The A-Team
People tend to treat development processes like religions. There are lots of extremists. Everywhere I have worked has taken a somewhat agile approach to delivering succesful software deployments,...
View ArticleIt’s not black and white
One thing I have learned about being openly autistic is that people will often give me the “It’s not black and white” speech. Truth be told, being openly autistic has only made this speech come about...
View ArticleLegacy
Sometimes I have to tune out the world because it all gets to be a little too much to process. As the story was breaking about the latest mass shooting in the US and details started coming through, I...
View ArticleHey Jo, what do ya know?
So, I made it to thirty. In some ways I have changed lots, in others not at all, and I am totally okay with that: life is a lesson that you learn when you’re through. I last used that quote … Continue...
View ArticleCall of Duty: AW – Part 1
August will see the MP reveal for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare. I thought I would try and capture my thoughts on the franchise in general, as well as the next iteration specifically, before the hype...
View ArticleCall of Duty: AW – Part 2
Call of Duty AW has been out for a little while now, long enough that the first couple of patches have dropped and I have prestiged. Time for my initial impressions. I feel I have to touch on the...
View ArticleSkills to Pay the Bills
It took some nine or ten months, but this week I finally completed the Life Skills training course that I started in the summer. It was hard work, but satisfying and I shall miss it. The hardest...
View ArticleTwittzkrieg
To quote myself from yesterday, “140 characters is not always enough to convey a point properly, especially not across languages and cultures.”. Hence, I am finally publishing this post, which has been...
View ArticleThe Uncertainty Principle
A new code review system is being introduced at work which will see new/changed code formally peer reviewed before being accepted to the code base. Sounds great! It is, from the point of view of...
View ArticleNo Comment
There seems to be a push towards not commenting code, with the general argument being that if your code needs commenting, it is too complex. I kind of agree with the sentiment here, code that is tough...
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