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Happy Ada Lovelace Day
Wednesday was Ada Lovelace Day! (UPDATE: Apologies for the late post.) In a nutshell, March 24 is set aside to promote the achievements of women in IT and software engineering. And we can start by looking toward the achievements of Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace-the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron-was the first computer programmer…
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The Seven Sins of Software “Engineering”
On Monday, my class discussed about using software “engineer”for software writers. I naturally argued against it. My mother finished civil engineering, and I strongly believe in the elegance, timelessness and excellence of engineering. This morning, as I struggled with and later killed my groupware program over a dispute of syncing with my Palm, I solidified…