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Your World. Easier
01 April 09 07:00 AM | ericbrec | 4 Comments   

During difficult economic times like these, people tend to whine less about common complaints that now seem trite. Mostly, I'm relieved not to hear how much e-mail is in Ingrid's Inbox, how Brian broke the build again, and how Suresh's service schedule Read More...

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Green fields are full of maggots
01 February 09 07:00 AM | ericbrec | 7 Comments   

As I said in Nailing the nominals , the two keys to successful big projects (100K+ LOC) are thinking ahead and defining done. Thinking ahead is about design and planning. Defining done is about setting a quality bar and sticking to it. Yet many big projects Read More...

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De-optimization
01 December 08 07:00 AM | ericbrec | 2 Comments   

Why? Why! Why do managers make stupid decisions that cause devastating churn and tawdry results? And it's not just managers, though they are particularly proficient at promoting poor performance—architects, leads, and individual contributors flood the Read More...

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So far away: Distributed development
01 February 08 07:00 AM | ericbrec | 3 Comments   

If you are a software geek, like me, being the product support technician for your friends and family comes with the territory. While it's painful to watch your family struggle with software, particularly if you helped write it, at least you can tell Read More...

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