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MichaelDMcCray

  1. How do you inject one prototype bean into another?
  2. How do you communicate the evidence of your system's quality?
  3. when does procedural beat declarative?
  4. youtube.com/watch?v=BVEDwn…
  5. @mark_volkmann but, isn't consistency simple? or rather inconsistency equals complex?
  6. But isn't consistancy simple?
  7. Who should win: consistency or simplicity?
  8. Knowing something is not the same as knowing that thing well, why do you stop?
  9. @jamescarr I suppose
  10. @jamescarr ok. but you have to control them, I propose restrict coding to: Java, Scala, Groovy, Clojure, and JRuby
  11. @jamescarr why do you have to "find" x developers, hire good people, let them use Scala and they will be more productive than other
  12. If you are a boss, why are yo not making all your developers use #Scala? I keep hearing it is hard to find Java developers, so no difference
  13. It takes a village to raise a child doesn't mean "the village will take care of everything"
  14. @cccgunther i recommend you change your password
  15. Don't Polute Your Domains: Good software tries to model and implement the various needs of a system or applicati... bit.ly/Jd8nSr
  16. instead of an allowance, give your kids some seeds and dirt and little pots, and pay them for plants that the grow
  17. ask your kids: (if they got hurt by doing something dangerous) what did you learn from that?
  18. @jasongorman kids aren't human until 18, so it's ok
  19. ask your kids: what did you do that was hard today?
  20. XML combines the idea of language without syntax with the illusion of enabling DSLs