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jeffdoolittle | 2 years ago | on: On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules (1971) [pdf]

+1 to this comment. The book is fantastic. So many good ideas came out of the early 1970s and have been duly forgotten or ignored by this industry. It's time to reclaim them.

jeffdoolittle | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are some of the best podcasts for developers?

I'm one of the hosts for Software Engineering Radio.

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From the About page:

Software Engineering Radio is a podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast. Now a weekly show, we talk to experts from throughout the software engineering world about the full range of topics that matter to professional developers.

jeffdoolittle | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: It's always the people isn't it?

The problem is people, and the solution is people, and that's the problem.

jeffdoolittle | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is all code crap?

The code itself matters little. It's a fools errand to attempt to write "good code" while glossing over, or outright ignoring, information hiding and dependency management.

Structure, testability, documentation and automation of the system give you a fighting chance.

jeffdoolittle | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Share your personal site

https://jeffdoolittle.com

I write about leadership, complexity, and system design. I'm also one of the hosts of Software Engineering Radio at https://se-radio.net and a Systems Architect at Trimble.

jeffdoolittle | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you wish you had done/known in your 30s?

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jeffdoolittle | 4 years ago | on: L Peter Deutsch on the Fallacies of Distributed Computing

L. Peter Deutsch is the founder of Aladdin Enterprises and creator of GhostScript.

The fallacies of distributed computing are a set of assertions made by original Sun Microsystems fellows, including Deutsch, which describe false assumptions invariably made by programmers who are new to distributed applications.

In an interview, Deutsch retells the history of the fallacies, discusses their relevance today, and corrects some frequent misattributions and misunderstandings regarding their origin. Specific topics referenced include network reliability, network security, message security, and network topology.

From Software Engineering Radio

jeffdoolittle | 5 years ago | on: Plan the Sprint, Not the Project

It's time to move on from Agile.

https://jeffdoolittle.com/2020/05/22/dont-disrupt-agile-drop...

jeffdoolittle | 5 years ago | on: Don't Disrupt Agile. Drop It

It's time to leave "Agile" behind and embrace the Post-agile era.

jeffdoolittle | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (September 2019)

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jeffdoolittle | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What book to read to get a footing in CS theory?

Mentioned before, but I'll +1 these: - The Impostor’s Handbook: Rob Conery - Foundations of CS: http://blough.ece.gatech.edu/3020/focs.pdf

Also be sure to check out

- Software Fundamentals, essays by David Parnas

Here's one of the essays from the book: https://www.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/edu/2ip30/references/criteria...

Parnas promoted the idea of encapsulation before the word had even been invented. And at the time, the idea was actually controversial, if you can believe it.