My writings

Reflections on shortcomings and opportunities in the software industry.

Some thoughts about the decline of the geek culture and the change of values and priorities in the software industry and the programming profession.

A talk about inefficiency and failure of assessment events as a primary tool of screening of new hires. Analysis of experiences with observations and facts.

Some reflections about using functional programming style in web programming and design of web applications.

About automatic garbage collection, programming for 3D and manual memory management.

About ignoring inhouse competence, contracting the work outside and keeping inhouse programmers happy.

Hiring practices for programmers often involve an extensive check of the claimed knowledge and skills. Many other important aspects of professional work are completely ignored. Contemplations on the appropriateness and efficiency of this approach.

A funny way for a programmer guy to make a proposal to a programmer girl.

A few thoughts about what sets good programmers from bad programmers apart. An overview of distinguished qualities of bad programmers.

Web developers typically validate their pages online via W3C validation service which is inconvenient, unreliable and unsuitable for mass-checks. Direct offline validation in browsers is the most requested yet practically missing option. A few thoughts on these matters.