2002/03/23

• 23-Mar-2002
  Over-engineering = The Enemy

  My theme lately at work has been to rail against over-engineering. What’s that, you ask? It’s overthinking the architecture and overdoing the planning phase of a project. This is not to say that application architecture has no place. Planning and design is critical. However, the propensity one has, when programming, to try and account for…

• 23-Mar-2002
  Cavalcade of Cartoon Network Commentary.

  My favorite character on the animated show Powerpuff Girls is Miss Sara Bellum. She’s the smartest character on the show, or at least the character with the most common sense. She’s also very shapely, has a huge head of curly red hair. Interestingly, the creators made the decision to never show her face. There’s probably…