Programmer’s Paradox

When I asked the question about how Erlang Garbage Collection works, I expected that because of Erlang’s focus on concurrency its garbage collection algorithm would be incredibly complicated.
I was wrong.  Turns out, it’s rather simple as far as garbage collection algorithms go, thanks in large part to how Erlang uses processes.

Went to Refresh the Triangle last night.  It was nice to take a break and escape to a place where everyone is as immersed in technology as I am (that isn’t work).
I’d like to thank Dave for his presentation on REST.  While all the presentations were good and informative, that one drove home, for me, [...]

I’d like to make a public service announcement.
It’s easy to lose your temper and to want to post an inflammatory post to the world when something happens.  It feels good to let everyone know how you feel.  Get whatever it is off your chest.
But please, refrain from hitting the publish button.
You know how diamonds are [...]

Conway’s Law: Any piece of software reflects the organizational structure that produced it.
It’s interesting to see laws play out.  While we as technologists probably slap the word law on a few too many sayings, especially if it’s witty and we like to repeat it (so why haven’t I run across a Monty Python law?), there [...]

Sometimes spammers are unintentionally funny.  Today some link spam showed up in my comments with this excerpt:
No One of Consequence wrote an interesting post today on…
It’s always good to know I’m well regarded by others.