Why I love being a programmer

on Jan 20, 2005
I have just returned from a fabulous couple of days at the Greenpeace international office in Amsterdam. I have been reminded why I do what I do; why I am a programmer.

As I was walking through what …

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Today it hit me

on Jan 20, 2005

It was a very ordinary moment, I was sitting in front of my computer, at the Greenpeace office, checking email or something equally mundane, when I saw this flash of the ultrasound for me, and I got …

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LOC

on Jan 19, 2005

David has inspired me to look closely at LOC (Lines Of Code), and trying to keep the numbers low. Why? Less code means less code to read, write, maintain, understand, keep in your head, and especially…

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Sorry isn't quite enough

on Jan 19, 2005

I pay EUR 12 for about as many hours of internet access (less the time I spend sleeping, you do the math), and then when I try to actually use it, after having been out to De Balie for a few hours, I …

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