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Social Media Cracked the Case of MH17(bloombergview.com)
102 points by henrik_w 11y ago|49 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
I was developing SW in the 1990s (before XP, then Agile, become popular), and we were supposed to use UML, Rational Rose etc. However, that was how it was supposed to work, not how it actually worked. The biggest relief in starting to use
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Another critique of the growth mindset: http://www.salon.com/2015/08/16/the_education_fad_thats_hurt...
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by henrik_w 11y ago
"Explore It" by Elisabeth Hendrickson [1] is a short, easy-to-read introduction to exploratory testing ("manual testing") that has many concrete ideas for what and how to test SW. [1] http://www.amazon.com&#x2
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We’ve Got This Whole Unicorn Thing All Wrong(medium.com)
2 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Why the term 'sharing economy' needs to die(theguardian.com)
16 points by henrik_w 11y ago|9 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Peter Norvig often covers really interesting stuff. A long time ago here on HN I read his article on the probability of there being no set in the card game SET [1]. I had never heard of SET then, but picked it up based on the article. It&#x
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The Reign of Recycling(nytimes.com)
62 points by henrik_w 11y ago|34 comments
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The Cobra Effect(en.wikipedia.org)
61 points by henrik_w 11y ago|26 comments
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The Cobra Effect(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Where I used to work, we had a great system for logging/tracing only sessions we were interested in, while not generating any output for all the other sessions. I wrote about it here: http://henrikwarne.com/2014/01
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Well put! Also, there are the cases when the system does not behave as expected (for example, mis-configuration, or wrong input from the user) - in those cases there are no exceptions or crashes, but a good log will tell you why it happens.
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Owning Less Is Great. Wanting Less Is Better(becomingminimalist.com)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Software Estimation Is a Crock(thecodist.com)
6 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Working Remotely: 11 Project Management Experts Weigh in on the Pros and Cons(plan.io)
4 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
How We Got to Now is excellent! Quick and fascinating read. Especailly loved the story about Ada Lovelace at the end - waaay ahead of her times.
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This is how the modern-day tech resume should look(qz.com)
3 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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The “Growth Mindset” theory – and the harmful lessons it imparts(salon.com)
3 points by henrik_w 11y ago|1 comments
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On Oracle, Mary Ann Davidson, and the dark side of security research(blog.bugcrowd.com)
3 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Had to google the quote about wasting your time debugging to see that it was from "The Humble Programmer". I completely disagree with it! There will always be bugs. It's good to strive to avoid making mistakes, but however ha
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by henrik_w 11y ago
+1 for encouraging the use of logs as a debugging tool - they're often better than a debugger in my opinion [1]. Also, bugs aren't only bad - you learn a lot from them too [2]. [1] http://henrikwarne.com/2014/
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Hacker shows he can locate, unlock and remote start GM vehicles(computerworld.com)
211 points by henrik_w 11y ago|175 comments
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Your HR Team Needs to See Slack's Defiant Take on 'Values'(forbes.com)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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by henrik_w 11y ago
Agree! Usually there are a couple of Swedish (mostly Stockholm) companies each month I check. This is a fun resource to see cities/countries companies are hiring for: http://whereis-whoishiring-hiring.me/ Yay Sweden!
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Cost-Savings in Global Software Engineering – Where Is the Evidence? [pdf](wohlin.eu)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Thoughts on Comments(blog.codefx.org)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Life is an integral(linkedin.com)
2 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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How I Structured Engineering Teams at LinkedIn and AdMob for Success(firstround.com)
2 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Habits for Agile Testing(secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments
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Game Intelligence in Team Sports(journals.plos.org)
1 points by henrik_w 11y ago|0 comments

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