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By now we should all know that we don’t know how to measure programmer productivity. "How long is a piece of string?"
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Management:- The art of making it harder for us to work in vain pursuit of making us work harder.
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I agree.
Which is the more productive route from point A to point B?
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Is there a bar at C? That would help me decide.
TTFN - Kent
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Bear in mind that every corner has at least a bar, a gas station, and a Starbucks.
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Going over C means more "output": more lines of code, more meeting, charts and test cases. Maybe getting new fellows and promoted to the managment 
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It could also mean more testing, error handling, and documentation.
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Actually, if products were actually spec'd in sufficient detail to enumerate the different UI's, the functional requirements, the DB model, services, etc., it actually is pretty easy to estimate how long a product should take to manifest. But nobody does those things, because they take time. Granted, there's a certain amount of change that occurs during development, but it's usually not unmanageable.
So, I'm not sure how the heck you can measure programmer productivity if you don't have a decent spec against which estimate task times. And besides, productivity is an individual thing and based on experience -- my productivity sucks when I'm writing Javascript, but I still get the job done. But if I had a spec that said "this function, in Javascript, should take an hour to write, document, and test" and I did it in 4 hours, well, then you'd have a basis for my productivity in Javascript.
Marc
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Exactly. If you don't know where you're going you'll never get there and you'll never know how long it'll take. The same is true if you don't know where you're starting from.
Marc Clifton wrote: "this function, in Javascript, should take an hour to write, document, and test --- given this skill set and experience"
FTFY 
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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"It doesn't matter how you get there if you don't know where you're going." -- The Flying Karamazov Brothers
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There is a concept in Agile called Velocity[^]. This is a prediction of how long it will take a development team to complete a specific unit of functionality.
It takes time to measure velocity as it is based on previous projects, so the greater the body of previous project work to use as a basis, the more accurate will be the velocity.
In its simplest format, velocity is an estimate of how long it will take to complete a project based on the time taken to complete similar project previously.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Did you read the article?
Velocity is one of the ways he discusses and dismisses.
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.
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He doesn't dismiss the use of velocity at all. What he states is that velocity is more useful as an indication of predictability than performance, which is a fair comment.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Dominic Burford wrote: In its simplest format, velocity is an estimate of how long it will take to complete a project based on the time taken to complete similar project previously.
I can tell you without velocity.
98% of the work will be done in 2% of the time. The rest 2% of the work, will need at least 99% of the time.
And that, in ideal conditions.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd recently approached BlackBerry Ltd about buying the company for as much as $7.5 billion, looking to gain access to its patent portfolio, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents seen by Reuters. Hang on to your keyboards, this could get interesting
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Would this make them BlueBerry?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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If the deal doesn't go through I guess they could call it ChokeBerry? 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Google Translate is already a hugely useful app for anyone who lives overseas or travels regularly, and it just got even smarter on mobile. {Put a Darmok quote here}
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Hope it's "Sokath, his eyes uncovered!" and not "Shaka, when the walls fell."
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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In spanish I would tell you the perfect answer, pity that it makes no sense after translation 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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As a part of our ASP.NET 5 cross-platform efforts, we are actively working on making applications written in ASP.NET 5 easy to deploy and ship on Linux and Mac OS X. A while ago, we have released the first official Docker image by Microsoft: the ASP.NET 5 Preview Docker Image. "The barrier was not meant to be crossed."
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The only question is: "Why?" Why would I want to do that. I love this:
we will show how a simple application
Yeah, because since you're running under Linux, you can't do anything real.
I also wonder how long that thing takes to spool up. Might try it out for sh*ts and giggles.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: Why would I want to do that.
Because you can. Also, because perhaps your data center or main pc is linux-based but you've got some windows-based applications you want or need to run.
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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IT jobs site Dice.com stays flush with Java employment opportunities; security and .Net skills are also in high demand. "Never miss a play, though you make quite a few"
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