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A long time ago Joel explained how various every-day coding things were slow, and this led to XML as a data store being slow: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000319.html
Are those every-day coding things - strcat and malloc - still slow in a std::string and dlmalloc world? What else…
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Why did StackExchange fail & Joel take VC money?
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No it's not 1 Apr. Joel Spolsky ( Blog - @spolsky ) announced recently he is retiring from blogging 17 Mar 2010 . Reading Joel on Software always makes me think. Mr. Spolsky pioneered a writing style. Along the way he empowered developers, encouraging them to speak up about the manifold misconceptions…
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The Joel Test is a measure of how a team performs with regards to the best practices in coding. What questions, given a 'yes' answer, would subtract from the the Joel test score?
(Assuming you don't simply negate the current questions on the 'Joel Test', ie: "Do you have no source control?")
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From the Joel Test, of the 12, which do you think are the absolute must-haves to at least have a decently running software department/company?
I realise there is no absolutely right answer. I'm just trying to get opinions of others out there. My own organization only manages a measly 5 of 12. If…
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