Вот как это было: видео (42 минуты).

A new Sunday Twitter poll for all of you. Vote and then read this blog post: Holacracy or Autocracy? Both! (2016)

M126: One of the most complex tasks while working in a team of software engineers is how to convince them that you are right and your technical decisions are correct. No matter how smart you are, you will have problems with this. In order to win in those fights, you need a support group: people who agree with you and will vote for your decisions. Open source projects may give you such a support group. Watch it!

67 projects were submitted to my 6th Quality Award and KaiCode competition. We decided to combine these two competitions this year (mostly due to COVID situation). The reward this year is $4,096. I'm currently looking for volunteers to help me review all projects submitted. If you are interested, please text me, I will pay $25 for each project reviewed.

M127: One of the most complex tasks while working in a team of software engineers is how to convince them that you are right and your technical decisions are correct. No matter how smart you are, you will have problems with this. In order to win in those fights, you need a support group: people who agree with you and will vote for your decisions. Open source projects may give you such a support group. Watch it.

M128: I often hear programmers complaining about projects they work in: customers are not happy, the market doesn't like us, nobody wants our product, etc. They not only complain, but they also quit. This is ridiculous. You don't need your product to be successful, you need your project to give you everything you need to be successful, personally. And this includes freedom and open source. Watch it!

M129: "Jacks of all trades" were appreciated and valued in the past when computers were young. Now the situation is different: you either are a niche specialist and you make good money, or you know everything and your income is below average. This situation will only get worse for those who don't want to dive deeper into a specific tech domain. Watch it.

As you've probably heard, we are organizing a scientific conference in Moscow: ICCQ. It will be a one-day event, in cooperation with IEEE, focused on static analysis, defect detection, and software maintenance. My question to you: do you know how to promote it better among researchers and scientists? Can you help? Can you give some suggestion?

M130: Solving software problems in most cases is not about finding the right algorithms or optimizing the effectiveness of existing ones. It's about cleaning up the mess left by other programmers and by ourselves. Watch it.

Fleabag (2016-2019) by Phoebe Waller-Bridge is very funny.

M131: When you work for a company and at the same time do open source development, you most certainly have a conflict of interest. The open-source is mostly for your own benefit, while the company expects you to give all your results to it. How will answer the questions when they ask you when your product is popular? Watch it.

Here is a new Sunday Twitter poll for you. Please, vote and then read this blog post: You're Just the Mayonnaise in a Bad Sandwich (2015)

A small scientific article was published, which I co-authored with HSE professor Sergey Zykov: The Impact of Object Immutability on the Java Class Size This is a small contribution to Elegant Objects, which eventually will become a new paradigm of object-oriented programming.

M132: No matter how many big companies you worked for, your future employer will still pay more attention to your personal projects, especially open source. Well, provided the employer is savvy enough. Your personal code is much more valuable than the big name of some Facebook you have in your CV. They are just job places, but your code is something you managed to create. So, don't waste time and start your own pet projects now. Watch it.

New post on my blog: Spell Check Your LaTeX Writings Using GNU Aspell

Don't miss our next webinar no.51 about OOP, which will happen today, in 6 hours. We will talk about the differences between two design approaches. I would suggest you read this blog post before the webinar: Fat vs. Skinny Design

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Видео моего доклада с последней конференции TestCon 2020 (Москва, Россия) опубликовано.

M133: Some programmers like to work in projects which develop open source software. Others don't care. Which one are you? When you get a job offer, will "we do open source development" be a motivator for you to join this new team or you won't care? Please, answer in the comments.