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Targets are funny things. When I get set a target by someone else, the person who has set the target is not always aware of the work involved to reach the target. Of course in this situation you have to

In the publishing world, there is something called vanity publishing. This is when an author has written a book, and they pay a publisher to publish the book for them. Sometimes the quality is good, sometimes

I'm sure you have all heard of software anti-patterns such as the Big Ball Of Mud. However fewer of my developer friends have heard of anti-paradigms. I'm sure you can work out that, like anti-patterns,

Think of all the things that make our lives awesome today. I mean it, just think of those things that make living on earth today so much more comfortable and exciting than it was in ancient times. My bet

A few weeks back I was discussing the architecture of a code module with a friend of mine. The module was one we had inherited from some other development team, it had mould growing on it and really looked

There are many things I find strange about software development, and software developers. One of the things I find strange is that it can be easy to forget who you are writing the software for, and end

Take an iceberg. Have a good look, what do you see? My guess is just the tip. When you look at an iceberg (or a picture of an iceberg) I bet you do not think, that is a picture of just a little bit of

Hi my name is Chris O'Dell and I am a software developer/aspiring entrepreneur who is interested in both technology and the software development process. I have a blog, and can be found on twitter,