In many ways the Ship of Theseus paradox is quite similar to software development. Is this app the same one it was five years ago? How about two? What about after the massive refactor we *just* finished? If it still serves the same business users in the same capacity, but we rewrote it, does it matter?
Your software isn't working the way you'd like. What should you do? Scrap everything and start over or slowly transform your application into something more in line with your vision. In this post, we explore the differences, strengths, and risks of each approach.
Software is one big party! The question is: When's the optimal time to pause the partying so that you can restock and clean up? Well, it depends on who you ask.
Yesterday, the CEO of Equifax resigned after 143 million Americans personal data was compromised in a security breach. Since I own a company that focuses on upgrading custom software, I'm getting lots of calls from concerned executives wondering if their systems are secure. After all, if Equifax could get hacked, that makes you think what would happen if your customer data was compromised, right?
This weekend, white supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia and committed terrorist attacks against people protesting their intimidation. Three people died and many more were injured as a result. In light of these attacks, and the Google Memo last week complaining about hiring practices that promote racial and gender diversity while ignoring ideological diversity, I felt compelled to write an internal memo to my team to help them process these events and make clear Corgibytes' stance on diversity.
Many programming languages use what’s called zero-based indexing. Counting starts at zero, not one. When building your career in tech, know there are invisible forces at play that are obvious once you uncover them. If you navigate your career without understanding this hidden framework, you’ll usually come up with the wrong answer. Let's take a peek at some of these hidden habits that are likely holding you back.
As mentioned in my introductory post on the topic, while doing research for another article, I dug into nteract pretty deeply. It's how I like to learn about new things. nteract ships with the ability to run JavaScript code in notebooks, and I was wondering if it had the ability to do more than that. What I discovered revealed an entirely new level of awesome for using interactive notebooks.
Open source sustainability has been on our minds lately. We think that we could help a lot, but we're not exactly sure what that should look like.
Our Chief Code Whisperer, M. Scott Ford, shares his thoughts about the WannaCry/WannaCrypt malware and reinforces a call for a Digital Geneva Convention.
Recently, I was pairing with a developer on a client's team. He was stuck and couldn't figure out how to fix the problem. I had a look and guided him through a series of bash and other shell commands until we found the solution. After thanking me -- he had been at it for hours -- he asked me 'How do you know all of this?'