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We’re treating our readers as intelligent beings who can use Google and/or StackOverflow, where all such specific questions were answered more than once.

What you will find is opinions, more opinions, and even more opinions on all the aspects of software development - and with a large chunk of them based on real-world experience too.

Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included.

 

Non-Superfluous People: Testers

Quote: “If you think you don’t need a testing team – think again”
Another Quote: “Never ever position testers as inferior to developers. First, they are not inferior. Second, it will hurt the process badly.”
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Size Matters – Is 64-bit App Always Better?

Abstract: Sometimes it makes perfect sense to use 32-bit application on 64-bit platform.
Quote: “It is obvious that for N between 13,000,000 and 21,000,000, 64-bit application works about 1000x slower.”
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On the Other Side of the Barricade: Job Interviewer Do’s and Don’ts

Abstract: How to conduct job interview – for newbie and not-so-newbie team leads
Quote: “Trying asserting that you’re better than the candidate you’re interviewing, is a Very Bad Thing™ for several reasons”
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