Clearly Time To End This
A technical discussion stops being a vehicle for learning when the following start to occur: Someone starts making stuff up. Instead of answering questions put to them, someone starts pointing out...
View ArticleJust What We Need: Another RPC Package
I see from this CIO Magazine article that Cisco is releasing a new client/server messaging system called Etch. Sigh — those who don’t know history are indeed doomed to repeat it. Some choice quotes...
View ArticleSOA Elitism
As an author I don’t expect everyone to like what I write or agree with everything I write. I’m always up for receiving constructive criticism, as it helps me improve my writing, and when carried out...
View ArticleYou Have to Experience It
I’ve noticed that frequently in technical discussions, the strongest disagreements seem to come from people with little to no actual experience with the technology they’re arguing against. How can that...
View Article“Design Patterns” 15th Anniversary
It’s been 15 years since the publication of the seminal Gang of Four Design Patterns book. Since I was a reviewer of the original manuscript and also have a quote on the back cover of the book, the...
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