I thought I should write out a few more stories about my time working on a Telepresense product, including software and audio and streaming media. I worked on that project for many years, and it gave us many opportunities to apply good engineering practices.
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Book: Clean Code
I wanted to do some on-screen time (which I’ve been bad about for far too long) so yesterday I pulled down a book I’ve had for years but barely cracked. “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin is usually wedged between Software Requirements fro.Microsfot Press and Extreme Programming Explained, and under Secure Coding. I don’t really read many technical books: I prefer a good reference book like the old Java in a Nutshell books. So we will see what I get out of this run.
Early impressions are that this seems like a thick book for some simple concepts. The first chapter is a lot of quotes and stories to motivate and give the reader a desire to read the book, but I just skimmed it, as I think most people who would read the book would have already seen bad code and know the need for clean code.
New Category: Remote Work
I’ve been working from home for over 4 years, since around the time that the Fortune 100 company I worked for split itself in two. I’ve been mentored in the move to a home office, and want to share some of the great tips I’ve received over the years. This should be a series of posts, but this will be a first post with some overview.
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