Category: Coding Philosophy

Writing code as as much about communicating with our colleagues as it is about telling the computer what to do.

Start with the simplest thing that could possibly work and only add complication as you need it. Great software is elegant in its simplicity.

Simply changing our choice of words can change the way we think. Try taking the word “but” and replacing it with the word “and”.

I have been a programmer for 15 years and a rock climber for 20. Both have seen a surge in popularity in recent years.

We spend a lot of time on incremental learning, building on what we already know, but to see large gains we have to the change our thinking.

We often think of software development as technical, but it has a human side. We have coorkers and users to interact with and think about.

Sometimes VIPM packages have bugs. What do you do when you find one? Are you brave enough to dig into the source code?

I was recently interviewed by Chris of the DQMH podcast about what we are doing here at SAS Workshops, and more importantly why.