Deadline are bad, but a necessary motivation

I think I'm similar to how most of people behaves about work. My shameful, but natural behavior is to procrastinate until last moment and work very hard to compensate. I hate doing that but I notice from time to time I doing that. If I lived in rational World I would start as early as … Continue reading Deadline are bad, but a necessary motivation →

Writing is just like programming: Hard

I have being writing my dissertation during last six month. A long wall of text about what I had research. I not sure If I will get my master's degree, because I feel that it needs something more. We always see problems in our work, missing opportunities, things that could be improved, or completely remake … Continue reading Writing is just like programming: Hard →

The Zone and pomodoro technique

Software developers, researchers, writer frequently talk about a state of high productivity and focus called the zone. When you are in the zone all your focus are in one thing and complex activities appear to be obvious. You reaches the peak of productivity. However this is a fragile state, an unplanned interruption can easily break … Continue reading The Zone and pomodoro technique →

My point of view about object oriented programming

Yesterday I read a post and watched a video criticizing object oriented programming in favor of a more procedural and if possible functional programming. In summary what he says is that object oriented programming failed to delivery what have proposed and does more harm than good by force additional unnecessary complexity. I agree in part … Continue reading My point of view about object oriented programming →

My experience using Windows, Linux and OSX

Since last year I have been using Windows, Linux and OSX on daily basis. Like most of people on Brazil and on the World. My first computer was a PC with Microsoft Windows. I vaguely remember, my father bought in early 2000 a Celeron 800MHz with 64MB of RAM and we used a dial connection … Continue reading My experience using Windows, Linux and OSX →

[Book Review] Software Skills: The software developer’s life manual

Today, I just finished listening Software Skills by John Sonmez. Its a great book about software developer life, opportunities and life balance. Similar to Code Complete but not about code, but about the career as a software developer. I bought this audio book on Audible, I wanted to buy the Kindle version but still not … Continue reading [Book Review] Software Skills: The software developer’s life manual →

Hello World!

Like any programmer, my first post must be a Hello World! Hello World! is just a simple program or script that prints a hello message on the screen. It is used as a basic test to check if the tools are ready to compile and run more complex applications. If the platform not support a … Continue reading Hello World! →