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MVVM – This might hurt a little…
14 November 09 07:23 AM | Avi Pilosof | 4 Comments   
This is an attempt at a collaborative post; I’ll fill in more data if/when people make suggestions; please add comments on more problems and other/better solutions – I’ll add the links. Overall, MVVM is very attractive – but all the screen casts I’ve Read More...
Be Paranoid. Be Very Paranoid.
03 December 08 01:29 PM | Avi Pilosof | 2 Comments   
Do you maintain an application with a backend database? Does that application ever write to the database? Be afraid. The worst situation to be in with respect to the above is when a customer mails you and says: “Why is my data gone?” 99% of the time, Read More...
On using Arrays
23 September 08 11:52 AM | Avi Pilosof | 0 Comments   
Eric Lippert has a great article on arrays: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2008/09/22/arrays-considered-somewhat-harmful.aspx   I think this is especially useful to consider if you’re writing an API. Consider not just arrays, but any time Read More...
Creating Testable Applications Using the MVP Pattern
03 August 08 05:23 AM | Avi Pilosof | 1 Comments   
(The following post talks about ASP.NET, but it actually applies to all UI-based applications, web and non-web. PHP, WPF, Winforms, etc. It does not require a framework, nor anything to install - it's just an interesting way to write your code such that Read More...
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It's all just a clock measuring contest...
04 July 08 09:13 AM | Avi Pilosof | 6 Comments   
Did you know that SBCL is now faster than Java, as fast as Ocaml, and getting better ?! What does this mean for you? Most likely, nothing. They have various benchmarks that are used to measure the speed of a language implementation; and I think it's a Read More...
Can Software be Reliable?
27 June 08 05:21 PM | Avi Pilosof | 1 Comments   
Just read a post (permalink is broken) regarding how software engineering is nowhere near the level of quality as traditional engineering, partially because we don't have standards, regulations, etc. While I agree with some of the argument, people often Read More...
On Writing Safer APIs
19 June 08 01:08 PM | Avi Pilosof | 0 Comments   
Our team owns lots of smallish applications; all of them have a DB layer, an OM/API layer, logic and UI layers. What happens over time is that we have different people working on the same apps, switching between them over the course of time. This is great Read More...
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