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The value of re-usable code
This topic may sound like something very obvious. The obvious thing is that if you can sell the same code twice you can do more in less time and as such you make more money. This may sound cynical, but if you can do something faster it is a competitive…
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How the iPad has changed my computing
I had my first tablet quite some time ago. It was not quite like the tablets we have today, it was a Nokia N800 which was a true Linux tablet with a 4"-ish screen that was used with a stylus. It looked like this: I loved this little device,…
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The harshest critic
Let me present to you my son Viktor: He is the harshest software critic that I have ever met. You think people like Ben Brooks are picky? They are nothing in comparison to Viktor. He lives in a household where there are has always been at least one iPhone and…
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Why all the hate for IDEs
I've lately more and more heard a lot of hate for IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), especially among open source developers, a lot of people calling them an "evil", a "language smell" or so on. Stating that they "Enable bad coding" or that they are a hindrance to development. I've even…