Ross Patterson

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Over 35 years designing and building software systems, both in-house and for profit, and building and leading the teams that do so. A proven track record of delivering releases on time and meeting requirements, enabling sales and marketing to plan well and to execute according to plan.


103 Answers

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How did they debug segmentation faults before protected memory?
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Which comments instantly ring alarm bells when a programmer says them?
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Why didn't == operator string value comparison make it to Java?
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What are the disadvantages of automated testing?
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Starting consulting while employed - conflict of interest
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No programmer will build my semi-adult website. Why?
9
Can I convert ALL CAPS sections of an OSI license to regular case (and bold)?
9
How can I tell whether my computer is Harvard or von Neumann architecture?
9
If competition is using 'lingua obscura' for development (why) should I be worried?
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Developing with confidence without a real development environment
8
Can I use the database structure of an open source project?
7
Design for using your own API
7
How should you deal with a popular project that you no longer want to maintain?
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Programming Without A Computer
6
To reorganize code, what to choose between library and service?
5
Is it possible to reach absolute zero bug state for large scale software?
5
Why is test driven development missing from Joel's Test?
5
Finding Bugs in Tasks
5
Why does this static field always get initialized over-eagerly?
5
Noobie wants to use source control, how would you guide them?
4
Best practice to sort then reverse, or write “backwards” comparator?
4
Issue tracking system by function/method
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Unable to convince on data hiding
4
Computer vision algorithms (how is this possible?)
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How to properly document functionality in an agile project?
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Voting System like Stack Exchange
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Strategy for backwards compatibility of persistent storage
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How to break the “php is a bad language” paradigm?
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Evaluating Software Maintenance
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Is there a quick and practical (hands on) way to learn another programming language?
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