April 13, 2009
Objects as Actors : Should distribution transparency be embedded into a language design ?
Debasish Ghosh has written an interesting post : Objects as Actors. A very nice post touching upon the frequent debate of what abstraction should be included a piece of software and how should it…
December 5, 2008
Free Public WiFi SSID is Not Virus ?

Free Public WiFi SSID at WLAN Book.com.

I was told this stuff is a virus so I avoided it. Apparently it isn’t. However the network SSID does seem to have some viral characteristics. In summary :

Comprehension consistency at last in Python 3.0!

Comprehension consistency at last in Python 3.0!.

Nice example of how comprehensions in Python 3.0 seem a lot more intuitive.

Earlier in Python 2.5 :

Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Nov 14 2008,...
September 23, 2008
Any easier and funnier way to explain SQL injection


September 21, 2008
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know - The Book [97 Things] : Near-Time

Nice collection of blog posts dealing with architecture.

97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know - The Book [97 Things] : Near-Time.

September 19, 2008
Is documentation more important or answers ?
When people are looking for documentation are they “really” looking for documentation ? This article argues that what people are really looking for is “answers”. So long as you are able to get them,…
September 5, 2008
Chrome is a security nightmare, indexes your bank accounts

TG Daily - Chrome is a security nightmare, indexes your bank accounts.

This is an interesting side effect of security issues arising out of perhaps indexing that actually works “too well”.

September 3, 2008
Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web

Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web.

Nice story about the happenings behind the scenes leading to google chrome.

September 2, 2008
How To Demo Your Startup (Part Two)
How To Demo Your Startup (Part Two).
Agile or Lean ?

So as you can see, lean and agile are deeply intertwined in the software world. You can’t really talk about them being alternatives, if you are doing agile you are doing lean and vice-versa. Agile…