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In my years as a software engineer, I’ve asked a lot of questions. I’ve also been approached by developers with their own questions. Why?
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In the 'No-Duh!' competition of stupid title one-upsmanship: "How to become a better developer by developing." Or is that one taken? 
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Why?
Why not?
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Surely uncertain
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Because I said so.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I didn't know you were a manager   
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IF you keep arguing I'm going to stop the car and you'll have to walk home!
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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They say the truth is out there, but nobody ever said it would be easy to find. The Truth is in here
Of course it's only the stuff they admit they have. dun-dun-DUN
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This is going to be like "Disneyworld", "Wonderland" and "Eden" alltogether for the conspiracists
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Patterns give you a language for discussing solutions to problems. This code is plaid
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So let's throw ISO-9001[^] into this based on what I learned when our company, to meet EU requirements to sell products in the not yet created EU, required everyone to take TQM (Total Quality Management) courses.
Q: Baselining - start by documenting your current patterns for managing quality.
A: We have none - they are all ad hoc (this, by the way, is a totally valid answer.)
Q: What incremental improvement can you make to create a repeatable pattern that measurably improves quality?
A: None - nobody can agree on what that pattern looks like even though we all can point to legitimate problems.
And the same applies to coding. 
Q: What patterns do you use in your software?
A: None. We have front end, back end, microservices, SQL SP's, home grown tools, tasks as services, etc., combined with in-house, outsourcing, and third party development.
Q: What incremental improvement can you make to create a repeatable pattern that measurably improves software quality?
A: None - nobody can agree on what that pattern looks like even though we all can point to legitimate problems. If they did agree, nobody is around to enforce code reviews.
Besides - nowadays, when I ask the newbies "what's a common Gang of 4 pattern", the answer I might get is "Hmmm, I don't know, selling illicit items on the street corner???"
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So... did the company get their ISO cert with those answers? 
Marc Clifton wrote: Besides - nowadays, when I ask the newbies "what's a common Gang of 4 pattern", the answer I might get is "Hmmm, I don't know, selling illicit items on the street corner???"
The correct answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRjsBh_R3TQ[^] 
TTFN - Kent
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Those chips are aimed at keeping AMD’s performance lead over its rival Intel in the mobile and server markets. I don't have anything to add, just posting as I posted the new Intel chips (which after research, do not come in 'salt & vinegar')
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Developers hate legacy code. It’s dirty, it’s crowded, it’s ugly, it’s messy, it’s… old. But we shouldn’t have a negative outlook on legacy or old code "Why not both?"
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I sometimes have problems looking at my own code some time later... imagine someone else's code after years 
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I sometimes have a problem looking at my code as I write it.
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Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Unfortunately, the astronauts didn't get to have a wine tasting in microgravity. We will serve no wine...until launch time
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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) and Rolls-Royce have signed a research contract that will bring the two together to investigate nuclear energy as a source for deeper space exploration. Does it have leather seats and hardwood paneling?
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We know it will definitely run quietly.
George Lucas, I'm looking at you.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I wouldn't want to be near that ship if it gets some "battery" problems like the Samsung Edge... 
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The attackers used a combination of Android, Chrome, and Windows vulnerabilities, including both zero-days and n-days exploits. Why attack one vulnerability when you can attack all of them?
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With recent highs in the price of Bitcoin, an unfortunate phenomenon is emerging: People who accrued vast fortunes in the cryptocurrency are realizing that they’ve long since lost the passwords to their encrypted digital wallets. Has he tried P@ssword1?
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I don't want to sound like an assh... but...
[assh... mode ON]
WHAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
WHAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
WHAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA cough cough...
WHAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
WHAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
[assh... mode OFF]
And being fair, I actually feel sorry for them (at least for some of them).
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