The Utter Bullshit of Management Methodologies
All of us have probably been in that rather painful situation in a call "Do you have any questions or anything to add?" asks the Scrum Master in earnest, hoping that this time someone, anyone might have something constructive to contribute, at this point...
1 year ago
PHP Legacy code: Management edition
Do you have, or work for company that has a legacy codebase, if you have one or more of the following then, my condolences, you do: PHP version 5.3 to 7.0  Lack of documentation and/or application knowledgeStruggle to keep the application alive and/or...
1 year ago
Artificial Intelligence: Can We Regulate Pandora's Box?
In the midst of cries from the founding fathers of artificial intelligence, warning us all of the imminent and potentially apocalyptic dangers of this unprecedented technology.The architects predict the extinction of the human race if the progress of...
1 year ago
Keeping it simple... or not
In recent months I've become astounded, even flabbergasted at the continuous trudge toward complexity and the sheer, if not brazen, nay, arrogant lack of value placed on simplicity. To my mind this is shooting oneself in the code or foot, up to you....
2 years ago
Impossible business case
Yes, Ok. We get it! There is no business case for clean code and/or refactoring. Try to explain the benefits of converting to php configs to a muggle (none tech people) and witness the blank stare of unequivocal hatred and disbelief. Therefore, if it's...
3 years ago
IT - A mentality problem
In my experience, most code bases are outdated, disorganised, disregarding of convention and/or code quality. Because from the perspective of management, these are nice to have options, unaware of the huge cost in terms of time and money associated to...
4 years ago
Easy, cheap, good, working, free and now!
It seems to me that the wave of free usage platforms with an advert based profit model, has done far more harm than good. Look at the nearly endless array of awesome and powerful, free tools that we have at our disposal as developers today from github...
4 years ago
How stupid smart are you?
I'm tired of some assumptions made by developers (juniour and senior). This issue effects large and small alike. For example, the assumption that if you are in a certain location then you will want to have the application in the local language. Why make...
4 years ago