Nerd Ducks

The Iron Diamond

Technology projects are much, much more Product Development than Project Management. Today we've got yet more technology product development goodness, with plenty more to follow.

Daniel B. Markham

27 Oct 2021 · 11 min read

2021-10-22 Nerd Roundup

Meta C++ compile-time programming, playin' video games for money, jamming up people who want to record you, Uncle Bob, and getting pigs to give up their organs to you, all here this week on Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

21 Oct 2021 · 3 min read

Notional Neuron goes to the Learning Zoo

There's a ton of bullshit here for sure, but there's also enough truth to make exploring extremely worthwhile

Daniel B. Markham

21 Oct 2021 · 20 min read

2021-10-15 Nerd Roundup

This week it's the Nobel Prize and how several prizes were about chaos and complexity, Microsoft Research's Orleans, Mamas don't teach your babies to grow up to be programmers, things you can't say on Facebook

Daniel B. Markham

14 Oct 2021 · 3 min read

Feedback Loops Are Bullshit

The phrase "feedback loop" is total bullshit. We're all going to have to keep using it anyway. Here's why.

Daniel B. Markham

12 Oct 2021 · 17 min read

2021-10-08 Nerd Roundup

We've had more deep-dive technical nerdy weeks, but I don't think we've had as many programming links to share across a broad range of industries. Also, The Great Pumpkin wants your refrigerator.

Daniel B. Markham

7 Oct 2021 · 6 min read

2021-10-01 Nerd Roundup

Good gracious almighty, this week it's Category Theory, obscure rules of chess, secrets of Autonoetic Consciousness, transparent aluminium, and lots more!

Daniel B. Markham

30 Sep 2021 · 4 min read

Boyd's Management Model

No matter what kind of organization you have or want, management doesn't go away. It's something to do and it's a skill and talent that some folks have to develop so that everybody overall can do better. How do you classify those skills?

Daniel B. Markham

26 Sep 2021 · 8 min read

Code Smell: Primitive Obsession

We coders can't even keep track of a few primitives. Can we just accept that and adjust our style or do we want to continue obsessing over primitive obsession?

Daniel B. Markham

24 Sep 2021 · 2 min read

2021-09-24 Nerd Roundup

Tech topics this week included property-based testing, 747s stuffed full of cruise missiles, polygenic testing, fluid solvers, nuclear thermal rockets, and much more.

Daniel B. Markham

24 Sep 2021 · 3 min read

Code Budgets: They Ain't Just For Code

We've discovered principles to help us code, but we'd be missing out on all of the big benefits if we stopped there. What are standups, anyway?

Daniel B. Markham

20 Sep 2021 · 2 min read

2021-09-17 Nerd Roundup

What a great Nerd Roundup today! We did some Erlang, Docker, language design, type classes, railguns, and much more. There was also an extra amount of silliness in the news in the past week for some reason

Daniel B. Markham

16 Sep 2021 · 5 min read

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Scaling Out Technology Teams

Daniel B. Markham

10 Sep 2021 · 4 min read

2021-09-10 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

9 Sep 2021 · 3 min read

Your service isn't my product

Daniel B. Markham

3 Sep 2021 · 3 min read

2021-09-03 Nerd Roundup

Daniel B. Markham

2 Sep 2021 · 3 min read

Your product isn't my service (and vice-versa)

Our world is full of people using Object-Oriented problem-solving to solve functional problems and Functional Programming problem-solving to solve structural problems. If coders don't sort this out, nobody else will.

Daniel B. Markham

31 Aug 2021 · 6 min read

2021-08-27 Nerd Roundup

Wow, what a bunch of topics! Hash functions, Pi calculus, publishing, odd Imperial measurements, resilient coding, microcode errors, road warrior stories, and more!

Daniel B. Markham

27 Aug 2021 · 4 min read