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Barukh
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Joel Spolsky on Software
« on: Oct 12th, 2005, 2:40am » |
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Have you read Joel Spolsky's Articles on Software?
Let's start a discussion from his article on Interviewing. Yes, I know, it's lengthy, but extremely interesting!
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Re: Joel Spolsky on Software
« Reply #1 on: Oct 12th, 2005, 5:12am » |
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If anyone else's eyes are getting tired from reading the black on white (why do so many websites have this unpleasant style anyway),
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in the location bar
(you can of course choose your own colors and font, if light gray on dark gray verdana doesn't strike your fancy)
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Re: Joel Spolsky on Software
« Reply #2 on: Oct 12th, 2005, 6:37am » |
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Well, it's an interesting article, doesn't feel too long either.
But I'm not sure what to discuss about it.
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Re: Joel Spolsky on Software
« Reply #4 on: Oct 13th, 2005, 10:48am » |
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He seems overly optimistic that old code can alkways evolve to new better code. But sometimes it's just an evolutionary dead end, and you have to get rid of legacy code and backwards compatability to get ahead.
True enough, there is a huge cost initially, but if it's a necessary paradigm shift, then the gains will eventually be many times greater than muddling on with the old code.
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