Paul Tomblin

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Java/C++/Perl programmer on Linux/Unix. 25+ years experience. Still learning.

Working on a contract from home. Does it get any better than this?

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Feb 4	comment	How to best approach planning and budgeting of software performance optimization efforts? Bigger lesson: developers need to realize they aren't perfect and debugging and optimization are supposed to be about making things better, not finding somebody to blame. Too bad the "owner" of the code didn't realize that. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that as well - I've gotten peeved at people improving my code, but I don't think I've ever stood in the way of an improvement.
Feb 3	comment	How to profile a Perl + FastCGi + StarRunner web program? Not just server and client, but also between apache, the fast cgi server and PostgreSQL. Good luck trying to debug that with control c. Fortunately, the method I mentioned in my answer showed me that Dbd::pg::execute was the biggest time consumer, and pgfountaine showed me the queries that needed to be improved.
Jan 31	answered	How to profile a Perl + FastCGi + StarRunner web program?
Jan 29	asked	How to profile a Perl + FastCGi + StarRunner web program?
Jan 28	comment	Change management's mind? I've changed jobs three times since I wrote that. And I get called by recruiters every damn day.
Nov 24	comment	Will Java still be relevant in 5 years? Good post. Where do you see Go and maybe Dart in this spectrum?
Nov 23	awarded	Yearling
Sep 13	awarded	Popular Question
Sep 8	comment	How do I tell a senior programmer that I disagree with him @ZoranPavlovic, the question about who gets the credit is secondary. Sure, by all means I'd want to work somewhere else as quickly as I could, but first I'd want to make sure the best solution got implemented, even if I didn't get credit for it.
Apr 12	comment	Why are some saying that Java will be the new COBOL? For every 22 guys who made an insane amount of money for combining a sepia filter with a tumblr with no monetization strategy, there are 100,000 guys putting their kids through college doing Java apps.
Apr 11	comment	Why are some saying that Java will be the new COBOL? "Fun" languages don't put your kids through college. Java does.
Apr 6	comment	What are the disadvantages of automated testing? If the same developer is coding the tests as is coding the actual code, then they will only think of the same test cases to write tests for as the ones they thought about when they were coding.
Apr 5	comment	I can't program because the code I am using uses old coding styles. Is this normal to programmers? One of the most important skills you can develop as a programmer is to be able to understand and refactor other people's code. If you don't master it, you'll never be a good programmer. You're fortunate in being given a chance to learn the skill.
Apr 4	comment	What is a good way to comment if-else-clauses? Or better, "pattern.doSomething()" and let OO do its job.
Mar 26	awarded	Nice Answer
Mar 26	comment	How does one pronounce “cron” as in “cron job”? Ok, how about chronic, chronicle, synchronized, chronological, anachronism?
Mar 26	comment	How does one pronounce “cron” as in “cron job”? Well, pedantically, you should pronounce "cron" the same way you pronounce other English words that have that Greek root in them, like "chronometer" and "synchronized".
Mar 26	answered	How does one pronounce “cron” as in “cron job”?
Mar 26	comment	How does one pronounce “cron” as in “cron job”? How does this person pronounce "Chronometer"?
Mar 15	comment	Can any programmer have 4-5 years of experience on Android in March, 2012? I'm so good it only takes me two years to get 4-5 years of experience.