Construx has released the results from their 2008 software mistakes survey.  It’s worth reading the article to see their methodology and how they slice and dice the numbers. Here’s the final list they’ve come up with for the 10 classic software mistakes with the highest mistake exposure (meaning they have the highest average occurrence plus [...]

I enjoy Twitter and I think I’m addicted to Google Reader.  It’s become a game for me to make sure that I get the number showing my unread stories down to zero. Both make it very easy to follow someone, and once you do, if you’re like me, you end up following them forever just [...]

Recently, on Hacker News, this question was asked: What do hackers think of PHP? If you’re thinking about PHP, I suggest you read the comments.  You’ll notice there is a constant refrain: You can use PHP, but you had better have discipline. Sure, you can use PHP or any language, but of course you need [...]