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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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