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Archive for November, 2006

Why optimizing without profiling is inefficient

Posted by Andres on November 22nd, 2006

I recently moved from Malmö, Sweden to London, England. Today I did some major grocery shopping. When I put my items on the checkout counter, I did what I always do in Sweden – I try to make things as easy as possible for the cashier. You see, in a typical Swedish grocery shop, what [...]

Calm down!

Posted by Andres on November 16th, 2006

People (like Jonas, Magnus and Marcus) have told me that I can be frustrating to work with. That’s because I’m a stubborn know-it-all that likes to push my “better” knowing on everyone else. That’s not the person I want to be. I still think that I have a few good ideas I should share, but [...]

Software Architects

Posted by Andres on November 7th, 2006

One of my favourite games to play with my oldest daughter is where I pretend that I don’t understand something really basic – like how to put on socks. I put them on my ears and ask her if I got it right, and she reprimends me and tells me I should have them on [...]