Podcast+Text: The AJAX Web Architecture

This podcast discusses AJAX, an architectural style for web applications that has become popular in recent months. This is a Podcast - a blog entry with an embedded MP3 link. On Internet Explorer, Click the left mouse button to listen,...

Let Them Have Quake: Bad Programmers are Negative Contributors

I just began reading The Business of Software. The intro alludes to that old adage about a good programmer being 10-20 times as effective as a bad programmer. I’ve heard various numbers for this “Hot/Not” ratio, sometimes 100 is bandied...

Self-Documenting Software at SPA 2005

OK, my final SPA posting. This time, some notes from my own workshop. In the next few days, I’ll be doing a podcast (yes, I’m still officially podcasting after much silence!) on self-documenting software which will cover all this.

BNP Reconciliation Notes: Romilly Cocking at BNP Paribas

Romilly Cocking gave a 75-minute presentation about his work at BNP Paribas, using agile techniques to implement a reconciliation engine. Unusually for a bank, it’s fine with this information being public and Romilly said it would be fine to write...