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Not at all! Today is the ten-year anniversary of my first real post, so I've been planning to have my last real post on 3/18 for a long time. Thanks for all yo

by spolsky 17y ago

Not at all! Today is the ten-year anniversary of my first real post, so I've been planning to have my last real post on 3/18 for a long time. Thanks for all your attention over the years. I'll still be around, just not doing these essays any more.

revorad 17y ago
Cool. I'm sure many will enjoy your archives for years to come.
dugmartin 17y ago
Thanks for all the work over the years. The silent majority is grateful.
jswinghammer 17y ago
Thank you for what you've been doing over the last ten years. I'm not sure what my career would look like without Joel on Software. It really helped shape my outlook and encouraged me to invest in reading and learning more about programming than I would have otherwise. I wish you nothing but the best with your new venture and with Fog Creek.
Sukotto 17y ago
Don't you think you'd be better off posting that "I've run the clock out" paragraph as it's own thing? It seems important enough to be it's own post. Thank you for all your articles. I've learned a lot from them over the years and consider them really first class. Hell, my printout of the Joel Test is one of the three things taped to my desk (The other two being Merlin Mann's 5 Inbox-zero words and "Your Company's App" by Eric Burke)
Create 17y ago
Thanks for your posts! I've learned more about programming (as in doing so) than at my university. And it helped me recognize the patterns you dissected when on my first job -- made it much easier to quit.
brown9-2 17y ago
Off-topic but damn that is one adorable puppy - I think maybe it's time to give puppy blogging a try, I'd sure subscribe.
run4yourlives 17y ago
btw, Kiln looks really cool, especially the visual code tree. Your interns deserve a pat on the back for that.
- queensnake 17y ago
  Are you referring to this?: http://www.fogcreek.com/Kiln/learnmore.html#hist_BranchAndMerge http://www.fogcreek.com/Kiln/learnmore.html#hist_BranchAndMe... That's about standard, the free 'gitk' does that much, too, for git.
ww520 17y ago
Thank you, Joel. Salute!
armandososa 17y ago
I have to say that this is kind of sad. I've just discovered your blog and the podcast and I feel like I'm going to miss your essays. I'm not an engineer, but a designer who likes to program and your thoughts on software are useful even for me. Now that you are venturing into the realm of VCs and being a media company I would've love reading (or hearing in the SO podcast) your insights over that. Anyway, good luck. And I guess I have ten years of essays to dive into.

by spolsky 17y ago

revorad 17y ago

Cool. I'm sure many will enjoy your archives for years to come.

dugmartin 17y ago

Thanks for all the work over the years. The silent majority is grateful.

jswinghammer 17y ago

Thank you for what you've been doing over the last ten years. I'm not sure what my career would look like without Joel on Software. It really helped shape my outlook and encouraged me to invest in reading and learning more about programming than I would have otherwise. I wish you nothing but the best with your new venture and with Fog Creek.

Sukotto 17y ago

Don't you think you'd be better off posting that "I've run the clock out" paragraph as it's own thing? It seems important enough to be it's own post. Thank you for all your articles. I've learned a lot from them over the years and consider them really first class. Hell, my printout of the Joel Test is one of the three things taped to my desk (The other two being Merlin Mann's 5 Inbox-zero words and "Your Company's App" by Eric Burke)

Create 17y ago

Thanks for your posts! I've learned more about programming (as in doing so) than at my university. And it helped me recognize the patterns you dissected when on my first job -- made it much easier to quit.

brown9-2 17y ago

Off-topic but damn that is one adorable puppy - I think maybe it's time to give puppy blogging a try, I'd sure subscribe.

run4yourlives 17y ago

btw, Kiln looks really cool, especially the visual code tree. Your interns deserve a pat on the back for that.

queensnake 17y ago
Are you referring to this?: http://www.fogcreek.com/Kiln/learnmore.html#hist_BranchAndMerge http://www.fogcreek.com/Kiln/learnmore.html#hist_BranchAndMe... That's about standard, the free 'gitk' does that much, too, for git.

ww520 17y ago

Thank you, Joel. Salute!

armandososa 17y ago

I have to say that this is kind of sad. I've just discovered your blog and the podcast and I feel like I'm going to miss your essays. I'm not an engineer, but a designer who likes to program and your thoughts on software are useful even for me. Now that you are venturing into the realm of VCs and being a media company I would've love reading (or hearing in the SO podcast) your insights over that. Anyway, good luck. And I guess I have ten years of essays to dive into.