Bob On Development

My old friend Whil Hentzen, who is still somehow making a living in the FoxPro world with a side of Linux, posted a hilarious and enlightening explanation of Twitter, how it’s used in the real world, and why it might be necessary to indulge in even if you were born before dirt was invented.
I’m almost [...]

Five years from now will we be describing applications rather than coding them?

… or is it just that craftsmanship isn’t really needed anymore? Maybe a little of both.

Should software developers be put out to pasture at 40?

Exciting new technology is fun, but it has its limitations.

I had a good chuckle today at this naive screed from Paul Graham, a Silicon Valley renaissance man by any standards, whose shoelaces I am no doubt unworthy to tie. Still, I think he’s full of … himself on this one.