The Voting Machine Scandal
Ars Technica: Primary and early e-voting problems point to gathering storm According to my sources, many election officials…have now come to a private understanding that they blew it, big-time, by… Read more »
Author Archives: Jonathan Tappan
Elliotte Rusty Harold: I Can Outrun a 767
Elliotte Rusty Harold seems to be on a roll these past few days: I Can Outrun a 767
POST Considered Inconvenient
More from Elliotte Rusty Harold on a common abuse of HTTP.
Elliotte Rusty Harold: Why REST Failed
This is the clearest and most concise explanation of REST that I have yet encountered, including why it’s not all there yet. (In spite of the title it’s not really hostile… Read more »
The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing
The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0) The latest revision of Joel Spolsky’s classic essay. From Joel on Software.
Microsoft Privacy Guidelines
This contains Microsoft’s official guidelines for protecting user privacy in desktop and web applications. They cover mostly user-interface issues rather than Windows-specific technical details. If you are a software developer… Read more »
5 Principles For Programming
Simple but deep: Empathy Box :: 5 Principles For Programming
How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in Any Programming Language
fullduplex.org How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in Any Programming Language
Links to essays in Best Software Writing I
brevity.org — Links to essays in Best Software Writing I
Good Agile, Bad Agile
Steve Yegge has a long post on Agile development methods. (via Joel Spolsky): Stevey’s Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Actually this is mostly about how Google develops software. Never… Read more »