Selected portfolio items

meshU, Toronto, May 20 / RubyFringe, Toronto, July 18–20

ick.rubyforge.org / andand.rubyforge.org / unfold.rb / string_to_proc.rb / dsl_and_let.rb / comprehension.rb / lazy_lists.rb

IS-STRICTLY-EQUIVALENT-TO-A / Spaghetti-Western Coding / Golf is a good program spoiled / Programming conventions as signals / Not all functions should be object methods / Abbreviation, Accidental Complexity, and Abstraction

The Not So Big Software Design / Writing programs for people to read / Why Why Functional Programming Matters Matters / But Y would I want to do a thing like this? / Economizing can be penny-wise and pound foolish

The single most important thing you must do to improve your programming career / The Naïve Approach to Hiring People / No Disrespect / Certification? Bring It On! / Take control of your interview / Three tips for getting a job through a recruiter / My favourite interview question


Exception Handling in Software Development / What if powerful languages and idioms only work for small teams? / Bricks / Which theory fits the evidence? / Still failing, still learning / What I’ve learned from failure

(1..100).inject(&:+) / The challenge of teaching yourself a programming language / The significance of the meta-circular interpreter / I’ll take Static Typing for $800, Alex

Block-Structured Javascript / Haskell, Ruby and Infinity / Closures and Higher-Order Functions

Why Apple is more expensive than Amazon / Why we are the biggest obstacles to our own growth / Is software the documentation of business process mistakes? / We have lost control of the apparatus / What I’ve Learned From Sales I, II, III

Billy Martin’s Technique for Managing his Manager / Three stories about The Tao / Programming Language Stories / Why You Need a Degree to Work For BigCo

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