
The ultimate software taboo
I have written before about the hidden dangers of unstructured or “flat” organizations. A microcosm of the structure wars is the debate over whether Open Source software projects should adopt…
I have written before about the hidden dangers of unstructured or “flat” organizations. A microcosm of the structure wars is the debate over whether Open Source software projects should adopt…
The Ruby Rogues Years Tell me if you’ve heard this one: four white guys ask a fifth white guy to join their podcast. Being invited to Ruby Rogues in 2011,…
The other day Gregory Brown posted a remarkable story on Parley. He told how he had given Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin some heated Twitter criticism about one of his recent…
I didn’t say mean things about Heather Arthur’s code. But I could have. I didn’t see the tweets about her “replace” project that started things off. But I do share…
Almost five years ago I released my first Rubygem, NullDB. It was based on ideas from a couple of other libraries, namely ARBS and UnitRecord. In the README I said:…