Everyone knows singletons are bad, right? I mean, they’re stupid, they’re evil, they’re pathological liars, they cause cancer, this guy hates them, and they bring people down.
But in the rush to condemn, sometimes people lose precision. I can understand why, as the problems can be infuriating, but it’s important to be precise about exactly what [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Stupid evil cancerous liars, I hate you!
Posted in Software development on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The trouble with state
Posted in Software development on April 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today’s post is a slightly random collection of stories and observations, all tied together under the common theme of “state” in programming. I feel that just in the last year or so, I’ve come to understand this better as an abstract concept in its own right. I feel that it’s helped me to connect a [...]
