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Versioning REST Ideas on how to version a REST interface and examples of this implementation in Tagyu. February 16, 2006 - 327 words,
The danger of doing too much Developers don’t think in terms of simplicity. December 15, 2005 - 363 words, 2 comments
Test data mishap Sometimes test data can sneak onto your web site with embarassing results like in this example from Target.com. November 25, 2004 - 160 words, 5 comments
Why I don't recommend Firefox Why Firefox isn’t ready for an aggressive marketing campaign. September 6, 2004 - 1710 words, 303 comments
Customer reference questions. Sample questions to ask customer references when choosing a software vendor. June 10, 2004 - 633 words, 6 comments
Symantec Spoofing Some email viruses trick mail systems into thinking the virus was sent by someone else. Antivirus tools are falling for it. September 3, 2003 - 123 words, 5 comments
Projects need leadership Being a leader is hard. Not everyone will like you if you stand up for your principles. But people don’t lead because they want to be popular. July 3, 2003 - 529 words, 8 comments
No error at all Apparently my software is trying to tell me something. If only I knew what that was. July 2, 2003 - 45 words, 3 comments
More useless error messages User frustration rides high when a program gives a useless error message. July 1, 2003 - 66 words, 3 comments
Donations and open source teams Many open source projects accept donations as a way of funding their development efforts and I’m wondering how these donations are typically distributed among team members. June 23, 2003 - 146 words, 4 comments
DevShed's intro to Functional Specs DevShed’s introduction to writing functional specifications doesn’t have any new insight for experienced analysts. April 25, 2003 - 55 words,
A case for product testing Make sure your product has the expected results when used in non-standard ways. April 19, 2003 - 53 words,
Opinion tracking If you want to know what people think about your products, don’t ask them to tell you. Listen to what they tell others. April 19, 2003 - 154 words,
Sorting Amazon Amazon’s backend is showing and they are revealing some interesting flaws in their system. October 10, 2002 - 286 words,
Agile requirements How to use solid requirements management principles in an agile environment. September 19, 2002 - 188 words,
GPL restricts innovation? LawMeme looks at government-sponsored open source software. September 17, 2002 - 32 words,
Agile gloss Can agile methodolgies work on large-scale projects? This New Architect article promises to tell us, but it doesn’t quite make it. September 13, 2002 - 246 words, 5 comments
KM Myths These seven Knowledge Management mistakes happen in a variety of software implementations. September 3, 2002 - 73 words,
CVS for Web devlopers How to use CVS for Web site development. July 30, 2002 - 57 words,
Anthology of Requirements quotations Requirements Engineering Proverbs, Maxims, Sayings, Quotations and Urban Wisdom is a list of quotations that... June 30, 2002 - 47 words,
Unit Testing Sticky Minds has a series of Word documents on Unit Testing Guidelines. A lot of... May 7, 2002 - 60 words,
Process Chain SPC E-ssentials provides a list of activites neccessary to manage software projects. "Meeting [software] delivery... April 20, 2002 - 38 words,
AOL product not good enough for employees Some time back AOL Time Warner dictated that all employees would use a custom version... March 23, 2002 - 71 words, 1 comment
Warships and software What does the accidental sinking of a 17th century warship have to do with software... March 21, 2002 - 40 words,
Software Lemons Most product manufacturers are held responsible for ensuring their products work as advertised. Software companies... March 21, 2002 - 37 words,
Criteria for success The Rational Edge | Understanding the Elephant: "I once refactored some badly written code and... March 16, 2002 - 71 words,
Newsletter quality At some point I must have given my email address to Classmates. I don’t remember... February 20, 2002 - 317 words, 4 comments
The Art of Use Cases Software Productivity Center E-ssentials | The Art of Use Cases: "In order to create a... February 20, 2002 - 51 words,
Requirements Tools StickyMinds also has a list of requirements tools, although many of the tools are more... February 20, 2002 - 21 words,
Bug categorization StickyMinds.com | Categorizing Defects by Eliminating "Severity" and "Priority": "I recommend eliminating the Severity and... February 20, 2002 - 80 words,
Secure by design The Register | 'Penetrate and patch' e-business security is grim: "Application security flaws introduced early... February 20, 2002 - 50 words,
Measuring Success The Rational Edge | Success Criteria Breed Success: "Ill-defined, unrealistic, or poorly communicated success criteria... February 16, 2002 - 41 words,
Process for one The Rational Edge | A Software Development Process for a Team of One: "Who said... February 16, 2002 - 45 words,
Bug Costs Billion Dollar Bugs: "Your bugs, design flaws, and security holes could cost your customers billions... February 15, 2002 - 46 words,
What Clients Want (part2) winterspeack.com’s Zimran Ahmed disagrees with Joel Spolsky’s article "The solution is not to pander to... February 15, 2002 - 238 words,
What Clients Want Joel on Software | The Iceberg Secret, Revealed: "Assume that your customers don’t know what... February 15, 2002 - 60 words,
Customer testing The Archives page at ClickZ has an interesting problem. There are duplicate titles listed in... February 13, 2002 - 58 words,
Risky Business Does innovation always provide a competetive advantage? January 23, 2002 - 203 words, 3 comments
Inside the Wayback Machine When the Internet Archive needed massive amounts of storage and processing power, they turned to arrays of inexpensive machines. January 22, 2002 - 93 words,
Discover your inner hamster Inefficient, manual processes make life difficult for your customers. January 20, 2002 - 120 words,
Make it simple Business Week has an interview with Dennis Boyle from IDEO. He says, “People don’t want... January 18, 2002 - 96 words,
Maniacal Focus If your company has a competitive weakness, you should make it your number one priority to overcome that weakness. Even better is to turn it around and make it a strength. January 17, 2002 - 298 words, 1 comment
Cover Fire Joel On Software: "The companies that do well are the ones who rely least on... January 7, 2002 - 63 words,
Intro to XP If your current development process has you bogged down in bureaucracy, you may want to... October 9, 2001 - 40 words,
Gartner foolishness Joel on Software "Gartner seems to suffer the common but moronic falacy that new or... September 25, 2001 - 25 words,
Know Elegant Hack: "Know your audience. Know your business. Know your technology. Build."... September 25, 2001 - 12 words,
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