Category Archives: development

Inventing a Better Wheel

Posted on December 19, 2010 by

As programmers, there are two types of problems we solve: those that have been solved before and those that haven’t. Generally it makes business sense to concentrate on what we’re primarily selling and not get distracted by non-core functions. From … Continue reading →

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Every Developer Needs a Solid State Drive

Posted on November 9, 2010 by

Four months ago I decided it was time to join the SSD revolution and purchased some Intel X-25M drives for our development team. The initial downside was that it’s not an easy process to move a Windows installation from a … Continue reading →

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Test-driven development is a self-fulfilling prophecy

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

I hold a lot of respect for TDD, a practice we benefit from a lot at our company. However, lately I’m reading more and more blog posts suggesting that TDD is the #1 most essential factor to writing good code. That … Continue reading →

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