Thursday, November 10, 2005

A New, Old Dog



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Last night, the kids and I visited a dog that was available for adoption. Her name is Lady Theodora, but she responds to Teddy. We all fell in love with her, and voted unanamously to make her part of our family. She is hardly a puppy, but she is very well mannerd and playful, which makes her a good match for the kids. She will join three humans and one feline as the fifth resident of The Netcave.

++Alan

Lazy Programmers



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I've long said that all programmers are lazy.  There are two kinds of lazy, though.  Good lazy is when a programmer has to do something twice, she stops to automate the process, so she won't be bothered by this rote task again.  Bad lazy is when a programmer uses "clipboard inheritance", mindlessly copy and pasting code, and not stepping back long enough to find a better solution, much less the "best" solution.

This was brought to mind again by a post by Phillip Lensen (via Foxpro.catalyst):
Why Good Programmers Are Lazy and Dumb
I hadn't considered the dumb part, but I do look for a drive to constantly investigate and learn when evaluating a job candidate.  Phillip makes some interesting points.

++Alan
Programming