Solve problems by taking away

A new chapter of Runnable Specifications has passed the “valuable enough to read” threshold. This time, it’s the Time Lens, which talks about build a notion of time into your model. As always, I appreciate questions and comments of all kinds. I’m not sensitive so you won’t hurt m … | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 13 hours ago

Lisp as an OO language

Apologies! Last week’s issue was misconfigured. It only went out to paid subscribers. You can still read it online.Please consider buying Grokking Simplicity for your team. It makes a great holiday gift. Nothing says “I appreciate you” than a thoughtful book on functional program … | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 7 days ago

Work and coastlines

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@ericnormand.substack.com | 9 days ago

Nobody cares about software design

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@ericnormand.substack.com | 14 days ago

Slowification and Amplification

Check out my book called Grokking Simplicity and it’s the functional programming book you can recommend to beginners. If you don’t recommend it to your friends, please recommend it on Amazon. I’m giving a talk in January at the Houston Functional Programming User Group. I’ll be p … | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 21 days ago

The end of algorithms

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s this Thursday here in the US. I hope it finds you safe and peaceful. Please check out the first chapters of Runnable Specifications. Someone just last week told me they didn’t realize you could already start reading it! He did and said it was just the boo … | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 28 days ago

Update

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@ericnormand.substack.com | 1 month ago

Reducing batch size pays for itself

A meandering thought-stream about flow | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 6 months ago

Compromised visions are superior

Real constraints force better products | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 6 months ago

Programmer as Modeler

A vision for programmers at the heart of the business | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 7 months ago

Residuality Theory

Good idea, bad name | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 7 months ago

What I like about Clojure

Back to basics | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 7 months ago

Measuring dev productivity

Are we being obtuse? | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 7 months ago

What I learned from Alcoa

Rally to a vision to help people change | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 7 months ago

The Value of Values

Leadership and courage | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 8 months ago

Mystical software design advice

Musings on the mystical cult of software engineering | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 8 months ago

Design is not recoverable from implementation

Continuous improvement is the only way | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 8 months ago

What is a programmer's job?

An anecdote about a bottleneck disaster | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 8 months ago

What problem are you solving?

How to make progress without making a mess. | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 9 months ago

What is software design?

A meandering path to a definition I can live with. | Continue reading


@ericnormand.substack.com | 9 months ago