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That's got to be one of the *best* choice of title since the Mythical Man Month!!
-Kenneth Sizer |
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I haven't had the chance to read and review any books from the Pragmatic Programmers series. I decided to change that with the book Ship It! - A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects by ...
-Thomas "Duffbert" Duff |
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With much code, all eyes are shallow
-Jared Richardson |
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(May 27)
Joe Armstrong's blog entry has some great quotes and insights. This type of thinking is exactly why you need to learn another language.
The Road we didn't go down
If you don't learn to think in a language like Erlang, you'll never be able to fully bring those idioms and paradigms back to your day job language. I'm simply repeating the advice of the Pragmatic Programmers from nearly a decade ago, but learn a new language every year.
And as any weightlifter will tell you, if you're not sore when you're done, you weren't working out. You were coasting. No pain, no gain applies to your brain as well as your back. So if you pick a new technology too close to what you already know, it might feel too easy. If so, back up and adjust your technical workout plan. Hit the muscles you haven't used in a while.
Feel the burn! ;)
Category: Erlang
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Back in Boston! I'll be speaking on Saturday and Sunday.
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Back on the west coast. I'll speak (and keynote) on Friday and Saturday in Redmond.
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Any conference in Orlando is good, but this one is great!
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The first Agile Experience was a huge success. Tell your manager about this one.
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