Programming

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying read more

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. read more

The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. When designing a methodology it isundoubtedly far easier to construct a system that discourages individualdifferences, than it is to construct a system that that leverages andencourages them, but that does not mean that a methodology designed foran array of idealized entities will be the most productive, successful,or rewarding one. Choosing a cult methodology to be applied to a professionalclass is often an economic one, treating individuality as undesirable reducesthe professional to the proletariat, seen as less expensive and readilyreplaceable.