Mar articles

Stylometry: A Bird's Eye View

Now that large language models (LLMs) have become part and parcel of how we conduct text authoring, there is a danger that this will result in a loss of linguistical diversity in style as more and more people lean on LLMs to expand on their ideas. I'll readily admit that …

Where TDD Falls Short

TDD is not design.That's it.While TDD does produce robust code, it amounts to building with a scaffold. The only problem is that the scaffold ends up being the life support for the application.While the test suite then serves as an aid to prevent regression of the code, …

A4risms

“The antidote for arrogance is service.” [2024-03-01]“There exists an academic paper which ‘supports’ virtually any position.” [2024-02-12]“Most people in software are oblivious to the fact the ‘Agile’ is an aspiration not a capability.” [2024-02-11]“Leadership is not about giving people what they want; it’s about giving people what …