Author Archives: MaximFridental

It’s easy to bash C++ having Linus Torvalds on your side. But bear with me for a minute and you will see how this bashing post is more argumentative than others. Before the flame begins, let’s speak about the following two worlds of application development: constrained software and rapid application development. The former world includes …

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I hate HTML. And not only from the technical point of view. It is deeper. You see, a lot of persons who have conceived Internet, and WWW and HTML… Their principles and goals are very far from the most folks who want to do something in and with Internet. Well, may be it is my personal bias, because I have …

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Just watched the sneak peek video: They have desaturated IDE chrome UI so that it is mostly monochrome now (i.e. no colors in the toolbar buttons), with occasional splashes of Metro-nesque deep blue colors, and I find it the most successful Visual Studio UI redesign ever. First, it is stylish. Second, it channels the focus on the colored …

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This is a test of your organization software development culture. The answer ”a” gives you 0 points, “b” gives 1 point, “c” gives you 2 points, etc. Sum all the points. You can spent as much time as you want to. 1. Software Design Approach. You need to program a new feature. a) You read a manual, a book …

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