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The author also has a long history of working at many places that aren't defense contractors, and a great book on working with large legacy systems (read: Cobol
by masterj 5y ago
The author also has a long history of working at many places that aren't defense contractors, and a great book on working with large legacy systems (read: Cobol, mainframes, et al but relevant to all developers) https://www.amazon.ca/Kill-Fire-Manage-Computer-Systems/dp/1718501188 https://www.amazon.ca/Kill-Fire-Manage-Computer-Systems/dp/1...
- kilobaud 5y agoSeismically active regions (e.g. California) absolutely have more earthquake experts than other places... I am not sure why that metaphor is singled out when the rest of the article is pretty clear its about finding the difference between a burning building and a building-set-on-fire. Firefighters don't just read about fires, they practice with actual flames, too.