Programming Sucks ("La programación apesta") es el título de un divertido, pero realista, post en el blog StillDrinking.org. Este post hace divertidas pero interesante reflexiones sobre el funcionamiento del mundo de la programación y hace una analogía con el mundo de la construcción, comparando cómo se hacen programas con el modo de construir puentes. Os dejo aquí un párrafo del texto, pero recomiendo la lectura del post original; es terriblemente entretenido.
Imagine joining an engineering team ... You start by meeting Mary, project leader for a bridge in a major metropolitan area. Mary introduces you to Fred, after you get through the fifteen security checks installed by Dave because Dave had his sweater stolen off his desk once and Never Again. Fred only works with wood, so you ask why he's involved because this bridge is supposed to allow rush-hour traffic full of cars full of mortal humans to cross a 200-foot drop over rapids. Don't worry, says Mary, Fred's going to handle the walkways. What walkways? Well Fred made a good case for walkways and they're going to add to the bridge's appeal. Of course, they'll have to be built without railings, because there's a strict no railings rule enforced by Phil, who's not an engineer. Nobody's sure what Phil does, but it's definitely full of synergy and has to do with upper management, whom none of the engineers want to deal with so they just let Phil do what he wants. Sara, meanwhile, has found several hemorrhaging-edge paving techniques, and worked them all into the bridge design, so you'll have to build around each one as the bridge progresses, since each one means different underlying support and safety concerns. Tom and Harry have been working together for years, but have an ongoing feud over whether to use metric or imperial measurements, and it's become a case of "whoever got to that part of the design first."
Abraham
Apple y Google están enzarzados en juicios por patentes relativas a Android desde 2010. La semana pasada al parecer han llegado a algún acuerdo entre ellos y han decidido cesar las acciones legales y trabajar juntos para "reformar las patentes". En palabras textuales:
