Archive for March, 2007

OpenID via XMPP… via Mozilla

Gabriele periodically visits the continuum-B of the multiverse to chase obscure vernacular languages across the underground of Italian linguistics. (The time spent inside what I suppose is the continuum-A is devoted to chasing obscure programming languages across the underground of the Internet.)[ READ MORE ]

Complexity

  • March 17th, 2007
  • Posted in Other

I have made attempts at saying something about the subject myself, but really, it doesn’t get much clearer than how Bill de h�ra puts it:

Reasoning about code that depends on something other than its inputs is arguably the operational meaning of ‘complexity’ in software. [ READ MORE ]

SamePlace Suite 0.6.0: shared web applications now available at a click

SamePlace Suite 0.6.0 is available; you can read more and download it here. What’s new In addition to the features introduced by the release candidate, the following ones also made their way into 0.6.0: a default set of shared web applications is available with a single click from the application menu (see screenshot—currently Firefox 2.0 [ READ MORE ]

A case for functional programming and another against fear

  • March 1st, 2007
  • Posted in Other

avatraxiom on Designing Too Far Into the Future

...design for the specific requirement (singular) that you know is broadly needed, and implement that on top of the system you already have. If that can’t be done, or can’t be done with simple code, then you do re-architecture. Rinse and repeat. [ READ MORE ]