A new release of WordPress is available for download. Don’t be lazy — go download it, as there are some security fixes and some new functionality available.
The latest software is available from the WordPress download page. Needless to say, I’m up to date.
I started reading the Joel on Software book yesterday after seeing it at Barnes and Noble and finding my self unable to put it back on the shelf.
This morning I hit Chapter 33, an article entitled Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef, a brilliant article on the effect of methodologies on a software development shop.
The book is full of great stuff like this, and I’m really enjoying being able to sit down and read it all at one time without clicking and scrolling.
If you haven’t picked up this book yet, I would highly recommend it. If you’re too cheap to buy it, hit his website, where all of the articles are available for free.
Its so nice to see a software development author out there with a healthy dose of common sense!
Ed Gibbs, who runs the Musings of a Software Development Manager blog, recommended a podcast called Drunk and Retired, put on by two 10 year veterans of software development, Charles and Cote.
I’ve downloaded a few of the podcasts and spent this morning listening to the first two episodes, The Life Agile Parts One and Two. The podcast is pretty interesting. Charles spent some time over at ThoughtWorks and the first two episodes focus primarily on Agile Programming practices, including Test Driven Development, Scripting Languages, and XP and Scrum.
It’s kind of nice to find a podcast in which two regular guys who seem to know what they are talking about sit down over a couple of drinks, tell war stories and give opinions on different software development concepts and methodologies. I’m finding the podcast, so far, to be really interesting.
I’m currently listening to episode eight, which is titled “Learning From Open Source” in which Cote and Charles discuss the effect that Open Source software processes could have on commercial software development, a subject that I have been interested in for the last few years. This is one that I may create a follow up post about to summarize the points, as right now there seems to be a lot of interesting points here.
Check it out if you have some time to kill during your commute.
Joel on Software – Hitting the High Notes – Excellent article on why hiring the best people is the right thing to do, and why hiring more mediocre people in place of a few of the best doesn’t work. A must read. Forward this one up the hiring chain!
OSCON Day 1: Subversion Tutorial – “In this morning’s tutorial Brian Fitzpatrick introduced the Subversion version control system and compared it at great length to the venerable CVS version control system.” – Read more.
SVK 1.02 has been released. Read the announcement.
Read Eric Raymonds email to the Subversion development list about how Subversion saved the day on the GPSd project.
Bieber Labs 