Code and Beyond

An Introvert's Perspective on The Software Industry

The world of software development is quite a specific environment. The fast pace of technological advances puts developers on the front of constant changes — environment, requirements, technologies, people, companies — everything

Say Hi to Monacs: a colection of monads for C#

A bit over a year ago we started a rewrite of one of the core functionalities of our system. I was really tempted to use F# for that, but the other team members were not so sure. We've agreed upon sticking with C# but

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Stop the tyranny of office hours

There are two basic schemes for compensation - goal-based and time-based. The former one is known to humanity for ages, since the beginnings of commodity exchange. We get something and give something else in exchange. In software development, the well-known (and, surprisingly, much-hated) example

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What makes a good software?

Writing a piece of software is a damn hard task. Writing a piece of good software is Sisyphus work - once you think you've nailed it, everything falls down into pieces. So is there a way to actually create something that could be awarded

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How much code is enough?

I’ve had a discussion recently on Twitter about the amount of code we produce versus readability. I am a backer of concise code, using every character very intentionally. This doesn’t mean that I would opt to create code where every name is

programming

Not so obvious benefits of Microservices

Recently I wrote a bit about how to approach microservice architecture, but I haven't really mentioned why should you bother. It turns out that microservices can have some serious pros compared to monolithic architecture - but they won't be applicable in every case. There

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Approaching Microservices in a safer way

Microservices. You've probably heard about them million times. It's inevitable to avoid this if you're at least a bit interested in software architecture. Actually, you've heard about them so many times that you have to try them for your own! But should you? Is

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An alternative take on application architecture

Do you remember when you have started writing your first programs? It's very likely that the code you've written was very procedural and your carefully crafted instructions were then somehow executed by this magical machine called the computer. Wasn't it fun? It was a

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Six reasons why I find F# a better language than C#

I was thinking about this post for a while. The more I use F# and speak about it to others, the more often I am asked the same question: what are the advantages of using F#? It's not so hard to find those, but

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Your programming language is probably unproductive

It's really hard to create a good programming language. There are a number of aspects you need to think about, and you'll probably never reach the perfection. Still, there are some things you can take into account to make the code maintainable and easy

mobile

Why Android sucks and why I'm still using it?

We're all addicts. We cannot walk out without our phones. We cannot even move to another room, knowing that some message may come unnoticed. We spend more and more hours every day looking at our smartphones, probably more than looking at other people or

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Why most of our work environments are counterproductive?

Recently I have read few articles on how our bodies and brains especially work, and how it affects our everyday living. They described how our environment and our habits affect our lives and our health, both physical and mental. It provoked me to think

web

Riot.js and Material Design Lite on Windows

Recently I wanted to build a small web app for my own purposes (more like an experiment) and I was thinking how to approach it. For whatever reason I decided to go with SPA-like approach, having simple HTTP service as a backend and some

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Developing software for public institutions

In these days it's hard to imagine any bigger organisation to work without proper software supporting its everyday tasks. Very often this needs to be highly specific system that cover custom data and custom workflows, but also specific tools and technologies used within the

software

Not so short story of the software testing

Today I'll tell you a story about testing. The story begins Some long, long time ago human race started to code. Everyone was happy that the software they're writing was working (well, in most cases it wasn't, but let's skip it). So they kept

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Software Transactional Memory - prosta implementacja w C#

Ostatnio zderzyłem się z problemem transakcyjnej pamięci (STM) i właściwie brakiem dostępnych implementacji w C# (poza NSTM). Różne wariacje na temat które powstały przez lata w stajni Microsoftu nie doczekały się do dnia dzisiejszego funkcjonującej implementacji (głównie dlatego, że zdecydowano - całkiem rozsądnie -

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MVVM i kolejność warstw, czyli co było pierwsze - jajko czy kura?

Mała zmiana tematu po kilku miesiącach - opowiem dziś coś niecoś o technologiach ze stajni Microsoftu i związanych z nimi wzorcami. A tak konkretniej to będzie to (bodajże najpopularniejszy) wzorzec związany z Silverlight i Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) - czyli MVVM. Opowiem jaka powinna

There's absolutely no bubble in technology

Or is it?