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Developing Programmers has been down for a while, due to a power supply “exploding” (figuratively). “Trouble” has migrated the whole system to another machine in another country and it’s now up and running again! Yay! The new server location should be faster for US visitors; and sadly a bit slower for readers in Australia. [...]

This week I have spent most of my time writing documentation as quickly as I can for the job I am leaving. They already have up to date API documentation etc, but they need more insights into the “big picture” of the software components and what the major ideas are in there without getting bogged down with [...]

I have just accepted a new job at CVSDude.com! CVSDude offers online services for developers, such as revision control, bug tracking, documentation wikis, etc. This means I will be developing and supporting software that helps people to carry out some of the practices that I originally set up this site to promote. It’s a very suitable [...]

I recently noticed this FAQ by Bjarne Stroustrup himself on various aspects of why C++ is designed the way it is, how to get the most out of it in various common situations, and how Stroustrup responds to questions about features from other languages like Java and C#. If you use C++ at all, or [...]

How do you hire good software developers and actually keep them? Joel Spolsky offers a few ideas, in his article “A Field Guide to Developers”. Joel’s ideas include treating developers like stars instead of dirt. Sadly most places I’ve seen treat their programmers like dirt and think that when their staff quit it is a [...]