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  Rediscovering Arcade Nostalgia I think I spent most of my childhood -- and a large part of my life as a young adult -- desperately wishing I was in a video game arcade . When I finally obtained my driver's license, my first thought wasn't about the girls I would take on dates... Posted Apr 08 2008, 12:59 AM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: software developers, atari 2600, character programs, klov, watershed game, actual computer, gateway drug, video game arcade, donkey kong, playing kids, first encounter, mental inventory, game consoles, basic programming, arcade machine, tacky tourist, galaga, arcade games, crazy climber, pac man

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  Revisiting The Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering I like to re-read my favorite books every few years, so I brought Robert Glass' seminal Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering with me on my most recent trip. I thought it was a decent, but imperfect read when I originally bought it in 2004.... Posted Mar 25 2008, 08:24 PM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: software developers, software estimation, amazon, software estimates, facts and fallacies, time software, new tools, facts and fallacies of software engineering, quality software, favorite books, profound impact, working environment, initial loss, quality tools, estimation software, software management, software work, robert glass, feasability study, project proceeds

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  What's Wrong With Turkey? Software internationalization is difficult under the best of circumstances , but it always amazed me how often one particular country came up in discussions of internationalization problems: Turkey . For example, this Rick Strahl post from mid-2005 is... Posted Mar 14 2008, 12:59 AM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: software developers, software development, scott hanselman, preferred language, digits, rick strahl, software internationalization, bug reports, west wind web, perverse delight, cultural awareness, turkish prisons, web store, error logs, dasblog, formatting, default language, blog templates, fine software, circumstances

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  UsWare vs. ThemWare Ted Dennison left this astute comment in response to Do Not Listen to Your Users : Generally when I go talk to users, it is to educate myself enough to become a user like them. Then I can see what needs doing, what needs streamlining, reorganizing, rearranging... Posted Feb 28 2008, 11:59 PM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: programmers, ted, user interface, writing software, software developers, building software, gap, spirit, circles, jargon, disastrous results, shoes, dennison, categories of software

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  Get Your Database Under Version Control A little over a year ago, I wrote about the importance of version control for databases . When I ask development teams whether their database is under version control, I usually get blank stares. The database is a critical part of your application. If... Posted Feb 02 2008, 11:59 PM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: software developers, manifesto, peanut butter, source control, baseline, software engineer, database work, tastes, co author, blank stares, chocolate, critical databases, application code, straight face, bully, rigorous level, million years, k scott allen, third class citizen, database version

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  Getting the Interview Phone Screen Right The job market for software developers is hot. This is great news for programmers, but it makes the interview process challenging for potential employers. A reader recently wrote me expressing some concern about the interview process: You mention Vertigo... Posted Jan 22 2008, 11:59 PM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: software developers, amazon, interviewer, vertigo, great news, steve yegge, waste of time, drone, phone screening, specifics, answers to the questions, giant waste, trick ponies, programming environment, signal to noise, signal to noise ratio, stint, critical mistakes, comfort zone, screeners

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  The Magpie Developer I've often thought that software developers were akin to Magpies : birds who are notorious for stealing shiny items to decorate their complex nests. Like Magpies, software developers are unusually smart and curious creatures, almost by definition... Posted Jan 06 2008, 11:59 PM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: facebook, twitter, software developers, robert scoble, magpies, curious creatures, endless procession, dear god, scheme of things, luster, grand scheme of things, scott hanselman, new toys, developer tool, dave slusher, vowels and consonants, jeremy zawodny, breathless hype, magpies birds, pr releases

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  Sharing The Customer's Pain In this interview with Werner Vogels , the CTO of Amazon, he outlines how Amazon's developers stay in touch with their users: Remember that most of our developers are in the loop with customers, so they have a rather good understanding about what... Posted Dec 05 2007, 11:59 PM by Coding Horror Feeds Filed under: software developers, werner vogels, software development, good understanding, cto, realistic story, amazonians, corporate mandate, ivory tower software, daily routine, engineer, amazon customer, wishlist, real people, when was the last time, grandma, voice of the customer, tourists, service statistics, faraway land