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If you bought a diesel VW, are you still fuming?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Don't be crude.
They call me different but the truth is they're all the same!
JaxCoder.com
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I'm not sure how I feel, but oil's well that ends well. I'll brake this too you gently: we are neither tired (tyred) nor afraud of your transmission of these posts
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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speaking of VW's (somewhat OT and dated) but are hippies a combination?
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You'd be fuelish to hold a grudge that long.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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VW was by far the most unreliable car I've ever had the displeasure of owning, so yes, but not because of diesel gate, monkey killing, insider trading, ruining Brazil farmers, throwing engineers under bus, selling preproduction vehicles illegally and and and...
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Griff. I am surprised that posting all these thoughts hasn’t left you exhausted!
I, for one, like Roman Numerals.
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I've just stumbled upon this new(er) book from Pragmatic Publishers and it really is a book of pragmatism related to Software Architecture. The author keeps it real and this is not absorbed into talking only about Agile. Instead he talks about what it really means to be a true Software Architect -- a very difficult thing to define.
author, Chapter 1 I’m not exactly sure when I became a software architect. I do remember the first time someone else called me one. We were at an important client meeting and someone asked a tough technical question. The project manager chimed in: “Michael is the architect on this project. He’ll dig in and send you an update by the end of the week.”
Design It!: From Programmer to Software Architect (The Pragmatic Programmers) by Michael Keeling [^]
I like this focus on partitioning the system:
from the book Architects partition (a fancy word for divide into pieces) the software system so they can develop a strategy for achieving quality attributes and other system requirements. For example, you might assign functional responsibilities by designing one component to register users and another to identify pictures of cats. Or you could assign different teams to develop different modules. Or you might split things that read data from things that write data so the software system will be more reliable, available, and scalable.
Partitioning a system is important not just because it lets you develop a strategy for achieving quality attributes. Smaller things are easier to reason about, easier to test, and easier to design. Of course, since you broke the system into pieces, you’ll also have to make sure everything can come back together again.
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I don't think a book that assumes I don't know what "partition" means is for me.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: I don't think a book that assumes I don't know what "partition" means is for me.
But that's kind of why it is a good book. It's a Dev to Architect book.
The author pulls things apart a little differently than a lot of other books about Software Architecture.
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Back in the day (70's - 90's), the programmer filled all of the roles associated with software development - architect, engineer, developer, and tester. Programmers were usually good at one or two of the tasks, but may suck at the others (with emphasis on testing).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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raddevus wrote: And, don't tell me my baby is ugly.
Ownership is great and satisfying I agree.
But a few years down the track.....
You revisit the code base for modifications, additions or to refactor parts of it and ....
OMG my baby was ugly and I just couldn't see it.
But then you can make them beautiful again.
How good is that.
Parents can't do what we do.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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grralph1 wrote: But a few years down the track.....
You revisit the code base for modifications, additions or to refactor parts of it and ....
OMG my baby was ugly and I just couldn't see it.
So true. Never look back. 
grralph1 wrote: But then you can make them beautiful again.
How good is that.
Parents can't do what we do.
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Same with doctors too. Back then, there were very few specialists. Today, we have not just specialists, but super-specialists. It would not be surprising to find the wrist and the palm being two different super-specialisations.
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I don't remember who told it but...
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A specialist is someone that knows everyday more about less, until a moment when they know everything about nothing.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Something like an 'expert'?
An 'ex' is a has-been, and a 'spurt' is a drip under pressure
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Another (old) definition of "expert" is anyone from somewhere else.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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The last time I bought a technical book must've been over five years ago.
I ordered Clean Architecture without hesitation.
At your recommendation I added Design It! to my wish list.
If it doesn't hold up to my huge expectations I know where to find you MUWHAHAHAHA 
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Sander Rossel wrote: I know where to find you MUWHAHAHAHA
Destroys all electronic devices. Moves to new country. Changes name. 
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raddevus wrote: For example, you might assign functional responsibilities by designing one component to register users and another to identify pictures of cats
I think what the author meant here is:
For example, you might assign functional responsibilities by designing one component to register mice, and another component using registered mice to identify pictures of cats.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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I did it for awhile. I learned some things, but I feel better in front of a keyboard and a nice warm compiler
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I did it for awhile. I learned some things, but I feel better in front of a keyboard
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