http://simonwillison.net/2007-09-27T15:11:00+00:00Simon Willison2007-09-27T15:11:00+00:002007-09-27T15:11:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/27/otaku/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000462.html"><p>Large codebases are the problem, not the language they're written in. Find a way to break/decompose big codebases into little ones.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000462.html">Bill de hÓra</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bill-de-hora">bill-de-hora</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/complexity">complexity</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lesscode">lesscode</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/programming">programming</a></p>

2005-07-10T02:53:44+00:002005-07-10T02:53:44+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2005/Jul/10/less/#atom-tag

<p id="p-0">I've pointed to it a couple of the times from the <a href="http://simon.incutio.com/blogmarks/">blogmarks</a>, but it's worth re-iterating here: if you have any interest at all in LAMP, agile programming or open-source development methodologies you should take a look at <a href="http://lesscode.org/">lesscode.org</a>. To quote their <a href="http://lesscode.org/about/">about page</a>:</p> <blockquote cite="http://lesscode.org/about/"><p id="p-1">lesscode.org is a place to advocate, discuss, and practice the art of using <em>less code</em> to get <em>more done</em>. We shun complexity and challenge the status-quo when it impedes our ability to simplify our development tools and processes. We appreciate <a href="http://python.org/">Python</a>, <a href="http://ruby-lang.org/" title="Ruby: Programmer&apos;s Best Friend">Ruby</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP" title="The LAMP Platform">LAMP</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST" title="Representationl State Transfer">REST</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle" title="KISS principle">KISS</a>, <a href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html" title="Worse is better">worse is better</a>, and <a href="http://www.talklikeapirate.com/" title="w00t!">talk like a pirate day</a>.</p></blockquote> <p id="p-2"><a href="http://naeblis.cx/rtomayko/">Ryan Tomayko</a> is the guy behind the site, and he evidently has a lot to get off his chest.</p> <p id="p-3">In other recommendations, Ka-Ping Yee has been providing excellent coverage and analysis of <a href="http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/" title="Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security">SOUPS 2005</a> over at <a href="http://usablesecurity.com/2005/07/" title="Usable Security archive for July 2005">Usable Security</a>. And on an unrelated note, I've been deriving a great deal of amusement from <a href="http://iharthdarth.livejournal.com/">I Harth Darth</a>.</p> <p id="p-4">I'm off to San Francisco for a week. Stay safe.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/lesscode">lesscode</a></p>