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Magical thinking in Software Development
I guess we all Python developers heard this kind of argument from time to time: Python is slower than C++/Java/C# because is not compiled. Other than the usual “blame the others” when working with...
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In defense of resting
I have been watching recently some documentaries about software development, including the classic Triumph of the nerds (available in YouTube in three episodes, 1, 2 and 3) and Indie Game: The Movie....
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Agile important bits
There is a lot of Agile talking and I think it has reached a point where it is, if not standard, at least a common way of doing software. But, even if there is a lot talking about Agile methodologies,...
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Some characteristics of the best developers I worked with
I had a conversation last November on the PyConEs, when I was on a conversation stating that I am working with truly brilliant people in DemonWare, and then someone asked me: “Do you have problems...
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Online community biases
There are a lot of discussion online about a huge number of different topics. That’s fantastic news, I’d love to had a learning tool that powerful when I was in school. To share some of my interests,...
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Compendium of Wondrous Links vol I
As a way of collecting interesting reads across the Internet, I plan to keep a relatively regular posts with some articles and posts that I’ve read, mostly related to development, software and tech...
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Respect Driven Development
I think that one of the most overlooked components on any sane company culture is Respect. That’s probably true also for any relationship, also outside work environment, but I think is usually...
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The amazing forgiveness of software
One of the things I like most about developing software is the fact that you can recover from most mistakes with very few long term impact. Bugs are unavoidable, and most of the people involved on...
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Future as a developer and the ever changing picture
A few weeks ago I came by a couple of articles my Marco Arment that share the theme of the current status of accelerated change within the development community as a way of stressing up, and being...
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Compendium of Wondrous Links vol VII
Here we go again… This time I’m loosely grouping them, it has been a while and there are so many things! The best programming advice I ever got, which actually is about the worst advice, being...
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Compendium of Wondrous Links vol IX
Welcome back to this totally non-regular compilation of interesting reads. Enjoy! A Pixel Artist Renounces Pixel Art. A module of Python utilities aiming to complement the standard library. Boltons...
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Do not spawn processes on users requests
I’ve been playing recently an online game that has recently launched, that uses the following idea. When a user starts a match, it spawns a process in the server that acts as the opponent, generating...
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Compendium of Wondrous Links vol XI
It has been a while since the last time. More food for though! Python Python 3 upgrade strategy. The time has come to take migrating to python 3 seriously. Another addition to Python-to-c++ compilers,...
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A Django project template for a RESTful Application using Docker
I used what I learn and some decisions to create a template for new projects. Part of software development is mainly plumbing. Laying bricks together and connecting parts so the important bits of...
View ArticleStill working from home after all those years
We are all experts in working from home now, right? Since March 2020 we’ve been stuck in this strange situation where time has stopped and we are working regularly from home, at least almost everyone...
View ArticlePython Automation Cookbook for only $5!
There’s currently a Christmas offer in Packt website when you can get all ebooks for just $5 or 5€. It’s a great opportunity to get the second edition of the Python Automation Cookbook and improve your...
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