Tips for Offshoring
Having just read Why you need to get rid of your freelance developer ASAP, and the comments under it, I can see that people are really clueless about offshoring. It’s a magic box that you put pennies...
View ArticleGray-hat business idea: MySpace integration hack vendor
With all of the zillions of companies building “widgets” for MySpace, Bebo, etc., it’s only a matter of time before the gray-hat crowd starts to see the dollar signs. Maybe they already have. But it...
View ArticleGreat contracting advice from Josh Berkus
Most of his rules are applicable to generic software consulting. Josh’s Rules (of Database Contracting)
View ArticleBad, Bad Code
I’ve written before about tips for offshoring. One specific thing I said to watch for is the bait-and-switch of talent: during the sales process you’re shown rockstars, but the real code you get is...
View ArticleEvaluating Future Web Application Technologies
Technical Architecture is a Form of Investing. I’m reminded of this sort of thinking because of recent news from RubyConf 2007. First, IronRuby joins Ruby.NET in providing a Ruby runtime on .NET....
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