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My rant about Rational Team Concert

I have started using Rational Team Concert (RTC), version 1 and 2, at work for my latest project. RTC is an IBM product based on the Jazz Foundation platform which integrates work item tracking, builds, source control, and agile planning. It tries to manage most of what a software development team will need to do [...]

Posted 19 October 2009 § ‡ Comments (3) °

The joy of Python

I have been in Chicago for PyCon 2009 this weekend and I must say that it was a tremendous conference. These guys know what they are doing and they are doing it well.
First, the hotel was alright. There is not much to say about it except for the fact that I had to walk 10 [...]

Posted 31 March 2009 § Technology ‡ Comments (3) °

Getting ready for PyCon 2009

I have bought my flight ticket, my hotel room is booked and my conference fees are paid. I am ready for PyCon 2009.
I am really excited about it. It will be my first real development conference and an international one.
I will have the chance to meet or at least see Guido van Rossum, leaders and [...]

Posted 22 March 2009 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Performance and worries

Most developers I know are worried about their software performance. They are worried to the point of nonsense. With every decision they will think about, they will immediately balance out the arguments regarding performance whether it is an architecture decision, a technological choice or a nested loop.
This does not make sense on many levels. First [...]

Posted 15 March 2009 § ‡ Comments (3) °

Totally distributed

Some new software development models have appear recently. One of them is the distributed model. It can be used to structure a project in various ways, but the founding concept is that everyone owns a full working copy of the project and is not directly tied to a central authority.
In one of my previous post, [...]

Posted 23 February 2009 § Technology ‡ Comments (3) °

Letting go

How hard should you hold onto your ideas? Do you really need full control of everything happening around you? What about trusting people and finding the answers with them?
It is time to let go. Tomorrow is too late. Now is the time.
Back when I started building my first program, I never thought I would enter [...]

Posted 14 February 2009 § Philosophy ‡ Comments (3) °