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Barrier To Entry
17 Jun 2012
The greatest advert for being a software developer today is the low – practically non-existent – barrier to entry. Repeated…
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How I lost, and regained, my coding mojo
5 May 2012
For as long as I can remember I’ve been programming and I never seriously thought about doing anything else for…
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Banking Isn’t Evil
24 Jan 2012
I truly believe that banks, or any institution that exists by making trades based on financial instruments, is not inherently…
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Developing in Remote Teams
16 Dec 2011
I don’t need to tell you just how revolutionary the internet and other hi-tech telecoms advances have been in changing…
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Environmentalism and Amdahl’s Law for the Masses
12 Oct 2011
Though Life Beyond Fife is primarily a technology blog this article is for everyone. Absolutely all. I want every single…
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Carpenters make tables and chairs, not hammers and saws
16 Sep 2011
Ok, yes, I know it’s actually furniture makers who make tables and chairs but the title is long enough as…
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Addenda for Adopting Agile Development
12 Aug 2011
Software Development is a strange profession. Coders are often promoted out of development in their thirties at the same time…
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Developing in the Brown Field
22 Jul 2011
A friend and former colleague of mine told me after leaving the company we had both worked at, “I never…