One of the tools which was wildly touted years ago was distcc. This is a distributed compilation system which can be brutal to set up, but can also dramatically reduce compilation times for big jobs. It has fallen out of favor in recent years because most developers end up getting a quad or more core machine with a modern enough CPU to have all kinds of virtualization and hyper threading. These machines also tend to … KDE Neon – Distcc and QtRead more
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How OpenSource Bugs are -fixed-
These 3 “solutions” are what typically “fix” all OpenSource bugs. Close without testing because “code has changed too much.” Declare it an “upstream” bug so you get credit for the close without actually doing anything. Let it rot until the version it was logged against is “no longer supported” and tell the user to retest against a currently supported code base.
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Some Thoughts on MVVM – Part 2
Relational database vendors stepped up to the plate DEC RDB (Relational DataBase, I know, creative) had long since provided SQLMOD. These were source modules you compiled into object form which could then be added to your site specific library and used by any application. This is one of the reasons service oriented architecture was our first solution. It was very easy to whip up a server that accepted data streams in known formats from raw … Some Thoughts on MVVM – Part 2Read more
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Some Thoughts on MVVM – Part 1
There is currently a lot of chatter in the IT world involving MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel). While there are merits, there are also drawbacks. One of the biggest drawbacks I’ve noticed is in the tutorials and documentation found on-line. Take a quick look at this article. Below is a quote from it. The key to remember with the model is that it holds the information, but not behaviors or services that manipulate the information. It is not … Some Thoughts on MVVM – Part 1Read more
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The Gender Fluid IT Crisis
Most everyone reading this is familiar with the Y2K crisis where lots of computer systems simply weren’t going to work after December 31, 1999. Many conspiracy theorists believe it was a scam to earn more money and that there never was a crisis. The theorists are wrong. IT workers put in millions and millions of hours fixing things incompetent management was too greedy to fix. They were all too busy laying off workers they needed … The Gender Fluid IT CrisisRead more