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mini-cases: things take time

Posted on September 10, 2010 by mark

My manager uttered a phrase that, to a software developer, was simultaneously thrilling and terrifying: “It’s time for an upgrade.” I was working for a company in the financial services sector; their core business involved a proprietary system for predicting … Continue reading →

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mini-cases: more movement means more mistakes

Posted on September 6, 2010 by mark

I used to have the power to email over 250,000 people at my fingertips. We weren’t spammers; far from it: we were publishing a successful newsletter to all those subscribers, and had quite a few who were actually paying for … Continue reading →

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