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Tag Archives: software development

20 Nov

“Task Failed Successfully”

“Task failed successfully.” It’s a fake* prompt, which inspired a meme, which inspired a widespread descriptive term. It’s a joke, and an absurd joke, but like many absurd jokes it exists and persists because it reflects something real. The mimetic...
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learning, programming, software engineering ai, coding, programming, software development
20 Feb

AI Coder Phantasm

  The future of coding itself is at stake seems to be the message of many articles and discussions in recent months. Certainly anyone whose career lies in software development and related fields has reason to ponder the significant leaps...
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future evolution ai, chatgpt, software development
14 Oct

Communication & Lack Thereof

  I am a strong communicator, both verbally and in writing.   Sound familiar? Of course it does. This line and many variants of it land on virtually everybody’s resume at some point. Who doesn’t want to be a good...
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communication, software engineering software development, teamwork
31 Aug

5 Dev Tricks I Learned This Week

1. Searching and replacing in vi   I hate vi. It’s my least favorite editor, except for maybe something like Ed, but I don’t know anyone who solely uses Ed and loves to talk about how great it is. Yet...
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programming, software engineering coding, diff, ed, git, nokogiri, programming, rails, ruby, software development, tips and tricks, vi
21 Aug

Tidbits: Copying in Tmux & Ruby Method Internals

A couple of small but interesting items (to me, at any rate), may they come in handy (a little, at least) to your daily work:   1. Copy-paste in tmux. I only just started using tmux, for some reason, and...
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programming, ruby, software engineering, tools coding, programming, ruby, software development, tips and tricks, tmux
25 Jul

3 Tips & Tricks for Slim (Ruby)

For those coming to the Slim template engine from other tools, or from nothing at all in this area, getting acquainted with Slim can prove daunting — it did for me!   Fortunately, it’s the kind of syntactic methodology that...
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programming html, ruby, slim, software development, templating, tips and tricks
24 Jun

To Learn a New Programming Language, Start Over

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Programmers take pride in their ability to learn new skills easily, relying on long-ingrained concepts and abstracted methodologies to pick up a new way of working with minimum difficulty. Switching smoothly between tools, languages, or environments is certainly an ability...
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learning, programming, software engineering coding, learning, programming languages, reading, software development, starting over, transition
8 Jun

Git: Common Tasks

As a git user I am no expert. I don’t know if I’ll ever be, yet I use it every day.   I’m not alone — many people recognize the critical role version control plays in development work, but it’s...
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3 Jun

Lessons in Software Startups: Tackling the Problem

(This is a continuation of a series on software-related startups. You can read the first part here).   Scribbled in my notebook — and barely legible — are the words “have quick answers for project.”   Though I don’t remember...
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Uncategorized academia, business, expansion, growth, learning, market, problem, school, software development, software ventures, startups, vertical
17 May

Lessons in Software Startups: Initiation

“Don’t sit in the same spot twice.” This, the first line in my notebook. This, the first lesson — suggestion? command? — of our exclusive new class, “Software Ventures.” This, a strange new experience in a university where lectures are...
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Uncategorized academia, bootstrap, learning, repeatable, scalable, school, software development, software ventures, startups, vertical

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