Here is a new Sunday Twitter poll for you. Please, vote and then read this blog post: You're Just the Mayonnaise in a Bad Sandwich (2015)

A small scientific article was published, which I co-authored with HSE professor Sergey Zykov: The Impact of Object Immutability on the Java Class Size This is a small contribution to Elegant Objects, which eventually will become a new paradigm of object-oriented programming.

M132: No matter how many big companies you worked for, your future employer will still pay more attention to your personal projects, especially open source. Well, provided the employer is savvy enough. Your personal code is much more valuable than the big name of some Facebook you have in your CV. They are just job places, but your code is something you managed to create. So, don't waste time and start your own pet projects now. Watch it.

New post on my blog: Spell Check Your LaTeX Writings Using GNU Aspell

Don't miss our next webinar no.51 about OOP, which will happen today, in 6 hours. We will talk about the differences between two design approaches. I would suggest you read this blog post before the webinar: Fat vs. Skinny Design

Напоминаю, Навального, Путина, коронавирус и мировую революцию мы обсуждаем здесь: @szdne

Видео моего доклада с последней конференции TestCon 2020 (Москва, Россия) опубликовано.

M133: Some programmers like to work in projects which develop open source software. Others don't care. Which one are you? When you get a job offer, will "we do open source development" be a motivator for you to join this new team or you won't care? Please, answer in the comments.

ICCQ registration is open. It's time to register if you want to attend (in Moscow, March 27). The number of seats is limited.

If you are a fan of object-oriented programming and like the ideas of Elegant Objects, you most certainly want to add your name to the list of fans on our website: elegantobjects.org

I'm going to publish a formal scientific paper about object-oriented programming, introducing a new set of principles and a language that implements them. I'm looking for reviewers, who understand academic writing and can help make the paper better. You won't be a co-author, but your name will be mentioned in the Acknowledgements section. Please, if you are interested, fill out this form.

M134: If the code is messy and dirty, blaming the situation is not correct. No matter what were the restrictions (both time, scope, and cost), your responsibility as a programmer is to deliver the code up to the quality expectations of the project. If you can't do that, you should inform the project beforehand. But don't blame the customer later. Watch it.

Do you write Kotlin code? You do static analysis of it, right? You most probably use ktlint. If so, you may want to try diKTat, which is even better. It's a custom set of rules for ktlint, making it much more powerful and strict. If you write Kotlin code, you must try it out! I participate in the development of it, that's why asking you to give it a try, give it a star, and report back problems, via GitHub issues.

A new post on my blog: https://www.yegor256.com/2020/10/13/lack-of-problem.html

M135: If and when you want to convince your management to approve your idea, don't go there directly with a cold proposal asking for an answer. Instead, make a series of educational presentations, in order to help them understand the idea and agree with it. Then, they will come back to you and ask you to implement it. They may even forget who was the author. But the goal will be achieved. Watch it.

My new article for CACM blog: https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/248067-measuring-up-how-to-properly-measure-your-programmers/fulltext

A new Sunday Twitter poll for you all. The result of the poll will illustrate this blog post of mine: Each Private Static Method Is a Candidate for a New Class (2017)

Yet another piece of feministic art from Hollywood (this time from Amazon, the company of a recently divorced Jeff Bezos): ZeroZeroZero (2019) by Leonardo Fasoli et al. If you ignore the feministic agenda, the movie (8 episodes) is a decent mafia story with a powerful ending.

M136: No matter how big or good is your software, it has an unlimited number of bugs, especially if we remember that maintainability bugs also are very important for the overall quality of a product. Watch it.