I haven't been to a conference for years, but this year I decided to join Joy of Coding. And I don't regret it!

The conference started with a keynote by Dan North: "Accelerating Agile: hyper-performing without the hype". Dan described what he learnt about Agile while working in the trading …

The software in space podcast (by se-radio) put me into thoughts about finding ways to improve code quality. First of all, I think that using void methods in languages that support exceptions is not very useful. Instead, I prefer using idioms like the boolean return value and single exit point. …

The prolonged financial crisis that we are living has caused an enormous growth in unemployment rates all over the world. Software Engineers and Programmers are by no means an exception to that rule, especially fresh graduates with no or little professional experience. But to find a job (or search …