Fixed-Price Software Development
July 21, 2008
I had been putting together some notes to write a short article about the difficulties with fixed-price software development, but Scott Ambler beat me to it.
Blog / Development
Training Video: The Learn PHP Tutorial
May 14, 2008
After several months of development, I’m proud to announce that the Syllogistic Software team has completed its latest product – the Learn PHP Tutorial Video, found at http://www.LearnPHPTutorial.com/ “That’s great,”...
Most Popular Web Languages / Frameworks
July 26, 2007
Update: New 2010 numbers can be found here. The other day, I was wondering to myself, "What are the most popular web frameworks right now?" Finding accurate numbers is actually pretty hard, so I decided to go to the...
Stability problems with ASP / .NET
April 3, 2007
People always try to tell me that IIS / ASP / ASP.NET is just as stable as Apache / PHP. The Canada Post website has been down for hours, simply displaying: A ScriptEngine threw expection 'C0000005' in...
Software development is not like building a house
April 2, 2007
A common problem with software development project management is that most people don't really understand how it works. Programmers are often likened to construction workers.
Comparison of three major web development platforms
March 11, 2007
I've created a web development summary chart comparing the major web application development platforms out there today.
HOWTO: Quickly Estimate Software Development Time in 5 Steps
February 9, 2007
Estimating software development time is hard. There are so many variables, unknowns, "unknown unknowns", and the specification always changes. Besides that, developers tend to be optimistic by nature.
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