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https://www.codethink.co.uk/news/2015/visteon-and-codethink-collaborate
Tue 21 April 2015. Visteon and Codethink Collaborate to Improve Development and Maintainability of In-vehicle Software. Leading automotive electronics supplier Visteon and Linux software specialist Codethink are partnering to improve the long-term traceability and reproducibility of software used in in-vehicle infotainment products. As our software platforms are becoming increasingly global, we identified several benefits of combining the best elements of the Baserock and Yocto approaches," said Christia...
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Codethink | Baserock
https://www.codethink.co.uk/baserock.html
Baserock is a FOSS project originally founded by Codethink in 2011, licensed GPLv2. It is a great open source way to produce custom software systems which are expected to require ongoing maintenance and updates. Baserock is a FOSS project originally founded by Codethink in 2011, licensed GPLv2. It is a great open source way to produce custom software systems which are expected to require ongoing maintenance and updates. Embedded systems and enterprise appliances. Repeated, effective, dependable delivery.
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Apple vs Contortionists redux
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/apple-vs-contortionists-redux.html
Apple vs Contortionists redux. Fri 01 October 2010. Previously I asked "Does Apple use Scrum? An ex underling just slipped me the recipe for Apple's secret sauce. Of course you do. you too could make gazillions. but you've got to promise not to tell anybody else. It goes like this. Three independent design teams produce mockups.say three mockups per team. Each team doesn't get to. Re-use the others' ideas. The mockups all get hacked to pieces by Steve or underSteves. No, just kidding. Are we there yet?
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My briefcase is older than you
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/my-briefcase-is-older-than-you.html
My briefcase is older than you. Tue 30 November 2010. I recently demonstrated my. Gravitas to a roomful of undergraduates with the immortal line "My briefcase is older than you." Disappointingly they continued fiddling with their gadgets. Even my rollercoaster antics with Prezi failed to amuse. But the exercise was not entirely a waste of time. A spot of digital archaeology while prepping the talk uncovered the source of my first ever opus as a programmer, from 1982. Are we there yet?
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Open Sores
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/open-sores.html
Fri 22 October 2010. I need to get with the program. All these years working on secret projects with someone else's name on the mastheads have created an obvious problem - nobody knows who the hex I am. There's an obvious solution too. Why don't I just take my old. Code - all the stuff I wrote, and all the stuff I paid real codejunkies to write - and shove it up the interwebs? Cool project names . set up some web. Sites . dot orgs are pretty cheap, especially if they're unpronounceable. Are we there yet?
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The software commandments
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/the-software-commandments.html
Fri 15 July 2011. OK, I admit it - some of the Agile thinking. Influence the recent Software Commandments 2.0 update. I accept short timeboxed sprints. Agreed definition of DONE - great. Prioritised list of requirements - awesome. Daily standups - fine if you are all in the same room, and you stick to the rules. Recommend engineers write stuff down. To cover their asses. Scaling Agile to hundreds/thousands of engineers is. Extremely challenging, potentially disastrous. Are we there yet?
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Refactoring is an anti-pattern
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/refactoring-is-an-anti-pattern.html
Refactoring is an anti-pattern. Fri 13 December 2013. I thought I'd written. Than enough words on refactoring. Already, but maybe I was too cryptic. So here's my version 2. Let's start by noting that most of the folks who claim that they are 'refactoring' don't actually know what it means. I, on the other hand, found the time between. Mission-critical process re-engineering interventions to digest Martin Fowler's original treatise on refactoring. So I DO know. As I already said, I don't like your code.
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El Reg "not your grandad's project management"
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/el-reg-not-your-grandads-project-management.html
El Reg "not your grandad's project management". Tue 14 December 2010. I confess, I get a lot of my worldview from The Register. saves me coming up with my own jokes. Anyway, was a little disappointed watching this. Http:/ whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/watch/1787. Had to turn off when the Microsoft guy said "you have to build the business process to use the tools, not the tools to use the business process". Am I alone in thinking that business should. Be dictated by bloatware? I'll get my coat.
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The best revenge...
http://www.devcurmudgeon.com/the-best-revenge.html
Thu 14 July 2011. Over the years I've worked with many amazing people, but from time to time I've also had to deal with some. Frankly it's amazing at how downright dishonest, manipulative and plain stupid some folks can be. Actually plain stupid applies to me too. I've been repeatedly robbed, conned and trodden on by sharper operators. Some random examples:. TWO musicians stole instruments and equipment from me. A guy took me for over $50k on fake promo services for my band. I could go on, and on, and on.
