The code reuse myth

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I am of the firm belief that code reuse is a personal responsibility, and should never be a corporate endeavor. Unfortunately, thousands of CIOs and project managers disagree. There is a pervasive attitude among out-of-touch higher-ups that the distribution and reuse of code among developers will instantly reduce man hours and costs. On the surface, [...]

Reverse engineering — every programmer’s dirty little secret

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Every day I sit down at my workstation, evaluate the tasks assigned to me, and then instantly begin coding solutions to the problems I must solve. This is all done by memory of course, without the assistance of programmers who have tread the same road before me. I do this without hesitation, and I still [...]

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