(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) I knew it all along. George W. is a robot. . . . . . . Random linkage . . . . . . | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) This site: http://www.badassmofo.com/ is pretty damn funny. I think I'll add it to … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Crispy M&M's suck. Anyone who says otherwise is a.. um... a poop head. . . . . . . … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Email from my grandma | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Hi Brooke. . . . . . . I bought this book today. Mostly for the drawings, but the text … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) HOHOHO! Merry Christmas! Here are a bunch of Christmas links for you today: This is a t … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) So What if it's Christmas eve???????? HOW COME NO ONE IS UPDATING THEIR WEBPAGES!?? … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) The real story on how the internet was created . . . . . . Hrm... maybe I should start … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) The rental car is nice. It's not nice as in nice and fancy, but it's nice as in … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Ugh. I got my car back Sunday night. Two kids (16 year old girl and 14 year old boy) st … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Well, nothing new to say about my car. It's still gone. But in other news, I decide … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) One little piece of broken glass. It's broken in little pieces, but still held toge … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Wacky site of the day: Stop Alien Abductions . . . . . . Hey- my company just got new f … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Snow! And lots of it! I would say that we have about 4-6 inches now right now in the su … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Big. Lights. Earth. Check out this cool picture sent to me via email tonight. Warning t … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Ok, sit..... roll over.... now go fetch! Gooood boy. A story about a man, his best frie … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Wow. It's not every day that your hear about a man raising from the dead. . . . . . … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) St. Louis people don't bother using blinkers on the road. I don't know why they … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) Last week I took a trip out to Las Vegas to climb in Red Rocks park. I took some pictur … | Continue reading

(This post is from my old, old, super old site. My views have changed over the years, hopefully my writing has improved, and there is now more than a handful of folks reading my site. Enjoy.) McDonald's is offering new types of chicken now in their stores nation wide. Don … | Continue reading

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Il portale ufficiale del turismo per la città di Bologna per prenotare un hotel ed avere informazioni su ospitalità, ristoranti, luoghi da vedere, eventi ed attività. | Continue reading

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I started my career as a programmer in 1969 at a company called A.S.C. Tabulating in Lake Bluff, Illinois. ASC had two IBM 360s that they rented out to customers. They also provided programming services for those customers. I was hired as a COBOL programmer at the tender age o … | Continue reading

I was very glad to read in DHH’s recent post that he is actually still using TDD***. I’m glad he has realized that TDD is not, in fact, dead.This blog is a simple response; just to state a couple of disagreements. But I have to say, I agree more than I disagree.DHH presented se … | Continue reading

A Bit of History about Bits.Memory was always the problem. Once we had established that we could process information with relays, or vaccuum tubes, or transistors; the problem was where to keep the information we were processing.Random Access Memory (RAM) within the computer was … | Continue reading

SQL is demon spawn, and no self-respecting software developer should ever use it.OK, that’s a little hyperbolic. Demons did not create SQL. Indeed, the folks who created it were filled with nothing but good intentions.But you know what they say about the road to hell.I want you … | Continue reading

Languages have evolved quite a bit over the years. The early evolution from machine language to assembler was necessary and obvious. The evolution from assembler to Fortran and Basic was also necessary and obvious. We might even say that the evolution of COBOL was predictable, … | Continue reading

The demand for programmers is high, and growing: “According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, software developer jobs are expected to grow 17% from 2014 till 2024. They categorize this growth as “much faster” than the average rate among other professions.” Forbes 2017The … | Continue reading

I just finished reading an extremely depressing article in The Atlantic entitled: The Coming Software Apocalypse. The article does a good job, at first, of describing several terrible software bugs that have harmed, maimed, and killed people. But then the article veers off in a … | Continue reading

Do you write unit tests? Yes, of course!Do you write them first? Yes, I follow the three laws of TDD.What is the difference in module structure between your tests and your code? I create one test class per production class.So if you have a production class named User you will … | Continue reading

There is a meme running rampant in our society, and our industry, that we need to confront and resist. It is the unscrupulous meme: The ends justify the means.This meme is unscrupulous by definition. When a person has scruples it means that they choose honorable means to achiev … | Continue reading

Thanks to John Sonmez for the title.Clean Architecture is on the stands! The response has been terriffic. Thanks for all your support.But just you wait until the SJFs read the chapter on Frameworks. OMG! Their poor little snowflake hearts will just melt away. I mean, I actua … | Continue reading

The year is 2006. Executives at VW know that their diesel engine can not meet American emissions standards. So they ask the enginers for a solution that does not require a redesign of the engine.Imagine the scene in that meeting room. What was said? What was agreed to? We ma … | Continue reading

I can divide the negative responses to my previous blog into the following categories: The Outraged Haters. “You F-ing Clown.” The Condescending Elitists. “Oh, Bob, I’m so dissapointed.” The Unprepared True Believers. “Subduction can’t be tolerated.” The Rational Disagreers. … | Continue reading

Let me tell you the sad story of Edward. Poor Edward is an escalator operator working for a company named Escalators-R-Us (ERU). ERU had noticed that people less than the average height (short people) tend not to become escalator operators. In fact, at ERU, only 20% of escalat … | Continue reading

I keep reading articles in the news about the imminent inevitability of driverless cars. The financial news is all abuzz over the idea. So are the techies. The predictions are that truck drivers, cab drivers, and Uberists will all be out of work in the next five years.I have o … | Continue reading

The move to functional programming began, in earnest, about a decade ago. We saw languages like Scala, Clojure, and F# start to attract attention. This move was more than just the normal “Oh cool, a new language!” enthusiasm. There was something real driving it – or so we thoug … | Continue reading

I believe it may be my fate to find blogs written by people who have fallen prey to unfortunate disciplines that have led them to give up on unit testing. This blog is just another one of those.The author tells of how his unit tests are fragile because he mocks out all the colla … | Continue reading

I saw Grady’s tweet today, and I read the article it referenced; and it got me to thinking. Is the training of a neural net a kind of programming? It is the kind of activity that an agile team could plan, estimate, and execute in iterations? Or is it something entirely differe … | Continue reading

Imagine that you are an accountant. You are responsible for manipulating arcane symbols, concepts, and procedures in order to create deeply complicated and detailed financial models for your business. The stakes are enormous. Accuracy is essential. Millions wait to be lost or … | Continue reading