For years I have ignored the programmer vs. developer problem. For those of you that don’t know of this problem it’s quite simple: There is a trend in some IT circles to regard programmers as second class citizens, as code cowboys that are trigger happy, and are just good for writing code.
Right now if you [...]
Category Archives: technology
Programmer vs. Developer
27-Jun-07Weblogger
23-Jun-07In my quest for being more efficient, I’ve been playing around with Weblogger.
I know most of you are not interested in Emacs, but just in case someone
besides me uses Emacs as it’s default editor, this might be helpful or just plain cool.
The art of programming
21-Jun-07There has been a lot said about code being art, and there are quite a few different reasons for this, but I won’t go into them here. There is truth, in that code is art, the problem is that in most cases, programmers misunderstand the term art, and believe that art is [...]
Secure programming
28-Mar-07Programming is a complex task, and it’s even more complex when you add security to the equation, there are lots of manuals on the Internet, and books on amazon that deal with secure programming, mostly they either geared to web developers or C programmers. What has prompted me to write this is the fact that [...]
I have a mostly hate relationship with gmail, the only things I love –like is the more accurate term– is the storage, and the free pop3, that’s it. I know, gmail is the best web email client around right now, I know they have done much better than their competition, but they are not better [...]
Users vs. Developers (Users are Stupid)
14-Jan-07I can’t tell you how many times, I’ve heard a developer, shout those words; with a additional words for color and effect. I admit, I’ve had my share of user issues, and to be perfectly honest, most of the times, it was not because they were stupid, in fact it’s the complete opposite. The problem [...]
Free Solaris 10 DVD’s for x86 and SPARC
14-Jan-07Sun is giving away Solaris 10 and Sun Studio DVD’s for a limited time only.
If you ever wanted to try out Solaris, or use their development tools, sign up, and start coding. I hope this is not the last we see this type of initiative from Sun, as it’s good in all fronts; marketing, publicity, [...]