June 28, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Thinking of possible approaches to class library interface design I reread the post by Martin Fowler titled Fluent Interface. Although I never tried out this approach in designing my own class libraries it looks like with modern IDE such interfaces … Continue reading
June 25, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Recently when I got stuck in a traffic jam I noticed a man in a car nearby me. He had his window open so I could see everything inside his car. You know, every car has seat belts to prevent … Continue reading
June 24, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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What do you do when you receive a meeting request without agenda? Unless you are pretty confident (which is a rare case, except that you are the organizer) what is the goal of the meeting, decline it! Meetings are necessary … Continue reading
June 21, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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No wonder that in developing countries like Ukraine IT ties to educational centers, because graduates usually do not have enough funds to move to another city and paying relocation bonuses is not common as companies want to keep their costs … Continue reading
June 20, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Goal Europe recently published a research study that indicates 47% outsourcing market growth in Ukraine in year 2006. As the market reached $246 million I believe that it will continue to increase this and coming years because Ukraine has several … Continue reading
June 15, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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I long thought if I want to publish these photos with kind permission of the author. First photo shows greatness of local university by depicting a braindump of a student before exam on Software Engineering: Unfortunately, exam was held in … Continue reading
June 15, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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SoftServe continues its lead by achieving most competencies among IT companies in Ukraine. Microsoft also recognizes SoftServe’s accomplishments by selecting the company among top finalists for the 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Custom Development Solutions, Web Development. … Continue reading
June 14, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Going to REMIX’07 in Budapest I’ve made a 800 km journey by train through almost all of the Ukraine. To my pity every here and there along the rail-road I saw abandoned industrial buildings which are slowly ruined by rains … Continue reading
June 4, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Microsoft VSTS Process Templates homepage features Cognizant Feature Driven Development process template. Cognizant adds many (too many, actually) new concepts to FDD so that the process looses its elegant simplicity and focus. Instead of focusing on bug-free feature implementations with … Continue reading
June 3, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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This is actually a repeat of my older post from my old blog. But it is summer again, so why not? Here in Ukraine you can more and more often hear people asking “How were they grown?” when they buy … Continue reading