbia; Mike Olson, formerly of Cloudera; and Keith Bostic, MongoDB, receive the ACM Software System Award for Berkeley DB, which was an early exemplar of the NoSQL movement and pioneered the “dual-license” approach to software … Read more
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Across the software development field, founders are experiencing an income tax season that has become an existential threat to their company’s survival. Software startups say they were blindsided by shocking tax bills as a result … Read more
Jay Little – Software Obsessionist – Low Code Software Development Is A Lie Change
========================== How Software Companies Die ========================== – Orson Scott Card The environment that nurtures creative programmers kills management and marketing types – and vice versa. Programming is the Great Game. It consumes you, body and soul. When you’re caught up … Read more
This would be easier if you could hear it for yourself. I can tell you what TropeTrainer was, what it did, and what it meant to people. I can tell you about the person who made it, about what happened … Read more
What is Legacy Software and where to find it? After 10 years of running and putting thousands of miles on the clock, a car is bound to have some issues. After all, every mechanical part has its limits when it … Read more
I sometimes see people refer to neural networks as just “another tool in your machine learning toolbox”. They have some pros and cons, they work here or there, and sometimes you can use them to win Kaggle competitions. Unfortunately, this … Read more
Office of the DoD CIO 2021-10-28 Frequently Asked Questions regarding Open Source Software (OSS) and the Department of Defense (DoD) This page is an educational resource for government employees and government contractors to understand the policies and legal issues relating … Read more