Jack Cough on Software

Can anyone tell me how closures are implemented? Scala has closures, and it compiles to Java bytecode, but, Java doesn't have closures. ...

Companies typically let their build system go to shit. Why is that? Does anyone have an answer to this? The first thing I ever do on new pro...

I finally have a chance to post some examples of code generated by Agitar. I promised them in comments to the original post, but it turns ou...

I just told my friend that instant IDE support for new languages is the place to be (I truly believe this can happen). In response he told m...

So I like the look and feel of Blogger, but I have some problems with it. I really need to be able to upload files as attachments to my blog...

In a dream come true, I got to write a bunch of stuff using JavaCC at work today. It was fantastic. I was able to identify the fact that we ...

So I've been sidetracked a bit. I've been sick - dizzy for almost a week. The ThoughtWorkers, Ben and I have a release in two days, ...

I've been evaluating the JUnit test generation product by Agitar in my spare time and want to spit out a few thoughts on it. Most of thi...

So I know I talk a whole lot of shit about what I want to do, but I believe that I have it figured out now. All the work and reading I'v...

Today I got to pair with the ThoughtWorkers in our group. Being a former ThoughtWorker, we worked really well together. You could say we we...

I've said it before, and I'm not saying anything that people a lot smarter than me aren't already saying better, but I'll sa...

So admittedly, I haven't made much progress on my goals the past few weeks. I've been concentrating on CruiseControl. Unfortunately ...

The main problem with moving forward with legacy software is that it takes so much damn time to get classes under test. So when ends up happ...

I guess a week went by since I wrote last, about the presentation I was going to give on CruiseControl. It didn't seem like a week at al...

As a direct result of my own brainstorming on technology evaluation, I've decided to follow up on my own advice. I'm going to give a...

I'm going to keep a running tab for Approaches to Technology Evaluation in small companies with small budgets, and tight schedules. This...

Heres a thought that I'm sure many other people have had: Technology companies that are not dedicated to technology evaluation and adopt...

I have some thoughts on language adoption as I've done some preliminary work learning Scala, and having learned a bit of Ruby, and a lot...

Certainly IDE's have automated refactorings, and they are so nice, but I'm thinking the next generation software is going to: examin...

For a few reasons, I think I'm going to drop everything and learn AOP, and some DIF's including Spring, Guice. I need to do this for...