Category Archives: Software development

Unix

Unix *est* user friendly. Il est juste particulièrement sélectif dans le choix de ses amis.   UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)   There are two … Continue reading

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Interview of Werner Vogels (Amazon CTO) – extract of …

– Give operationnals responsabilities to Dev guys– Keep contact with day to day operations of their software – Dev are like artist, they produce their best work if they have the freedom to do so, but they need good tools … Continue reading

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Software Marketing Terminology Explained

Alpha: Software that is so buggy that even the beta testers won’t install it. Beta: Software that isn’t quite finished, as in "beta late than never." Release candidate: Software built just before a major holiday. Announced date: The date the … Continue reading

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Définitions : Hardware et programmeur

Hardware : Partie de l’ordinateur qui recoit les coups quand le software se plante   Programmeur : Personne qui résout, de manière incompréhensible, un problème que tu ignorais avoir     Both from P.Desproges

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Akamai

Akamai is a Hawaiian word meaning "intelligent" or "clever.

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Pédaler comme un canard :)

"En informatique, il faut faire comme les canards, paraître calme en surface et pédaler comme un fou en dessous."   …. mais faut être honnête, ce n’est pas vrai que pour l’informatique

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Describe a software professional in C

  struct SoftwareProfessional {     double salary;     long lunches;     float jobs;     char unstable;     void work;};

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Compilation of software developper !

25. Even though it does not work, how does it feel ?« Bon… heu… même si cela ne marche pas encore, ça a d’la gueule, non ?» 24. There must be a virus in the application software. « Il doit … Continue reading

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2 kind of error

ERROR 406: file corrupt: config.earth — reboot universe? (Y/N) RUNTIME ERROR 6D at 417A: 32CF: Incompetent user  

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Strawman

In general, a strawman is an object, document, person, or argument that temporarily stands in for and is intended to be "knocked down" by something more substantial.   In software development, a crude plan or document may serve as the … Continue reading

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