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Time to Resurrect PSP?
The Personal Software Process encourages programmer discipline. Largely forgotten, it does have a few wrinkles, but understanding and applying its core ideas remains...
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The Year-Round Joys and Benefits of Open Source Software
One of the things that makes us programmers feel warm and fuzzy is open source software. Companies support open source too. Why give something away for free? A...
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Computer Systems Research: The Joys, the Perils, and How to Count Beans Well
This post is meant to highlight my subjective take on the joys and the road bumps on the way to doing innovative work in computer systems.
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Dijkstra Was Wrong About 'Radical Novelty': Metaphors in CS Education
The most cited CS education paper is, unfortunately, wrong.
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Why Great Programmers Pull Back the Curtain While Programming
Want to be a great programmer? If so, you have to pull back the curtain and learn how software really works. A deeper understanding helps programmers further their...
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Is Computer Science More or Less Suitable for Distance Learning?
How undergraduate computer science students perceive the discipline based on their distance learning experience during the 2020 Spring semester – the Corona Semester...
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Why Focus on Technologies for Human Learning?
By choosing human learning as a topic area, computer scientists can contribute to major societal challenges, win grants in additional programs, and tackle new computer...
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Here's Why Resentment is the Key to Happiness
Do you find happiness to be fleeting? That shiny new car or big job promotion makes you happy for a few weeks but quickly turns into the same old same old? Maybe...
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Determining CS Student Preferences During the Corona Semester
What does the Corona Semester reveal about computer science students’ preferences when learning computer science?
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Why I Don't Recommend CSRankings.org: Know the Values You are Ranking On
Just because a ranking is computable doesn't mean that it's right.
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Measuring Up: How to Properly Measure Your Programmers
To measure or to not measure, that is the question. Ask programmers and many will tell you that measurement is a fool’s folly. Measurement undermines the team spirit...
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The Pros and Cons of Online Lab Classes for Computer Science - 2020 Pandemic Edition
Contrary to expectations, online lab classes during our current pandemic may actually have some benefits over their in-person counterparts.
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Agile Management of the Corona Crisis in the Start-Up Nation
Is there an efficient management solution for this crisis?
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Implications of Online Learning for Novice Students
The case of the Introduction to Computer Science course.
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The Laughing is Over
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. Computer Chess Championship in 1970.
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Students Need to Know What Success in Computing Looks Like, Starting from Realistic Expectations
Intro CS students sometimes think professional programmers are super-human, which makes it hard to live up to those expectations.
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