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Can architects play a meaningful role in agile projects, or does their tendency to do “big design up front” make them a sideline resource? Nick Malik, an Enterprise Architect with Microsoft, recently explored this topic in a blog post and concluded that architects can absolutely play a key role in software projects that use Scrum. Or are they just angry birds?
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Version control is probably the single most important piece of the development environment after the IDE itself, essential for teams and I’d argue extremely valuable even for a solo developer. So, if you’re about to start a new project it’s a good time to consider what version control solution you’re going to use. That one.
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"Visual Studio also has Git integration... in 2013 it’s out of the box."
An unusual step for Microsoft, but a good one.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: the single most important piece of the development environment
Yes.
Kent Sharkey wrote: after the IDE itself
No; it's more important.
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Well, fortunately, I didn't write that part - it was the bit I pulled from the blog post.
Mind you, I'm more likely to change my dev environment than the version control.
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For me, the VCS of choice is Git. Git is good.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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I'll take Subversion for small projects and Perforce for big ones. TFS I don't know and Git I use daily but wish I didn't have to. Even VSS was better than Git.
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: Even VSS was better than Git.
It may have been friendlier, but my corrupted source database a few years back tells me it wasn't better.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Sure, VSS was ugly. We had scripts that ran nightly and check/repaired corrupted databases. But no-one ever claimed VSS was good. Git feels almost like a cult without any good reason.
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I don't care about ugliness, but for source control I really do care if it corrupts my source database.
I stopped using it then.
GIT is actually very powerful, but fits firmly in the UNIX philosophy that a good tool must be unnecessarily arcane.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Rob Grainger wrote: but fits firmly in the UNIX philosophy that a good tool must be unnecessarily arcane.
I don't mind that at all. In fact, my programming environment is putty from which I run vim, git and cgdb on my development machine. My problem is that Git is counter-intuitive and takes way too much baby-sitting. In contrast, Subversion (which I also run exclusively from command line) is logical, intuitive and stays out of my way - just the way I like it.
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Many similarities between TFS and Perforce.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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For the top 10 jobs where H-1B visas are requested, only three do not currently have enough qualified American jobseekers to satisfy demand, according to a new study. They were in the seat cushions the whole time
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It seems hackers have attained a new image. Forget scruffy 20-something males carrying backpacks and desperately in need of personal grooming. Think buzz cuts, gray suits, and Brylcreem. "I never broke the law. I AM the Law!"
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Free deal to former MobileMe subscribers ends Sept. 30; users must pay for more space or cull data It's a feature!
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A Canadian tinkerer who previously claimed to have created the world's first 3D-printed rifle, only to see the barrel crack upon its first videotaped test firing, has now created an updated version of the gun that was able to fire 14 rounds before suffering damage. If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will own Stratasys Dimension 1200ES industrial 3D printers
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I just don't see PLASTIC guns ever taking off, they are not nearly as durable as anything metal.
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Depends what you want it for. As much as I hate to feed the media's fear-mongering, they'd be great for committing a murder: you only need a few shots, then you can completely dispose of the weapon.
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Plus, you can feel good about recycling it after shooting someone. 
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I wish I could upvote this more than once 
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Soylent Green is people!
oh, you meant teh plastic rifle
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Perhaps they don't need to be. Or perhaps they only need to make some of the parts out of plastic; like the bits that have the serial numbers on. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Just like plastics haven't replaced metal for anything else?
Yeah, mostly just a "dancing pig" type of technology, but I can see some almost legitimate uses for something like this. At the very least, lessons learned in making these guns last after firing can be used to make other printed items more durable.
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People have been sneering at plastic guns for years; but Gaston[^] keeps laughing all the way to the bank. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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