Consulting Toolsmiths - Matt Doar

There seem to be more files with spaces in their names on Windows machines than in Unix. Both Windows and Linux have allowed spaces in thei...

I've also been thinking about why some people write code and some don't. I think there is indeed the creative aspect, and that'...

There are two common Unix tools named 'diff' and 'patch'. Diff tells you what the difference is between two files. Patch ta...

There's always some discussion about how to account for the time spent fixing bugs in a project. I think it helps to view bugs as incom...

My status at CustomWare has changed from subcontractor to a permanent employee. We celebrated with a surprise ice-cream cake with "Chi...

I find it remarkable how the same piece of music can touch me deeply at one time and yet barely affect me at another. The recording hasn...

Anonymity is a wonderful thing for many serious matters in this world. But posting unexceptional comments anonymously on a bug (or webpage) ...

"I filed this bug a year ago and it isn't fixed yet". "Other bugs were more important than your bug" "But, bu...

I came across the Advent Conspiracy today and I like it. And its ideas can be applied to any special day that has become poisoned by profit...

From Wikipedia : the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain: "cutting out the middleman" I've been working as a JIRA sp...

"Why did you bring it to share?" "kus it is osum." A standard part of US education is show-and-tell. Some classes ha...

Gear Designers Some clever people at NASA put together a document describing what goes into making a gear . The tooth shape and material ...

Alistair Cockburn is a well-known programmer who is fed up with infighting in software development. So he came up with an Oath of Non-Al...

A favorite xkcd cartoon and some things that will never be. A  Unicode book that is both concise and useful A protocol with "Simp...

I've found that a spaghetti server is a great tool for scratching my back. We have one in the kitchen for food and different one on a ...

Statisticians 99% of everything written about statistics is wrong, including this. So when people really do understand how to set up prope...

If you develop or maintain Atlassian products ( JIRA , Confluence, etc), this event is a great place to be (October 11th - 13th, California...

I've started a new blog for JIRA-related posts over at jiradev.blogspot.com . Future technical JIRA content will appear there instead of...

Originally submitted at O'Reilly Everyone wants a good technical environment for developing their software, and Practical Development En...

I remember writing some parts of Practical Development Environments vividly, despite the sleep deprivation that writing a book and having a...