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The axis of a software person 8 Sep 2012 | 11:54 pm
There are several axis for the skill that a software person should (must) have Software engineering skills - these are the skills that allow a software person to transform a description of a system t...
What's next for Samsung 25 Aug 2012 | 09:13 pm
The court decided that Samsung had infringed several of Apple's patents, mostly design / user interface / user interaction related ones. That's good, because shameless copying without acknowledging s...
Big data 2.0 1 Jun 2012 | 04:14 am
One of the hottest fields in the software industry today is big data. It seems that everywhere you go you hear about it. In the past, what constrained big data from being a reality was low capacity s...
Trying out Twitter 22 Apr 2012 | 02:39 am
I'm trying out twitter - look me up at http://twitter.com/yoavrubin
The most courageous code comment ever 19 Mar 2012 | 10:03 am
This screen capture (taken from here), is part of the code that put Apollo 11 and 12 on the moon. More specifically, it is part of the landing guidance code, so these lines were responsible for the 'p...
At the end of the rainbow 21 Feb 2012 | 11:20 pm
Took this picture a few days ago, I guess that someone found a few leprechaun gold pots on his porch.
My book is now published 8 Feb 2012 | 12:24 am
The book, called "Looking inside a Neural Network", is based on my thesis. It is now published and available, see it here: http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Inside-Neural-Network-Microscopy/dp/3847378686/
The Joy of Clojure - a short book review 13 Sep 2011 | 09:19 am
I'm currently reading the book "The Joy of Clojure". This is a rare kind of book - the kind you don't want to end. It explains Clojure - but not in a "do this to get that" kind of a way, which is the ...
A function, JavaScript engine and the single var pattern to declare variables walk into a pub 3 Sep 2011 | 11:01 pm
Addy Osmani had published a very nice post that summarizes various problems found when doing JavaScript code review. Most of the points there worth paying attention to. However, there is one point the...
What's next in the mobile arena 18 Aug 2011 | 09:54 pm
Apple has complete control both on the software and the hardware of their mobile devices. Moreover, they have a huge client base (all the iPXXXX people) Google now also has complete control both on ...
