andrewstellman

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by andrewstellman 8y ago
I really like this article, and agree with a great deal of it. But while what he's doing looks a lot like Kanban, it's not. Kanban is a method for process improvement, not a method for managing software projects. We write about th
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by andrewstellman 8y ago
Consider taking a look at the Visual Studio tools, which have really matured over the last few years: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/features/modern-web-tooling/ Specifically, tools for Apache Cordova: http
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by andrewstellman 8y ago
Your wife is probably as unhappy as you are, maybe more so if she feels like she has even less control over the situation than you do. The "nagging" is likely her way of expressing frustration and telling you she needs help. Try t
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by andrewstellman 8y ago
This looks valuable. Good job with the tags. Even better if there was a way to do a full-text search of all articles from the front page.
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There’s too many men: When women are outnumbered on a continental scale(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by andrewstellman 8y ago|0 comments
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Start by identifying the root cause of the burnout. I feel like programming itself shouldn't burn you out. It's usually other parts of coding for work that lead to burnout. I've interviewed thousands of developers over the ye
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How many left-lane slowpokes have been fined under new Va. law?(wtop.com)
1 points by andrewstellman 9y ago|0 comments
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The serious side of pranking(ncsc.gov.uk)
1 points by andrewstellman 9y ago|0 comments
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Lucky iron fish(en.wikipedia.org)
52 points by andrewstellman 9y ago|10 comments
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
> I'm serious about doing what it takes to protect our community. While this specific issue involving Cambridge Analytica should no longer happen with new apps today, that doesn't change what happened in the past. We will lear
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
> How can I avoid turning into a pointy-haired boss? > The pointy-haired boss is a manager who doesn't program. So the surest way to avoid becoming him is to stay a programmer. Staying a programmer is a good way to avoid bec
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
That's great! I've had a chance to talk to some of the engineering and management folks at BlazeGraph over the years, and they're a really solid group. It's really nice to hear about a deserving team get success.
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
I like WebVOWL for visualizing the RDF ontology. Here's the pbprdf ontology displayed in it: http://www.visualdataweb.de/webvowl/#iri=https://raw.githubu... A few years ago I put together a quick GUI in
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
> Is it because of easier schema changes later on like introducing "secondsLeftInPeriod"? That's definitely an important benefit. RDF makes it really easy to introduce changes that not only don't break the existing
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
A team I've been working with for years has had a lot of success with Blazegraph: https://www.blazegraph.com/ -- the marketing materials call it "ultra-scalable," and that actually turns out to be true. I hav
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
I've been using RDF and triplestores / RDF databases for the last half-decade, developing both front-end and back-end systems, and training many developers to work in RDF. If you're used to either relational databases or obje
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Matt Tait (infosec researcher at the Strauss Center at UT Austin) had some insight into this: https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/96752319618133606... – it's worth reading his first few comments, he ha
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Sure. Here's some quick advice: - Try to think about what your reader is thinking. It's not enough just to technically have stated something. Make sure you say it in a way that's easy to digest. - Video games need playtesting
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Thanks, good catch. Yes, that's what I meant.
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Quick quibble with one item: > Don’t force it. I’ve gone weeks without writing anything. It happens. I'm a reasonably prolific author (six books, two of them have fourth editions coming out in the coming year, all published by O&#x2
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Author of O'Reilly books Learning Agile and Head First Agile here. I do have some feedback, since you asked. :) First of all, very interesting piece. Excellent writing – that's really great to see! I think you touched on a lot
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
It's so gratifying to get that kind of feedback. Thank you so much! That is exactly why I write! :)
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Thank you! I've spent some time on the phone with several of the authors of those books. They did a great job with them. If you get a chance, go to Amazon.com and leave a five-star review for each of those books. It seems like a small
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
> My point is: just because a book has cartoons & unserious style doesn't mean it has good presentation of teaching. It might be a suboptimal book that just happened to use cartoons. I hope you're not implying that I don&
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by andrewstellman 9y ago
Head First book author here -- I wrote Head First C#, Head First PMP, and Head First Agile (and three other, non-Head First O'Reilly books) -- and I wanted to push back on your first point. We work really, really hard to include qualit