End of software? No

What happened to software? Why is there so few creative software (2010)? Are we at the end of software? What are the forces which led to this situation, looking like a bit step backward to the epoch of non-programmable accounting machines? Is there a way out of this situation? Yes, and a very simple one: make good software. With invention. Developing models and abstractions. It is difficult but absolutely possible. It this re-start of software I wish to explore here in this blog. Welcome

sexta-feira, 26 de setembro de 2014

Interview with Grady Booch

An author telling the story of various and his methodologies. Conclusion: they are not worth using.

sábado, 6 de setembro de 2014

Do not estimate software development projects

This paper (What We Do and Don't Know about Software Development Effort Estimation) makes it clear: there is no reliable estimate methodology. Expert advice, experience are the best evaluators.

Slowly the idea of software as a craft, as an art, is growing. Not a production activity.

Computer Science Majors, Your Degree May Not Be As Valuable As You Think

Well, what this article show is that you can have programmers who will work as bricklayers. That's ok and enough to produce the bad spaghetti monolithic code of most commercial software. What about real developers. They should have, yes, a computer science degree. To be able to abstract concepts of the software they design. The keywork here is design, not build.