Category Archive for Methodology

Occam’s Razor Debugging

I was reading an article about a right way to handle the “Debugging process” (as some project manager could call it) : Do It Yourselft!. And I must confess I quite agree with these ideas (quite is to make sure I can switch my beliefs if it turns out google doesn’t help anymore in the process, or some other external factor). By the way, this article may really useful next time I get something asked which I don’t want to reply because it’s too simple, too long, too pathetic, too obvious, … or simply if I don’t know the answer and don’t want the guy to know. So I could seem really smart by pointing out an elegant and simple procedure to follow. (Of course I would never do that, or well maybe… just try me!)

Anyway, I would like to add my 2 cents: the solution of a debugging process (or simpler a bug fix) should be ASAP, which here means As SIMPLE As Possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Responsibility in work

As some of you may have notice, I have some interest in the developers’ world. I should definitely add some “About Me” page soon, to describe a little more who I am (and not).

Anyway, this is my first post about methodology (and I hope not the last one). I will here consider the importance of responsibility among developers, and how they like to handle their work till its full completion. My idea could be summarized as: competent developers love to hold full responsibility for their work (until completion). Read the rest of this entry »