Mini essays
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Literate programming by Donald Knuth
Literate programming is a programming style introduced by Donald Knuth in 1984. The focus is on explaining the logic and reasoning behind a computer program (comments) to human readers, rather than just providing instructions for the computer ( plain source code ). The key ideas are: Definition Literate programming is a programming paradigm where a computer program is explained in natural language interspersed with snippets of macros and traditional source code. Purpose Used for reproducible research and open access in scientific computing and data science. Approach Literate programming by Donald Knuth Gives programmers templates to develop programs in the order demanded by the logic and flow of their thoughts. Moving…
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Informed captain decision making in team
Informed captain decision making in team is another idea, from netlifx, to make everything in a company better, decentralized and so on and so forth. Fater, better harder stronger 😉 The generic idea is about “empowering teams and individuals” but here are the key points about this concept. Short story : Informed captain listens to everyone than is trusted to take the best decision to move forward. Informed Captain Responsibilities The captain owns the team’s mission, mandate, and metrics, and has full decision-making authority within their scope. Decision-Making Process Decisions are not made by consensus or committee votes. The captain has the final say after considering different viewpoints. Kinda like…
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Estimating complexity vs time ….
Estimating complexity vs time… it cannot be done one without the other. First i will write why we should estimate complexity and then a very short point ’cause in the end…’. At least this might feel like it for some of us… Why should we estimate complexity in scrum Overall, estimating complexity versus time in Scrum promotes a deeper understanding of project requirements, enhances collaboration and communication within the team, and enables more accurate planning and risk management, ultimately contributing to the success of the project. Why estimating anything doesn`t really work I totally agree that splitting the task in smaller steps is the best thing we can do. Smaller,…
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Effective Programming in Scala course by Coursera. Simple review.
Effective Programming in Scala course by Coursera is one of the official learning paths, described on https://www.scala-lang.org/, one can take to learn and dive into scala language. The main outcome is that You should definetly try it but there is always some “but”. Main things to do Lectures During the course You will watch short and very neat and straight down to the point lectures. This is always a given in every course. If i remember my long hours and the university i wonder how did i endure all that and why everything was so convoluted. Here we get everything short and sweet. Coursera time frame Somethimes it might feel…
