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ShowMeCon 2018, April C. Wright 's 'The Insecure Software Development Lifecycle: How To Find, Fix, And Manage Deficiencies Within An Existing Methodology' →

August 02, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Conferences, ShowMeCon, Software Engineering, Software Development, Education, Information Security
August 02, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Conferences, ShowMeCon, Software Engineering, Software Development, Education, Information Security

QOTD Grady Booch →

May 12, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Technical Debt, Software, Software Engineering

Grady Booch on Technical Debt

"The concept of technical debt is central to understanding the forces that weigh upon systems, for it often explains where, how, and why a system is stressed. In cities, repairs on infrastructure are often delayed and incremental changes are made rather than bold ones. So it is again in software-intensive systems. Users suffer the consequences of capricious complexity, delayed improvements, and insufficient incremental change; the developers who evolve such systems suffer the slings and arrows of never being able to write quality code because they are always trying to catch up." — Grady Booch

May 12, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Technical Debt, Software, Software Engineering

DARPA Opens Up SDR Hackfest →

May 04, 2017 by Marc Handelman in US DARPA, World War, Software Engineering, Hardware Security, SDR, US Armed Forces

Outstanding news via DARPA's Outreach Coordinator, detailing the upcoming DARPA SDR Hackfest. The key acronym here is SDR, which represents Software Defined Radio. DARPA has published a Special Notice (DARPA-SN-17-40) on FBO.gov with information about the workshop/hackfest along with registration information. Enjoy

"Throughout May — as a buildup to a final event in November, the DARPA Bay Area Hackfest — Rondeau will continue his roadshow, which will include hyperlocal visits to small hacker and maker spaces as well as high-profile keynote addresses to the SDR community. On May 9, 10, 11, and 12, respectively, he will visit maker and hacker spaces in Niwot, Colorado; Vista, California; Austin, Texas; and Santa Clara, California." - via DARPA

May 04, 2017 /Marc Handelman
US DARPA, World War, Software Engineering, Hardware Security, SDR, US Armed Forces

Umlaut'd →

August 23, 2016 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Software Engineering, Software

Apparently, Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) hugely successful Outlook email and calendaring juggernaut front end for the company's Exchange platform (and others - IMAP, POP3, etc) does not like the use of the Germanic Umlaut two-dot character...

August 23, 2016 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Software Engineering, Software