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Jul 31 2008   10:10AM GMT

Overheard: Justin Gehtland and continuous integration



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, unit testing, Software development, Programming, Justin Gehtland
justin_gehtland2.jpg All development teams (read: more than one programmer) have to deal with integration builds. This is where you pull together all the bits and pieces that the different team members were working on, and check to see if you have a fully functioning product or a Frankenstein’s monster.

Justin Gehtland, Continuous Integration with CruiseControl.NET and Draco.NET

Justin Gehtland is great teacher. (That’s my highest compliment!)

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Jun 19 2008   11:51AM GMT

Overheard: Keystroke dynamics in two-factor authentication



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Programming, Software development
jason_striegel.jpg Nathan Harrington amended the GNOME Desktop Manager to include keystroke dynamics in the user verification process. When the user enters their username, the timings between key press events are measured and compared against a stored pattern.

Jason Striegel, Add keystroke user verification to Gnome

I think Nathan Harrington has one of the coolest jobs of anyone I know. He’s always putting something new out for people to tinker with.

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Dec 8 2007   11:08AM GMT

Overheard: Brooks’ law



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, tech laws, Software development
frederick-p-brooks.jpg “Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”

Frederick P. Brooks, The Mythical Man-Month

For those of us who need an analogy, Dr. Brooks explained it this way — “The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.”

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