There was a time when Netgear owned the consumer networking router and hub market. Not anymore. Customers are running away screaming. Somehow a Keller MBA must have been put in charge of things. Cut costs by using Agile and TDD so no actual Software Engineering occurs, then further cut costs by getting rid of all actual testing. For the ultimate in cost savings, eliminate customer service and refuse to fix anything. Just declare the product … Why the World is Abandoning NetgearRead more
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How Hackers Get In
Today even people who know nothing about computers have heard of hackers, ransomeware, and spyware. There was even a very funny Dick Tracy comic strip in the 1970s where this scruffy old guy visits a doctor’s office complaining of his systems and in the last frame says Give it to me straight doc! Have I got one of them Computer Viruses? scruffy old guy Hollywood created the greatest computer hacking movie of all time in … How Hackers Get InRead more
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Medical Device Developer Linux – Pt. 2
Since people messaged me directly about Medical Device Developer Linux this requires more posts. Quite possibly I’ll have to add a “user forum” to this blog. Doubtful many of you will post though given the secured environments some of you message from. I didn’t want to put more thought into it right away so thanks for that! :P Our featured image was provided by blog.giddyup.io. Scope Younger developers have been a bit confused about the … Medical Device Developer Linux – Pt. 2Read more
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Medical Device Developer Linux
We desperately need a Medical Device Developer Linux distro. I know I’ve blogged about this before, but with all the wet-behind-the-ears kids thinking Agile is software engineering (it’s not) and that it is okay to push whatever steaming pile of excrement came out the back end of the nightly build onto the installed base because they are the Alpha testers . . . I have to vent again. Our featured image was provided by blog.giddyup.io. … Medical Device Developer LinuxRead more
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C++ — That Const Thing
Const is what makes C++ great. Const is what makes C++ too horrible to work with. Developers who read those “Effective” books on C++ really screw the pooch. The developers working on the Qt library who hide everything anyone would want to override inside a “private” class only documented in the source file for the actual class and buried behind a macro passing most everything to it as const make the “screw the pooch” developers … C++ — That Const ThingRead more