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Monthly Archives April 2010

One year into the Ph.D. process

I thought I’d write a more personal note for a change. It’s been just over a year since I started studying for my Ph.D. — formally, I entered the program in April 2009. With at least two years to go, how do things look with some hindsight? What do I think it means to obtain […]

Posted 23 April 2010 † johan § Computer science § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Doing generality right

Many software developers, while making a tool to solve a specific problem, heed the siren call of generality. By making a few specific changes, they can turn the tool into a general framework for solving a larger class of problems. And then, with a few more changes, an even larger class of problems, and so […]

Posted 02 April 2010 † johan § Philosophy § Software development ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,