January 11, 2009
by Dima Malenko
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Many years ago when I was at school I was serious about orienting. Once I even was 3rd in national championship. And the trainer always told us “Stability is a sign of mastery”. No matter how fast you are on … Continue reading
May 24, 2008
by Dima Malenko
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… someone has to be using it. Guys from 37signals got it right: It feels great to be done with something on the programming side and then feeling free to move on to the next thing. We all do that … Continue reading
May 15, 2008
by Dima Malenko
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Software developers like being “agile”, whatever this means. They say being “agile” liberates their creativity and lets positive energies of the Universe flow through them to the code to (hopefully) solve customer’s problems. They are committed to using all the … Continue reading
May 2, 2008
by Dima Malenko
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http://osnews.com/story/19266/WTFsm
December 28, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Yesterday driving the city I noticed a big board which invited to buy a flat in a house. The interesting fact about this sell was that the is not built yet and the construction has not even started! But they … Continue reading
December 18, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Today I found some new answers to questions I was asking and was asked. Here they are: Q: How do you define a “small” and “large” project? A: Small project is project with homogeneous development environments. In large project the … Continue reading
November 25, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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When I was reading A Conversation with Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore in the latest issue of the ACM Queue there was a passage that really touched my heart of software engineer: PAWEL JAKUB DAWIDEK At first I just wanted … Continue reading
September 26, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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If you haven’t read Founders at Work, you definitely should. Reading this I’ve enjoyed every page. Probably this book is more about “experience sharing” than any other book. This book has 33 co-authors each sharing his insight into key components … Continue reading
August 6, 2007
by Dima Malenko
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Don’t take me wrong, but I’m convinced that software engineering is not about fixing bugs. Well, you have to fix bugs sometimes, but you do not have to that always. If you have product with no bugs, you do not … Continue reading
November 17, 2003
by Dima Malenko
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This presentation was used in my talk on open seminar of Dnipropertovsk Guild of Certified Professionals in 2003. Here I tell history of software engineering and convergence trends in software industry. Perspectives of Software Industry (PDF, in Russian)