Phabricator – code review, browser, bug tracker, and wiki

Phabricator – code review, browser, bug tracker, and wiki Phabricator is an open source collection of web applications which makes it easier to scale software companies. For those people who can’t afford GitHub, this should be a pretty good alternative.  Developed at Facebook.  All you’ll need to do is setup your git repositories. P.S.: The … Continue reading Phabricator – code review, browser, bug tracker, and wiki

In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal

In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal Very interesting interview with Laszlo Block, senior vice president of people operations at Google.  Here are some of my favorite bits. Years ago, we did a study to determine whether anyone at Google is particularly good at hiring. We looked at tens of thousands … Continue reading In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal

The Daily Post introduces Photography 101 series

The Daily Post blog which I mentioned a few times before has started yet another rather useful thingy – a series of posts on how to become a better photographer.  Here is the first post, and it’s rather good.  There are not too lengthy explanations, bullet point summaries, and, of course, excellent images. There are … Continue reading The Daily Post introduces Photography 101 series

GitHub : new look

GitHub blog announced a new look and navigation for the programmers’ best friend.  Have a look at some of the screenshots, say “WOW!” and rush back to your repositories, looking for the magic “Enable Repository Next” button.   This being a big change and GitHub being such a crucial daily tool for so many people, … Continue reading GitHub : new look

Water testing is not a term (for software testing)

I’ve been hearing the term “water testing” for one of the work projects that I am involved in.  The term is used to describe the stage of the project when it’s available on the production servers with live data, but open only to a subset of the users.  After searching around for a bit, I … Continue reading Water testing is not a term (for software testing)