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Complexity and toothpaste
I recently realized that software complexity is sometimes like toothpaste in a tube: Squeeze it in one place and it bulges out in another. I can take the analogy a step further: Even though the amount of toothpaste in the tube is the same no matter where you squeeze it, some places are better than others to squeeze if you want to get the toothpaste out of the tube in order to use it.
{readmore} - DesignInterface design by adverse possession
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Yet another reason that arbitrary limits are bad
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Building a musical instrument from a library
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Object-oriented musical instruments
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There are no Stupid C++ Questions
This blog post is a response to my colleague Andrew Koenig's recent blog post Questions that make me cringe
- DesignQuestions that make me cringe
I spend a fair amount of time reading (and sometimes responding to) questions in the C++ newsgroups. Every once in a while, someone asks a question that makes me cringe.
What makes a question cringe-worthy? - C/C++An Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup
C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup discusses the evolving C++0x standard, the education of programmers, and the future of programming. - C/C++
Object-oriented music
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Measurements, Risks and Systems Health
In our day to day work in software development we deal with a lot of systems like the project team, customer engagement, the organization and even the individuals involved. Since as individuals, we understand the human beings as a system, we can use that knowledge to understand other systems. - Design
