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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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QUESTION: How can you re-write the questions of the Joel test to apply to web developers?
1. Do you use source control?
(source control for all aspects of your app, including configuration, database and user-based settings?)
2. Can you make a build in one step?
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