jozzas

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	location	Brisbane, Australia
	age	28
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Software Engineer living in Brisbane. Likes Python, working with data.

	248 reputation	bio	website	jozzas.wikispaces.com	visits	member for	1 year, 11 months
18 badges		location	Brisbane, Australia		seen	May 19 at 23:36

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Mar 27	answered	Programming methodology - best way to level up?
Feb 25	awarded	Caucus
Feb 13	comment	Question on System Requirement I think as a requirement, that is way, way too vague. If I read just that statement, I would ask - what 'user information'? Where does it come from? Is where it comes from a strict requirement? What does 'register' mean in this sense? I'd consider splitting this into at least 2 or 3 requirements, and if necessary adding an appendix with the states, services, and required data fields that can be 'registered' (queried? scraped? Is it an API?) for each. Note that none of this defines the 'how' of 'registration'.
Feb 7	comment	HTML, CSS, and some JavaScript… what's next? "a server side language such as php or asp.net" or ruby or python or Java or even Javascript (node.js). I would suggest using Ruby or Python and a simple web stack.
Jan 14	comment	Effectiveness of FizzBuzz and Beyond A good candidate would start with some test strings and expected outputs and then talk about unit tests, or just re-write the requirements more formally and less ambiguously. They would then talk about the importance of clear requirements and how requirements errors can be orders of magnitude more expensive to fix than implementation errors.
Dec 12	answered	Which language is more suitable heavy file tasks?
Oct 30	answered	How to rewrite a TCP MMOG server designed to run in a single machine, in a distributed way?
Oct 29	answered	Best Language for Threading
Oct 17	comment	Is it correct that Java Applets can do hardware acceleration while Flash can't? My understanding is that Flash hardware acceleration doesn't do 3d, whereas there are OpenGL libraries for Java applets that do (which is the reason Minecraft can be played "in the browser"). That's not what the question was, though. Silverlight also has hardware acceleration through DirectX, but a full 3d implementation is in its infancy there AFAIK.
Oct 16	comment	starting project with growth in mind. Minimum. Viable. Product. Stop worrying about this stuff and get one online ASAP. This is the only way to know if what you're building is worth anything to anyone.
Sep 13	comment	How do software patches and updates work? I would think that (generally) the entire binary to be "updated" is completely replaced by a binary that's downloaded and copied over the top of the old one.
Aug 27	comment	Relative Scoring system - How to solve this? To be more constructive, maybe try to find a site that has real-world image quality tests for each of the cameras. Assigning points to a megapixel value is worse than meaningless, as it skews your results in an irrelevant way.
Aug 27	comment	Relative Scoring system - How to solve this? Are you aware that "number of megapixels" is an absolutely terrible metric for use in assessing digital cameras of any type, but particularly phone cameras where the sensors are all tiny?
Aug 27	comment	How to deal with huge changes to a data specification? Which spec to support is the managers decision, and it seems they've made that decision. You need to adopt the new spec, amend your programs, test thoroughly and release.
Aug 12	comment	How would you test Google Maps “Get Directions” feature? Google Maps in the past has tried to direct me onto bus only streets, the wrong way down one-way streets, and to make turns at intersections that don't exist (e.g. a flyover with only an offramp). I believe they have a "report incorrect directions" feature, but that's probably not something that would work in your situation. The answer to the bit about them testing everything? They didn't, and they didn't really need to.
Aug 12	comment	How can uTorrent be multi-platform while keeping such a small binary size? They provide separate builds for OSX, Linux and Windows, and the Linux version as you say only allows for web access. The logical way to 'keep the size down' would be by maintaining the builds for different platforms as different branches, keeping the UI separate from the core libraries and only including what's required in each build.
Aug 8	awarded	Critic
Aug 5	awarded	Commentator
Aug 5	comment	How to document and peer review design in scrum? Do you create a Software Design Description (SDD) document to address your requirements specification? You should capture your high level (software architecture) design in a document. MIL-STD-498 is a good starting point (See the SDD PDF linked there).
Aug 2	comment	Should Agile teams deliver new features daily? Sounds like someone's trying to get the questioner's team to do a sprint per day. You shouldn't offload anything to QA until it's been through a sprint (or is finished to everyones satisfaction) AND it's been deemed acceptable (minimum number of features working, known bugs documented).