LINKBLOG for November 10, 2007

• Steve Rowe's Blog : The Need for a Real Build Process
  ' First, it makes sure that the code is buildable on a daily basis.
  Second, it ensures that there is always a build ready for testing '


• Don't think you know more than you do - Jeremy D. Mille
  


• Widgets of Wisdom IV - David Starr
  ' 6. CEOs do not care about code coverage. Speak to them appropriately about quality '


• Directional keyboard navigation could improve PC-based browsing too - flow|state
  


• Developing In Silos Burns Cash And Costs You People - Giles Bowkett
  ' Programming is intricate and systematic. If two programmers at the same company do the same thing twice, it's virtually guaranteed that they'll do it in different ways '


• The Importance of Idempotence
  ' The best we can go is ensure a message [across the network, ed.] will be delivered at least once '


• Top Ten Reasons to Remain a Wage Slave - J. Timothy King
  ' 1. Who needs freedom anyway? ' :-)


• Is It Time for 64-bit on the Desktop? - Jeff Atwood
  ' Good luck explaining to the average user why their computer says they only have 3 GB of memory, even though they paid for 4 '
  Believe it or not, but I know of a Win2003/32-bit production machine having 8GB's of RAM...