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  • Guests,  Issue #12: Being A Senior Developer

    At Least

    By Daniel Steinberg, September 2, 2019

    About ten years ago there seemed to be a slew of thirty year olds explaining what it was to be old. “Now that I am thirty,” they would say, “I understand …” I am not sure what it was they understood. I had stopped listening and faded off into my own head thinking, “uh oh, what if they find out I am fifty. They will never hire me.”

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  • Guests,  Issue #11: Artificial Intelligence

    From AOP To AI

    By Adam Jones, August 5, 2019

    I once opened my eyes to the possibility that maybe one day, we could build software that could build itself. It was an idea that sat running around the back of my mind for a while, but sadly it was more of a solution looking for a problem than anything actually useful.

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  • Guests,  Issue #10: Programming Paradigms,  Programming Languages

    On The Influence Of Programming Language Paradigms

    By Guido de Caso, July 1, 2019

    In the realm of natural languages there is a concept called linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. It states that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview.

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  • Aeolipile: a steam engine from 2000 BC
    Guests,  Issue #08: Programming History

    A Brief And Painful History Of Programming

    By Fernando Rodriguez, May 6, 2019

    Kent Beck is deservedly famous for creating Test-Driven Development (TDD.) According to himself, he did not invent it. He only rediscovered it.

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