Reality Loop

May 25, 2008
IntelliJ IDEA Caret Placement

One of the most annoying behaviors in IntelliJ IDEA is the placement of the caret in the text editor. When you click in the editor, the cursor is paced exactly at the position where you pointed the mouse, even if there is no text anywhere nearby! ...
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May 22, 2008
Hofstadter's Law

It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. . -- Hofstadter's Law
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May 16, 2008
Realityloop?

Last week, I was a the SET 2008. One particularly funny tidbit was the close occurrence of the following two quotes. In a panel discussion about 'software engineering tomorrow' a sarcastic comment about the failed CASE hype in the 80ies...
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May 15, 2008
Where are the ruby jobs?

In my current job I get in touch with a lot of heavy-weight (if not obese!) Java projects. Not being overly happy with those kind of projects (along with them comes usually legacy and overhead of all kinds, out-dated technology ... and little fu...
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May 13, 2008
Leap into your sources

Leap seems to be quite an interesting product. It aims to be an alternative to the Finder in Mac OS X. Leap implements some advanced and interesting UI-concepts. Especially the "Go Deep"-mode combined with filtering allows interesting usages. ...
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