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Number of Comments: 300
Number of Words: 15,695
First Comment: 25 Oct 2001
Final Comment: 25 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 6
First Topic: 14 Jan 2002
Latest Topic: 18 Nov 2003
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25 Aug 2004   Joel has proven infl....   Nifty!   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Visual C++ MFC :tabl....   Sorry, we don't speak Klingon here.   >>  
   The more things chan....   Mhh. I have the fondest memories from the Watcom f....   >>  
14 Jan 2004   Why put pictures of ....   I used to use the trial version of FogBUGZ. Sadly,....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   Why apps developed w....   One word: subclassing. In order to access most of ....   >>  
   Selling software app....   Thank you Investor! Wait... err, nevermind.    >>  
17 Dec 2003   Has Joel even used K....   Blah, using KDE this morning, had troubles to copy....   >>  
10 Dec 2003   How To Get Rich Prog....   Hm... -------------------------------- <....   >>  
21 Nov 2003   MySQL Gotchas   On a semi unrelated topic, I really, really like M....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Limiting the user ex....   I disagree. A restricted interface almost always i....   >>  
   On stored procedures....   Karel, yup, I knew that. That's why I was asking i....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   On stored procedures...   >>  
18 Nov 2003      Well, thanks for all your comments. I'm quite at t....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   Imaginary Online Gir....   For no good reason I find that thing she's wearing....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   Large amount of imag....   Some filesystems just don't handle big directories....   >>  
12 Nov 2003      Another easy way to do this is to store filename.j....   >>  
   Joel on Software for....   Shit, no man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked ....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   How to scare away yo....   I find this entire topic _so_ surreal.    >>  
   I Still Don't "Get" ....   XML is just text with structure that makes it re....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   A method of coding   Dear Puff Ball: You sound like an undereducated....   >>  
   joel test #13   'They will never know how many free hours they cou....   >>  
29 Oct 2003   Programming is no mo....   Ok, now you have more information for us to unders....   >>  
28 Oct 2003      The only thing I would say, WebSpeed guy, is that ....   >>  
20 Oct 2003   Am I the only one wh....   Hey, MS bashing is the exception in this forum, no....   >>  
16 Oct 2003   Say it ain't so Joel   > How about: Irony? :-)    >>  
10 Oct 2003   Since when did XPath....   Interesting... that's something I've never noted. ....   >>  
09 Oct 2003   Wow   Truly amazing. I already find Mozilla invaluable a....   >>  
   Beep   Without mentioning that lots of people have their ....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   Buying Your Own Tool....   Bah, personally I don't mind if the company don't ....   >>  
      And the winner is... (opening an envelope) Philo.   >>  
   What source control ....   To Brent P. Newhall: source control is useful even....   >>  
   free bug fixes = no-....   'My point being that even though the binary bits d....   >>  
06 Oct 2003   Passwords   It's just me or the slashdot factor is getting d....   >>  
03 Oct 2003   Next version of Delp....   That was my impression, too. Read the letter here:....   >>  
29 Sep 2003   Grudgingly admitting....   That's one of my pet peeves: embedded HTML or not.   >>  
25 Sep 2003   www.datamaxinfotech.....   Poor guy. That page looks like ass on Mozilla.    >>  
   Private offices, jus....   (Please forgive my spelling, haven't finished my m....   >>  
      Anon, you are making statements based on false (as....   >>  
   The Story of the Blo....   > Tiff file or TIff format (Tagged image file form....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   Private offices, jus....   Nawh. Anybody that tells that individual offices....   >>  
22 Sep 2003   UI Design Question   (except for the coffe mug, of course :-)   >>  
      Anybody elses uses the desktop as a real life de....   >>  
15 Sep 2003   Source of different ....   'I mean, if you're already generating XML from you....   >>  
12 Sep 2003      'If you've already separated presentation from the....   >>  
      I did. My approach was: 1) Create objects to do....   >>  
10 Sep 2003   Code snippet of tedi....   Ow, Delphi hurts.    >>  
   Excruciatingly frust....   This is why I don't use IE anymore. http://tiny....   >>  
09 Sep 2003   Code snippet of tedi....   > As for gui tools, How many people still code >....   >>  
      A note to Delphi haters: don't pull made-up stuff ....   >>  
   Feedback from Websit....   > ...but adding that 'Valid' button adds that spec....   >>  
   CityDesk development....   But, BUT, don't forget most people hanging in this....   >>  
   Localization questio....   As a general rule, do it as Microsoft does with ....   >>  
05 Sep 2003   clipart   The city scapes are pictures taken by Joel himse....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   How to Dress?   'At worst, when shopping ask a passing female or s....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   RSS - How useful, an....   Still don't like the meaning of 'push' that we are....   >>  
      What have RSS to do with push technologies?   >>  
   My imperfect world   You know, I saw "perfectly good" and "hotmail" in ....   >>  
01 Sep 2003   Our software on a cr....   That fight isn't worth. Put mild security in you....   >>  
31 Aug 2003   50 Indian Software f....   I had a close encounter with CMM 3 once, when doin....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   Pagemaker Software   I remember that it was a just beautiful piece of....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Hiding website email....   Scramblers are useless against the plethora of r....   >>  
   Painless Software Pr....   We have fan boys, and now fan companies. Looks l....   >>  
22 Aug 2003   Individual JOs Stati....   There is a guy here that likes to post really, rea....   >>  
   Peer 1   C'mon guys, Joel was using a relaxed language, tha....   >>  
   Google calculator   > What do you get if you multiply nine by six. > ....   >>  
21 Aug 2003      Of course it is a waste of time. I bet this was a ....   >>  
19 Aug 2003   freeware lightweight....   Can Photoshop Elements manipulate vectors? just cu....   >>  
17 Aug 2003   Eureka Moments   Yup, from time on time it happens to me, too. The ....   >>  
13 Aug 2003   should I begin the p....   She did a mistake that I assume everybody has do....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   Is City Desk 2.0 wri....   The '' tag takes away most of the fun. ....   >>  
08 Aug 2003   Offshore -- Cringely....   On a kinda related note: http://www.dilbert.com....   >>  
07 Aug 2003   Joel's market mistak....   ''If you look at Sony, case closed. It's not even....   >>  
06 Aug 2003      Thus, to this list to be accurate, only software d....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   Joel Test Number Eig....   'Also in teams of mixed experience, everyone can '....   >>  
30 Jul 2003   Imagine a language w....   Hungarian notation is dumb, ok, but I prefer to ....   >>  
   How to get taken ser....   Stop the harshness, please, this place is lookin....   >>  
28 Jul 2003   My own dogfood is ca....   'I compare this to my technical role (in the same ....   >>  
   What are they teachi....   'I guess our web app is going to have to wait.' ....   >>  
   Why do programmers d....   The problem here is that Windows controls have t....   >>  
25 Jul 2003   You Just Can't Kill ....   I like case sensitivity. I wouldn't force it to ....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Temporary E-Mail Add....   To me, SpamGourmet and Mailinator are two complete....   >>  
23 Jul 2003   Subtle virus aimed a....   On a personal note, I find amusing that is very ....   >>  
16 Jul 2003   Linux in Munich... D....   I believe the problem discussed here involves th....   >>  
   Rewriting Code Is Be....   'You have to recognise when all the 'hair' is tr....   >>  
10 Jul 2003   Andy Grove: "US may ....   Now, that's some very disturbing post, Tony.   >>  
09 Jul 2003   HTML editor control   My main concern with MSHTML editor is the kind of ....   >>  
   Any *specific* downs....   I'm a fan of Delphi myself, but I recommend you ....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   I finally found one!   Heh, my 'me too' response is: yeah, looks unnatu....   >>  
01 Jul 2003   Do you folks use col....   On a side note, bad use of color (ie, using Grey i....   >>  
   Link Colors observat....   Oops-- make that "care".   >>  
      > Who cares whether a link is visited or not? I c....   >>  
30 Jun 2003   FastCGI or Apache Mo....   Using FastCGI down here, and it works very well. H....   >>  
26 Jun 2003   Thrill of the day...   Mine's still up, and my bet it will be for at le....   >>  
   Being funny in specs   I like the word "automagically."   >>  
   Jakob Neilsen Hyperl....   The issue here is not if a site becomes complete....   >>  
19 Jun 2003   To yacc or not to ya....   My suggestion: write a library to read configurati....   >>  
13 Jun 2003   Who Moved My Cheese?   I managed to read it cover to cover, standing in....   >>  
10 Jun 2003   WHO NAMES A NAMESPAC....   Now I think of it, I'm always changing my style ....   >>  
   Why no really destru....   I generally think of users as idiots when they sta....   >>  
05 Jun 2003   Ouch, I'm Windows 95....   "I take the test twice" should be (I hope) "I did ....   >>  
      Funny thing. I take the test twice, and change sli....   >>  
   The OO programming b....   For me, OOP is all about polymorphism. I ditch hyp....   >>  
03 Jun 2003   Pair Programming - t....   I did some pair programming several years ago, whe....   >>  
   A simple programmer'....   'I believe that Hirschfeld's devotion to line come....   >>  
29 May 2003   Can You See This???   Better late than never. Chile here.   >>  
16 May 2003   Worst engineering mi....   I had an app in the early days of Windows 95 tha....   >>  
12 May 2003   Global Variable Subt....   It also depends of the scope (no pun) of the pro....   >>  
09 May 2003   Return of Cringely o....   Ohhh, come on, stop bullying about Extreme Progr....   >>  
   Why isn't Delphi mor....   Disagree with almost everybody :-) Delphi isn't....   >>  
06 May 2003   Hackers and Painters   Byrne's Law on Graham writings?   >>  
   Definitions Needed......   'Object graph' seems particularly vague. The fir....   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Good programmers are....   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000000....   >>  
25 Apr 2003   Forum Software Beta ....   Nice. But GOD those colors.    >>  
14 Apr 2003   how to sell a web ap....   Joel had given (sp?) hints that Fog Creek runs o....   >>  
03 Apr 2003   Philo's Rule of Conn....   I believe Philo is making a humoristic remark, m....   >>  
02 Apr 2003   What the #$*()& ....   I second the suggestion of using Open Office. It's....   >>  
01 Apr 2003   Am I being unreasona....   My own bit of history. Every time I've switched jo....   >>  
17 Mar 2003   Is FogBuz really req....   I'm really interested in _why_ you don't want a ....   >>  
07 Mar 2003   "shmatta"?   >>  
21 Feb 2003   Finite State Machine....   Now that I'm thinking about it, perhaps the only t....   >>  
18 Feb 2003   Worst interviewer ev....   Bella wrote: 'Let's see then what you think about....   >>  
17 Feb 2003   How did you stumble ....   From a game developers' mailing list. Big names ....   >>  
14 Feb 2003   "Demo" version schem....   I really really would like to know comparisons o....   >>  
12 Feb 2003   Single point of fail....   We lost one switch once, because of overheating du....   >>  
   Red Highlighting of ....   Hm... that's server side, done with some magic c....   >>  
11 Feb 2003   Add/Remove Programs Stupidity   >>  
28 Jan 2003   Murphy's Law and Bac....   Confucio says: 'The three desirable things are: ....   >>  
24 Jan 2003   Bad code - My proble....   I would use an aggressive managerial path. Write....   >>  
19 Jan 2003   Theorems and proofs.....   My advice: think of your computer classes as 'me....   >>  
   C++ == Crap   I would like to add something to the original po....   >>  
   Turf wars and Mouth ....   'People expect the market leader to make a lot of ....   >>  
18 Jan 2003   Java vs. Perl/PHP   Read some of the insightful Dijskstra rants abou....   >>  
04 Jan 2003   Data Access code and....   My own experience with architecture/refactoring ....   >>  
   best way to learn SQ....   The solution is to have an expert DBA in house, ....   >>  
03 Jan 2003   Help - translating a....   Pseudocode? C? Blah. rob won the guess game.....   >>  
   Google, most Ph.Ds p....   Why is their web site down now? Selling snake oi....   >>  
23 Dec 2002   Protecting shareware   BS. Don't put stuff in the way of your potent....   >>  
12 Dec 2002   The MSwin registry   Unix is harder. Plain and simple. A couple of....   >>  
   Pronouncing HWND   'Handle'.    >>  
11 Dec 2002   strategies for copin....   'Here are some simple facts that I just realized m....   >>  
   Looking smart   I like this forum because *everybody* have IQs t....   >>  
09 Dec 2002   Success in Life =   Family, health, personal growth for me and my re....   >>  
07 Dec 2002   Fundemental Laws of ....   Don't think #1 is inherently wrong. Sometimes yo....   >>  
06 Dec 2002   Intelligence   I can see another Mensa thread coming...    >>  
05 Dec 2002   Swing UI?   'Used to be a really big issue on 400-ish MHz mach....   >>  
   Microsoft College In....   'How many months have 28 days? (the answer: 12).' ....   >>  
04 Dec 2002   Hiring   Overseas? (sorry, couldn't resist)    >>  
   Handling the telepho....   'In my work environment, problems come up that nee....   >>  
29 Nov 2002   Why compiled help?   Maybe this can help: http://citydesknews.com/....   >>  
23 Nov 2002   Trial-ware expiratio....   Hm... I don't know about you, but I like trial p....   >>  
   speaking of leaky..   'You should at least try to be able to recover fro....   >>  
   C++ Builder - any go....   'Does Delphi/Kylix have any dramatic features (lik....   >>  
19 Nov 2002   SourceSafe monitorin....   These may be dumb questions and/or I'm lazy: check....   >>  
      To determine WSH version wrote the following two l....   >>  
17 Nov 2002   Dead wood II   I'm amused by the fact that I would have screame....   >>  
13 Nov 2002   Stick-shift or Auto-....   Hm. It depends of the traffic. Small towns wi....   >>  
12 Nov 2002   The Law of Leaky Abs....   'btw, Joel mispelled the word 'exciting' as 'exiti....   >>  
   Macromedia Contribut....   Hm, I downloaded the trial version, and did some....   >>  
11 Nov 2002   "Murphy had other pl....   Hm. That's being picky about quality. Quality is....   >>  
10 Nov 2002      Maybe that's his way to say 'sorry' :-)    >>  
      Nonsense. If you own a company, better learn how....   >>  
04 Nov 2002   Using Flash to build....   Their new version generates Flash. I've download....   >>  
31 Oct 2002   Searching msdn with ....   Add 'site:msdn.microsoft.com' to your search.    >>  
   Unsolicited Email   'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.'    >>  
15 Oct 2002   Joel & C++   Hm. I believe what Joel tried to say was among t....   >>  
14 Oct 2002   How do I improve my ....   'On a bad day I am slow at 85 wpm' I've already....   >>  
04 Oct 2002   Article translations   And most chefs knows their share of french, too ....   >>  
      Clase, instancia, interfaz, patrón, patrón de coma....   >>  
   GPA a factor?   How nice! In my country, you don't have anyth....   >>  
   Project Management f....   'Would you have talken a job as, for example, a C+....   >>  
   Forum Design - Good ....   * Allowing HTML in posts Why? I can add _emphas....   >>  
03 Oct 2002   the new fogbugz setu....   Let's suppose that your last step is to copy som....   >>  
   Project Management f....   My only advise: try not to be an asshole and eve....   >>  
01 Oct 2002   Forum Design - Good ....   'a) to make quoting hard, since it makes the discu....   >>  
26 Sep 2002   Most admired person ....   Donald Knuth, Edsger Dijkstra, Dennis Ritchie, B....   >>  
   User Interface and E....   Oh, always believed that Dilbert was a software ....   >>  
24 Sep 2002   User Interface and Engineers   >>  
23 Sep 2002   learning to program   That 'search' thingie in the left can be your fr....   >>  
   Programming for the ....   '.NET and ASP.NET is bringing object-oriented phil....   >>  
16 Sep 2002   Client Server Applic....   http://www.spread.org    >>  
10 Sep 2002   A-ha! interview ques....   'I was rude to them in the end, because I consider....   >>  
06 Sep 2002   a team of 15 can't b....   I used Napster to do some 'try before you buy' t....   >>  
29 Aug 2002   Will Habeus Work?   This topic was discussed on slashdot about a wee....   >>  
27 Aug 2002   What is the future o....   Hm, yes. It's a pretty secure move, given that M....   >>  
26 Aug 2002   good design for geog....   I believe Joel always refers to 'software develo....   >>  
24 Aug 2002   What am I missing..?   I use XML because of the DOM. I use Microsoft's ....   >>  
22 Aug 2002   MENSA and all it ent....   Yeah, that was the first thing I thought when he....   >>  
21 Aug 2002   Opera casts off lega....   Also, note that they continued working on the ol....   >>  
   Top programming lang....   According to Acme's Department of Statistics and....   >>  
12 Aug 2002   Sex, Drugs, and Shee....   Somewhat related: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/us....   >>  
08 Aug 2002   Buy One Get 3 - Is t....   ' The C++ builder environment (only tried 4.0) is ....   >>  
02 Aug 2002   Software Certificati....   Yup. But's still a pain in the ass.    >>  
   Ants   That's a new topic, how much money do you earn/h....   >>  
01 Aug 2002   development manager   Know how to make schedules, how to write good sp....   >>  
   WhatTimeisit   /for/for sure/    >>  
      Now we know for that they _didn't_ had a spec :-....   >>  
      Heh. A complete web site devoted to show what ti....   >>  
   how profitable can s....   id Software started as a shareware company, from....   >>  
30 Jul 2002   Remote control tech ....   What about RemotelyAnywhere?    >>  
11 Jul 2002   Quick Translator   Pretty funny results, though. 'Cuándo La Prue....   >>  
   YAH1BT   And the point about language and books is not ve....   >>  
10 Jul 2002   Keyboard Pounder Sou....   Yup, did it, was Mozilla's fault. But I download....   >>  
   Outsourcing work fro....   chutzpah! Every time I read that word I almost c....   >>  
   Foreigners programmi....   I wondered how much time would pass before someb....   >>  
09 Jul 2002   Keyboard Pounder Sou....   ... raize.com shows NOTHING when viewed wit....   >>  
   Outsourcing work fro....   'This work actually is complex. The idea that it....   >>  
   Foreigners programmi....   'And about this fear you coders have of the superi....   >>  
08 Jul 2002   Outsourcing work fro....   Hm... I think the problem here is that we still ....   >>  
05 Jul 2002   painless software ma....   I've been programmer most of my life, and let me....   >>  
      Hm... to the person who said that buying things ....   >>  
04 Jul 2002      Err, I was writing a lengthy response, but, you ....   >>  
   VIM   Damn, I've whacked this damn monkey about ten ti....   >>  
01 Jul 2002   Flash as a serious e....   To me, Flash is a good thing for entertainment, ....   >>  
   Mozilla might be com....   I strongly believe Mozilla is going to gain some....   >>  
   H1B Storm Clouds   Ed the Millwright wrote: > No, sadly, workers in ....   >>  
28 Jun 2002   Prototype Sandbox   Yup, I like it too. (Yes, _I_ like to pound ....   >>  
   H1B Storm Clouds   Oh, and I don't think I like the wording in www.....   >>  
      I thought that your country had rules against th....   >>  
26 Jun 2002   What's the big deal?   I think 'money' it's a strong motivator to get i....   >>  
   Microsoft Palladium   If Microsoft can afford to give these things for....   >>  
20 Jun 2002   Strategy Letter V: S....   'My friend, Java on cell phones makes as much sens....   >>  
      Oh, and I mean, the Sun and Java stuff... that l....   >>  
      That's news to me. Very interesting stuff... do ....   >>  
   Usability of the Joe....   'Personally, I think this forum would be improve....   >>  
   How do web sites go ....   (There is no need to be harsh) I used to have....   >>  
15 Jun 2002   Testers... Joel need....   But one should take in account that a full blown W....   >>  
14 Jun 2002      Oh, I forgot to point that there is a forum for ....   >>  
      That last comment pours wisdom :-)    >>  
   Testers... Who needs....   Search about 'The Black Team'. One could learn a....   >>  
12 Jun 2002   MOZILLA 1.0   pb is right. Joel points that Netscape Corp. los....   >>  
01 Jun 2002   Bug in "Back to Basi....   He wasn't saying that was a good idea, it was ju....   >>  
29 May 2002   Usability guru desig....   About the second irony: it seems they are closin....   >>  
28 May 2002   Software License Man....   'I personally don't think copy protection has a pl....   >>  
22 May 2002   Usability guru desig....   See http://www.dnalounge.com for an example of u....   >>  
20 May 2002   The funniest thing a....   That's why lots of people -included me- think th....   >>  
18 May 2002   how can "new.net" in....   'How can they do this? Is it potentially dangerous....   >>  
16 May 2002   modelling tools   Hm, the URL wasn't posted by No BS. My mistake.    >>  
      I went to the URL posted by No BS, and the first....   >>  
   Software License Man....   You are kidding, right? We are talking about end....   >>  
10 May 2002   should I quit?   Ok, agree with Bella, but that was not the quest....   >>  
09 May 2002   best looking softwar....   Group sex sounds fair to me.    >>  
   Reinventing a Mainfr....   I don't understand why, being already a programm....   >>  
08 May 2002   "Polish Windows" bug....   I believe that last statement is true. BTW, span....   >>  
07 May 2002   VB faster than C++??   Agree... with optimizations turned on (for relea....   >>  
   XP is wearing no clo....   That sounded like a mission statement (ie, lot o....   >>  
   another missed world   'It is also different from consultingware, because....   >>  
   XP and Bug Databases....   I believe that XP simply is not the panacea. Als....   >>  
03 May 2002   Joel on XP   Yes, some of the benefits I got from it are rela....   >>  
02 May 2002   what is a superstar ....   I believe unknown 'superstar' programmers are ar....   >>  
   Joel on XP   I believe the collection of practices now called....   >>  
29 Apr 2002      And I need english lessons. Ugh.    >>  
      I would say he has a clue, albeit different from....   >>  
   new BMW software eve....   But if you have critical mistakes in that softwa....   >>  
   are other areas of p....   In response to the original post... I find the a....   >>  
22 Apr 2002   What turns you on?   When I'm on a new job, I have the same problem. ....   >>  
   yet another .NET wha....   I believe you should try it. Then you'll know wh....   >>  
19 Apr 2002   Associate Degree vs.....   Any smart company is going to hire based on inte....   >>  
15 Apr 2002   Anti Visual Basic   I would like to point that, usually, among the m....   >>  
23 Mar 2002   anyone else find thi....   Akira, you're being religious. Don't.    >>  
21 Mar 2002   Open source vb proje....   Hmm... Good Programmers do programming. The most....   >>  
   anyone else find thi....   'Reinventing the wheel? I'll just use WORD to edit....   >>  
   Should programmers a....   MY computer, MY world. I'm not going to tell any....   >>  
20 Mar 2002   anyone else find thi....   Gee, I don't think the world is black or white alw....   >>  
      BTW... Why Adam think Joel is a young developer?....   >>  
19 Mar 2002   Simple Batch copy – ....   I'm not arguing about using Delphi to solve this p....   >>  
18 Mar 2002   Article about Lines of Code   >>  
09 Mar 2002   Plain English   > On a semi-related topic, has anyone seen that ne....   >>  
06 Feb 2002   Is there any reason ....   Hm... here, in Chile, we have three keyboard varia....   >>  
29 Jan 2002   Paying Double Salary   Paying enourmous salaries is a big no-no. Instea....   >>  
   PDA'sLUseful or Crap....   Probably I wasn't being too clear -my english it....   >>  
28 Jan 2002   Prototyping with Pow....   My former VP used to do this, and it was a Very ....   >>  
   PDA'sLUseful or Crap....   I loved my Palm. When I was forced to return it ....   >>  
   refactoring- debunki....   I agree that refactoring is rarely needed. But, ....   >>  
23 Jan 2002   Patching software   Wise for Windows Installer is just cool. I think....   >>  
22 Jan 2002   Is Joel Dead?   Hm... 1) I HAVE to ask... what apartment??? 2)....   >>  
   Your thoughts on ASP....   I haven't tested ASPX yet, because I'm avoidin....   >>  
15 Jan 2002   About Office space......   I, actually, believe in the other approach. Give....   >>  
14 Jan 2002   About Office space...   >>  
12 Jan 2002   Joel, don't take the....   There is no real reason to delete any thread, IM....   >>  
   Age/Years in softwar....   26/9 paid   >>  
   How old are you ?   26 but cute as a kid.   >>  
01 Jan 2002   Advice on starting a....   'I built the field and they have come.' Very si....   >>  
   Rationale behind Cit....   Somebody mentioned something about cluttering th....   >>  
   Tools for Code Audit....   I don't know, I just cannot trust in automatic c....   >>  
27 Dec 2001   Pair Programming suc....   The only time I did pair programming was with a ....   >>  
21 Dec 2001   A bit offtopic -- ab....   If they have loads of those green paper with som....   >>  
   Start from scratch   Hey, don't drop your application. My first advic....   >>  
   Easiest & Cheape....   Hey, Watcom used to rule the universe :-) A....   >>  
19 Dec 2001      I will recommend Visual C++, but takes time to g....   >>  
04 Dec 2001   Nice Search Engine   Oh, and Joel, don't blame the text search servic....   >>  
      Nopes. In my old job, we had to licence a search....   >>  
01 Dec 2001   CityScript   > Your certainly not exagerating about the quali....   >>  
24 Nov 2001   Larry Wall link   Yes? Oops... thanks for the tip.    >>  
23 Nov 2001      How glad is to see people actually learning :-....   >>  
   XML   The fact that the application doesn't know what ....   >>  
22 Nov 2001   Restricting Navigati....   The only way I found to maintain security risks ....   >>  
   XML   Blah. I actually use XML to store data. So wh....   >>  
   Should geeks skip co....   Google and Turing machines? ... Now I've....   >>  
   Abandon the browser?   Darin Dillon wrotes: 'Actually, .NET does change ....   >>  
21 Nov 2001   Larry Wall link   Look at http://www.perl.com/search/index.n....   >>  
16 Nov 2001   Native XML databases....   I'm a programmer. I used to program doing very ....   >>  
13 Nov 2001   Programming Language....   Some things in my brain: Chris Dunford said a....   >>  
09 Nov 2001   How did you stumble ....   I got a link from the Sweng gamedev mailing list....   >>  
06 Nov 2001   The five-minute mana....   One of the biggest problems I have faced is when....   >>  
30 Oct 2001   We don't write algor....   Now, I will be very happy if some day when readi....   >>  
25 Oct 2001   Programming Language....   My corollary after this long discussion is: lear....   >>  



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