Philosophy on John Hamelink

The Green Developer

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:16:00 +0000

A good developer is energy conscious. A good developer understands the impact he has on the environment around him. A good developer is able to take all these things and use them to make a positive impact in his universe. A good developer is a green developer.

A green developer? What are you smoking?

A green developer understands how to build in blocks: he must master the art of software engineering versus software developing. What sets the software engineer apart from the developer is not speed, agility or knowledge, it is the ability to recognise and compartmentalise everything he does into reusable chunks. Why? Simply because reusable code means better code and also half the code.

Code is Poetry

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:19:00 +0000

I once read a much better article than this one by Matt Ward that attempts to show the similarity between code and poetry. Matt shows how the flow and syntax of good code, that abstract minimalism and lowest common denominator approach, is actually very similar to that of a poem.

I agree with everything Matt says, but I felt the article was a little lacking in showing how the coder can be a poet in order to achieve greatness and self-fulfillment (that’s what poetry and coding are partly about, in my opinion). To this end, I’ve compiled some advice I’ve learned by myself or from others over the years in the hope that it will help someone out there on these vast pipes we call the Internets.