mcroydon + engineering 68
Why code review beats testing: evidence from decades of programming research | Kevin Burke
october 2011 by mcroydon
Interesting metrics on various approaches to affecting code quality.
engineering
programming
testing
october 2011 by mcroydon
The Cloud is not a Silver Bullet – stu.mp
april 2011 by mcroydon
Solid thoughts on how to do it right in the cloud.
cloud
engineering
system
amazon
aws
ec2
ebs
april 2011 by mcroydon
How does Etsy manage development and operations? - Quora
february 2011 by mcroydon
Quora is a great place for sharing architectural and workflow overviews.
etsy
development
engineering
operations
february 2011 by mcroydon
Engineering Management
january 2011 by mcroydon
Managing engineers at Facebook (2005-2009).
culture
development
engineering
facebook
management
january 2011 by mcroydon
Bell System Technical Journal
november 2010 by mcroydon
Lots of interesting things.
articles
communication
computer
development
papers
phone
technology
technical
tech
labs
journal
toread
system
history
engineering
archive
reference
electronics
research
science
telephone
telephony
unix
bell
bell-labs
bell_labs
belllabs
bstj
telecom
journals
november 2010 by mcroydon
bitplumber.net » A Cassandra Hardware Stack – Dell C1100′s – OCZ Vertex 2 SSD’s with Sandforce – Arista 7048′s
november 2010 by mcroydon
Interesting thoughts on buying hardware specifically for Cassandra use.
benchmarks
cassandra
database
engineering
hardware
storage
scaling
sata
performance
nosql
november 2010 by mcroydon
Tools - semanticweb.org
october 2010 by mcroydon
A big list of things that do stuff.
bi
bookmarking
browser
comparison
chart
data
editor
semantic
resources
rdf
project
ontology
list
engineering
semantic_web
semanticweb
software
semweb
tools
wiki
web
visualization
october 2010 by mcroydon
An Open community portal for Texas Instruments AM1808 / OMAPL138 platform — hawkboard.org
september 2010 by mcroydon
Sub-$100 ARM-based SBC similar to the Beagle Board.
android
arm
beagleboard
board
card
computer
embedded
electronics
computers
development
dsp
engineering
hardware
linux
diy
omap
opensource
platform
eva
hawkboard
ti
september 2010 by mcroydon
CubeSat Kit Home
march 2010 by mcroydon
"Compared to traditional multi-million-dollar satellite missions, CubeSat projects have the potential to educate the participants and implement successful and useful missions in science and industry at much lower costs."
aviation
build
commercial
community
cube
electronics
diy
kit
howto
hacks
exploration
engineering
embedded
kits
make
nasa
projects
satellite
science
space
hardware
slashdot
technology
aerospace
cubesat
satellites
march 2010 by mcroydon
Ksplice » Blog Archive » How to quadruple your productivity with an army of student interns - Rebooting is obsolete
march 2010 by mcroydon
Insert liberal application of an army of interns here.
business
computerscience
design
engineering
management
recruitment
project
productivity
interns
march 2010 by mcroydon
YouTube - How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters
march 2010 by mcroydon
I've tabbed this multiple times, it's time to bookmark it.
apis
api
architecture
code
design
dev
developer
java
interface
howto
google
good
engineering
development
presentation
programming
software
talk
toread
towatch
tutorial
youtube
web
video
api-design
bloch
googletechtalk
techtalk
video2watch
march 2010 by mcroydon
Final Projects ECE 5760
december 2009 by mcroydon
Lots of impressive projects here.
programming
hardware
toread
electronics
opensource
research
cool
architecture
education
diy
engineering
projects
academic
project
college
portal
fpga
microcontroller
microcontrollers
uni
edu
vhdl
verilog
processors
december 2009 by mcroydon
For Hardware Entrepreneurs, Getting From Idea to Reality Isn’t Easy | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
december 2009 by mcroydon
A look at what it takes in the hardware startup market.
design
hardware
entrepreneur
business
technology
startup
engineering
prototyping
gadget
innovation
entrepreneurship
gadgets
startups
december 2009 by mcroydon
Embedded.com - The Use Of Assertions
november 2009 by mcroydon
I had a bunch of assertions catch something that I had missed in a migration just last night so there's probably something to this even if improvements aren't dramatic.
programming
software
code
research
engineering
microsoft
debugging
softwareengineering
assertions
november 2009 by mcroydon
Science News for Kids: Feature: Model Plane Flies the Atlantic
november 2009 by mcroydon
Transatlantic model plane flight on autopilot years before the homebrew UAV movement began.
engineering
flight
aviation
plane
model
rc
autopilot
aircraft
atlantic
november 2009 by mcroydon
Extreme Agility at Facebook | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM
november 2009 by mcroydon
"Another aspect of the Facebook engineering team is how large the ratio of active user to developer is. Currently it stands at 1.1 million users per developer."
programming
development
howto
scalability
architecture
scaling
management
engineering
memcached
facebook
process
agile
acm
hive
scribe
oopsla
niho
cacm
november 2009 by mcroydon
How to be a program manager - Joel on Software
march 2009 by mcroydon
This has been in my tabs for weeks now. Must read or close.
programming
design
software
development
howto
business
work
blog
management
engineering
article
microsoft
jobs
articles
project
agile
career
process
softwareengineering
program
manager
product
projectmanagement
project-management
joelonsoftware
programmanager
pm
programmanagement
joel
joelspolsky
march 2009 by mcroydon
Directed Edge News » Blog Archive » On Building a Stupidly Fast Graph Database
february 2009 by mcroydon
Wow.
programming
design
database
visualization
blog
research
algorithms
scalability
algorithm
performance
scaling
coding
engineering
graph
databases
cs
graphs
recommendations
memory
scale
mathematics
datamining
db
hashing
concurrency
notes
february 2009 by mcroydon
Kelly's 14 Rules | Lockheed Martin
february 2009 by mcroydon
While the rules apply to building experimental aircraft, the spirit can be applied anywhere.
design
business
management
engineering
innovation
project-management
projectmanagement
skunkworks
lockheed
labs
best_practices
rules
february 2009 by mcroydon
They Write the Right Stuff | Fast Company
january 2009 by mcroydon
A fantastic article on truly serious software.
programming
design
software
development
code
business
technology
science
computer
dev
security
interesting
work
coding
cool
space
management
projectmanagement
methodology
articles
inspiration
process
shuttle
quality
tips
article
productivity
engineering
nasa
qa
january 2009 by mcroydon
Permissive Action Links
january 2009 by mcroydon
Via James, this is lots and lots of reading for later.
hardware
reference
electronics
history
technology
tech
security
interesting
engineering
politics
article
crypto
cryptography
military
action
weapon
nuclear
weapons
nukes
cold_war
pal
risk
bomb
january 2009 by mcroydon
Stanford School of Engineering
october 2008 by mcroydon
From the basics to NLP and machine learning.
programming
video
books
science
computer
coding
free
education
online
engineering
open
cs
ai
learning
robots
school
stanford
career
lectures
opencourseware
computerscience
university
courses
robotics
course
lecture
uni
classes
ocw
october 2008 by mcroydon
Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com
august 2008 by mcroydon
Beautiful pictures of the LHC.
news
blog
technology
science
research
tech
photo
photography
engineering
photos
physics
pictures
awesome
machine
gallery
august 2008 by mcroydon
Eugene F. Kranz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
june 2008 by mcroydon
While I don't have delusions of grandeur, I do feel like I'm from the Gene Kranz school of management.
engineering
nasa
management
june 2008 by mcroydon
Davidson College Instrumentation Specialist - NEETS
may 2008 by mcroydon
The Navy's electrons flow backwards, but these manuals look top notch.
@toread
book
books
ebook
education
electricity
electronics
engineering
free
hardware
science
reference
may 2008 by mcroydon
Slashdot | Books On Electronics For the Lay Programmer?
may 2008 by mcroydon
Nice roundup of several titles that I've been looking at already, via Alex.
books
education
electricity
electronics
engineering
hardware
hobby
howto
interesting
learning
reference
slashdot
toread
todo
tutorial
may 2008 by mcroydon
eCos
march 2008 by mcroydon
"eCos is an open source, royalty-free, real-time operating system intended for embedded applications."
arm
dev
deployment
development
distro
electronics
embedded
engineering
framework
gps
free
hardware
kernel
mobile
open-source
os
phone
programming
real-time
reference
software
source
system
march 2008 by mcroydon
Quickparts.com
february 2008 by mcroydon
Online quote system for low-volume prototypes.
cad
design
engineering
machine
parts
prototype
make
february 2008 by mcroydon
36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More! - ReadWriteWeb
december 2007 by mcroydon
Nice roundup of sane sounding tips.
business
development
engineering
finance
infrastructure
howto
legal
management
notes
reference
startup
tech
web
startups
december 2007 by mcroydon
An Introduction to the Kalman Filter [PDF]
december 2007 by mcroydon
Good introduction from the math side.
algorithms
electronics
dsp
engineering
math
navigation
paper
pdf
tutorial
december 2007 by mcroydon
Quotes from Custom Manufacturing and Parts Supply Companies (Machining, Molding, Fabrication)
august 2007 by mcroydon
Like ebay for manufacturing. Now all I need to find is SparkFun for manufacturing/prototyping.
business
collaboration
cad
community
design
electronics
engineering
hardware
internet
manufacturing
marketplace
money
outsourcing
parts
pcb
production
projects
tools
august 2007 by mcroydon
MAKE: Blog: Open source hardware, what is it? Here's a start...
august 2007 by mcroydon
Can you say tipping point?
@toread
arduino
diy
electronics
engineering
free
hack
hacking
hardware
hacks
open-source
august 2007 by mcroydon
Philip Greenspun’s Weblog » Improving Undergraduate Computer Science Education
august 2007 by mcroydon
With links to some good courses at MIT.
compsci
computer
education
engineering
hacking
programming
mit
science
august 2007 by mcroydon
Sam Ruby: Long Bets
august 2007 by mcroydon
I feel like I've been here before.
databases
engineering
development
erlang
frameworks
future
hadoop
jabber
microformats
rest
scripting
software
technology
toread
web
xmpp
august 2007 by mcroydon
NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
august 2007 by mcroydon
Statistics for engineers (but I'll bet computer geeks will get it too).
book
books
data
engineering
free
math
pdf
physics
reference
resources
science
statistics
stats
toread
@toread
visualization
august 2007 by mcroydon
Octopart
june 2007 by mcroydon
I can't believe that I haven't bookmarked this yet.
components
electric
electronic
electronics
embedded
engineering
hardware
ic
part
parts
science
resources
june 2007 by mcroydon
Cooking For Engineers
may 2007 by mcroydon
I saw this awhile back but really like the recipie format.
algorithms
cooking
engineer
engineering
food
may 2007 by mcroydon
Main
may 2007 by mcroydon
Fault tolerance in distributed erlang.
code
development
engineering
erlang
high-availability
internet
production
programming
@toread
tutorial
may 2007 by mcroydon
Pruned: Super-Versailles
march 2007 by mcroydon
Walls of data fascinate me.
data
display
engineering
information
interface
technology
usability
visualization
march 2007 by mcroydon
PyYAML - Trac
february 2007 by mcroydon
Lots of YAML for Python, via webology.
computer
data
development
engineering
language
library
markup
module
parsing
programming
python
software
standards
technology
yaml
february 2007 by mcroydon
BRL-CAD Home Page
january 2007 by mcroydon
"Solid modeling for a strong defense"
3d
cad
computer
army
design
desktop
development
digital
open-source
engineering
feed
free
freeware
graphics
linux
manufacturing
osx
programming
software
tech
windows
january 2007 by mcroydon
TranStats HomePage
january 2007 by mcroydon
Lots of stats.
faa
data
statistics
transportation
air
flight
free
gis
stats
engineering
education
january 2007 by mcroydon
Main Page - Open Circuits
january 2007 by mcroydon
"Open Circuits is a wiki for sharing electronics knowledge, schematics, board layouts, and parts libraries."
circut
collaboration
electronics
electronic
engineering
hack
hacking
hardware
howto
knowledgebase
open-source
projects
january 2007 by mcroydon
JS Online:
december 2006 by mcroydon
UPS is efficient, that's for sure.
business
engineering
geography
management
december 2006 by mcroydon
DB Fletcher Furniture Design
december 2006 by mcroydon
Some insane stuff.
architecture
art
design
engineering
december 2006 by mcroydon
Google Mondrian: web-based code review and storage
december 2006 by mcroydon
Awesome app. I can't wait to watch the video!
collaboration
development
engineer
engineering
google
job
projects
software
tech
technology
weblog
work
december 2006 by mcroydon
Amazon.com: Heinz Ketchup, Upside Down Squeeze Bottle, 32 fl oz: Gourmet Food
june 2006 by mcroydon
Where have ketchup bottles with sphincters been all my life?
ketchup
food
sphincter
design
engineering
june 2006 by mcroydon
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
june 2006 by mcroydon
It got a rough start.
airplane
airplanes
engineering
june 2006 by mcroydon
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
june 2006 by mcroydon
Some bad engineering close to home.
engineering
kansas-city
kansas
missouri
hyatt
june 2006 by mcroydon
St. Francis Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
june 2006 by mcroydon
Via Wired's stupid engineering mistakes
history
engineering
dam
dams
california
los-angeles
june 2006 by mcroydon
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