Gartner 2006 Technology Hype Cycle

The Gartner “Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle” is something worth giving a good once-over every year. The premise is that most technologies that eventually get traction will first go through a “Peak of Inflated Expectations” with lots of publicity and a … Continue reading

Struts more twisted than Spring

The structure of Struts is characterized by a nasty dependency tangle that starts at the class-level and percolates up through the package and design-levels. Following my blog on Spring’s “almost perfect” structure, I thought I’d take a look at another … Continue reading

More on M.C. Escher and software projects

This is for Paddy and Paul who are having trouble with the principle of design “emergence” and didn’t really get my blog on Eschers “Hands”.  Luckily Escher also predicted other software design processes. Guys, do either of these feel more … Continue reading

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