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	<title>The Schema Czar &#187; Ego-driven Programming</title>
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	<description>Experienced thinking on designing, building, supporting, and maintaining software - database software and otherwise.</description>
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		<title>Letters from the Editor</title>
		<link>http://blog.schemaczar.com/2010-05/letters-from-the-editor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 01:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Schema Czar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an unusual juxtaposition a few weeks ago, a reflection worth sharing about doing design and code reviews. My wife was interviewing for a job to be a book editor, and among her interview topics were: how do you get an author off a bad path? How do you get the poor sections back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idiot-proof your tools for your geniuses, not your dolts</title>
		<link>http://blog.schemaczar.com/2009-10/idiot-proof-your-tools-for-your-geniuses-not-your-dolts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Schema Czar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ego-driven Programming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to suggest a little contrarian thinking about tools and frameworks. Often many of your high performers bristle at them. Why? &#8220;I can&#8217;t be productive when I have to jump through these hoops for every little thing!&#8221; Don&#8217;t listen to them, but you need to listen to them. Don&#8217;t let your stars discard or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Unified Bug Theory</title>
		<link>http://blog.schemaczar.com/2009-07/grand-unified-bug-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Schema Czar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of programmers I know like to follow the Grand Unified Theory of why their software has so many odd behaviors.  They see fifteen problems, and decide it&#8217;s a single bug.  Or they see sixty, and know that it all arises from a handful of errors. If that sounds ridiculous &#8211; well, be sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leave no Trace</title>
		<link>http://blog.schemaczar.com/2008-11/leave-no-trace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ego-driven Programming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key quality metric, for test-driven development and for continuous integration, is stability. You must keep that build working, all the tests working, everything. The ideal version checkin is invisible, except that known bugs turn into new successes. This is quite a trial for the ego-driven programmer (and let&#8217;s hope there is some other kind)! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elegance &#8211; the deceptive programming virtue</title>
		<link>http://blog.schemaczar.com/2008-11/elegance-the-deceptive-programming-virtue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Schema Czar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few days were very satisfying, because I applied a technology I hadn&#8217;t previously used, and this use turned out to be effective and successful. Looking at it, I said to myself &#8211; ah!  How elegant! What did I mean?  I mean, apart from being an ego boost, why do we value &#8216;elegant&#8217; programming? [...]]]></description>
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