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Friday Wisdom – The Software Demo

Posted on 01/12/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

When demoing new software to the company CEO, new and severe bugs will suddenly appear forcing the presenter to spend twenty minutes saying, “It didn’t do this during testing.” This will be followed by a ten minute lecture from the … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Software Quality

Posted on 01/05/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

At the office I’ve doing a bit of project management as we’re short staffed at the moment (well all high tech is short staffed at the moment) and was reminded of this engineering truism: There are three things you can … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Resolutions

Posted on 12/29/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

This year I resolve to complete all the resolutions I made in 2017 – including the ones left over from 2016 which were based on plans I first made in 2011. Promise, Andrew

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Friday Wisdom: Theory and Practice

Posted on 12/15/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Theory is when you know something, but it doesn’t work. Practice is when something works, but you don’t know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: “nothing works and they don’t know why.” More wisdom next week, Andrew

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