Mark Pearl

January, 2015

Vagrant Notes

Settings the VAGRANT_HOME Directory in Windows

Seven Databases in Seven Weeks by Eric Redmond, The Pragmatic Bookshelf

I have been avoiding the NoSQL movement for years. Partly because I felt I didn’t really understand SQL Db’s yet and partly because NoSQL DB’s seemed to live in the scary world of *nix’s operating systems. Five months ago I decided I needed to change my attitude and get a...

Software Process Videos of 2014

I occaisonally get asked where a lot of the concepts I have embraced in software development come from. For those that are serious about getting a deeper understanding of the process of software development I would recommend reading books. Reviews of some of the books I’ve read can can be...

Balanced Speed

Something I have come to learn in developing software is that business has an unquenchable thirst for new features.

December, 2014

Velocity

Velocity as Productivity

Open Source Notes

References The Cathedral and the Bazaar Choose a open source license Contributing to Open Source on GitHub

Words to Use

In the attempt to expand my vocabulary, here are a list of words I have enjoyed hearing that I tend to forget what they mean. I’ve also added a few words I see crop up in technical documents that I have never understood before.

Recursion

Avoiding Pitfalls

November, 2014


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