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Classic Blunders

By Benjamin | Published: September 2, 2010
Today I almost fell prey to one of the classic blunders. No, I’m not talking about land wars in Asia or going in against a Sicilian when death is on the line. This was one of the classic software development blunders. There are several of these, but the one I’m referring to is building something [...]
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The Metaphors We Build By

By Benjamin | Published: August 20, 2010
The practice of software development is frequently described in terms of metaphors. The point being to establish a non-obvious connection or analogy between the creation of abstract logical structures executed by computers and other pursuits that are somehow similar. Metaphors are powerful cognitive constructs by which two words or ideas are linked by association or [...]
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