e-sygoing.link — Articles https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Articles category en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 17:12:28 -0400 Survival Crib Notes: NASA's Success Checklist https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689339-survival-crib-notes-nasas-success-checklist 9 Dos and 8 Don'ts for software project success, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Software Project Survival Guide.) Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:53:06 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689339 Seven Principles Of Software Development https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689321-seven-principles-of-software-development Emphasizes "soft" issues - attitude, approach. Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:50:12 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689321 Introducing Demeter and its Laws https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689336-introducing-demeter-and-its-laws Adaptive Programming - specifying the connections between objects as loosely as possible. Makes programs more flexible, more resilient to change, and more adaptable to varying configurations of classes within a given domain Wed, 11 Jun 2025 01:35:08 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689336 The Therac-25 Accidents https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689328-the-therac-25-accidents Case study of a well known software error. Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:03:04 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689328 Classic Mistakes Enumerated https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689338-classic-mistakes-enumerated Description of 36 ineffective development practices: people-related, process-related, product-related, technology-related. (Sample chapter from Steve McConnell's book Rapid Development.) Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:10:45 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689338 The Programmers' Stone https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689335-the-programmers-stone Recapturing, exploring and celebrating the Art of Computer Programming. Wed, 08 May 2024 22:38:18 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689335 Orphans Preferred https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689323-orphans-preferred Characteristics of software developers - personality type, demographics, age, education, attitudes. Wed, 01 May 2024 07:51:14 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689323 Sure It Works, But Is It Beautiful: The Relationship Between Software Aesthetics and Quality https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689330-sure-it-works-but-is-it-beautiful-the-relationship-between-s Some aspects of the relationship between quality and aesthetics (beauty) in software, using architecture analogies. Mon, 01 Apr 2024 14:16:18 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689330 High-Pressure Steam Engines and Computer Software https://e-sygoing.link/link/5689327-high-pressure-steam-engines-and-computer-software Software safety. Parallels between the early development of high-pressure steam engines and software engineering that we can apply to the use of computers in complex systems. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:12:36 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5689327