LINKBLOG for December 27, 2007

• Code Size is - not - the Enemy - Patrick Smacchia
  the Code Size discussion continues, even on Christmas day


• Codebase size isn't the enemy - Frans Bouma's blog
  In response to Jeff Atwood who responded to Steve Yegge Frans says it's not the size of the codebase: it's the clones!


• Twelve Days of Refactor! X-mas, Day Seven: Create Backing Store - Dustin Campbell
  And day six and five


• Multi threading challenge: can you spot a bug? - Oren Eini
  


• Encapsulate What Varies - Steve Rowe
  ' It took a lot longer than I expected but this is first installment of my Design Principles To Live By series: Encapsulate Variation '


• I Want A BVT Blocking Bug For The Holidays - The Braidy Tester
  


• Did you know... How to reuse the same editor window when opening files? - Sara Ford
  A typical one, but I hate having all these unused code windows open all the time


• Test Smarter, Not Harder - Part 1 - Scott Sehlhorst
  ' In this article we focus on a method to minimize the cost of quality. Regardless of the method you use for calculating the cost of poor quality, minimizing the cost of assuring good quality is relevant to you '


• 36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More! - Alex Iskold
  Lots of best-of and rehashed lists at the closing of the year


• 303 Insanely Interesting Links From 2007 -- Jarkko Laine
  Massive this-was-2007-in-blog-posts


• How to start and keep your wiki alive - Thibaut
  ' Do you happen to think “I did this last month, how did it work already” ? '
  via Mike Gunderloy


• Modern Logo - Jeff Atwood
  


• More Voting Machine News - Bruce Schneier
  Will we ever rid ourselves of these machines, or do they just stay forever, being insecure?