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Fallacy #8: The network is homogeneous

Particular Software

Around 2005 or 2006, it wasn’t so bad. Most of the code running on the planet, at least the code that mattered, was written in.NET or Java, and interoperability via web services was at least serviceable. Interoperability is painful. Since then, things have gotten gradually worse. First came Ruby and Ruby on Rails.

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An Unbelievable Demo

Brendan Gregg

tools (2006). But I _did_ understand these tools, since I had coded similar functionality for my own DTraceToolkit. Sun could do a much better job just by referring to the source code they were instrumenting, and actually finish this tool. Perhaps there was some internal project that was consuming all their DTrace expertise?

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For August 31st, 2018

High Scalability

Woods and Hollnagel, 2006). ” And he went and he pulled the plug on my Apple II, which had my code not saved. Stacy Horn : In those days journalists wrote that I started Echo to provide a safe place for women on the Net. I wanted to get more women on Echo to make it better. But he goes, “No! More more more.

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An Unbelievable Demo

Brendan Gregg

tools (2006) As I wasn't a Sun Microsystems employee I wasn't privy to Sun's internal projects. But I _did_ understand these tools, since I had coded similar functionality for my own DTraceToolkit. Sun could do a much better job just by referring to the source code they were instrumenting, and actually finish this tool.

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If there was ever a good time to be sure you have good governance, this is it

The Agile Manager

Since 2006, I've written multiple blog posts , a few articles and self-published an e-book on governing investments in strategic software. Engage a captive technical audit function or an external vendor with no connection whatsoever to a program of work to perform audits and peer reviews of tests, code, and team practices.

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Eye-Tracking In Mobile UX Research

Smashing Magazine

For instance, Nielsen’s research conducted in 2006 showed that people read content on the Internet in an F-shaped pattern. With detailed code walkthroughs , hands-on examples and common gotchas — all broken down into short, manageable lessons. (Source: mashable.com ) ( Large preview ). Users tend to start reading from top/left.

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Self-Insuring Software Assets

The Agile Manager

Self-insuring requires us to retain people who have the knowledge of the technology, configuration and code; of the integration points and functionality; of the data and its structures; and of the business and rules. When we build software, we underwrite the responsibility for all eventualities that may befall it.