Marshmallow's Wisdom

• Teachers and tech support have two very different perspectives on questions. Teachers say, “there is no stupid question.” Tech support asks, “why does everyone ask stupid questions?”
• The only things to fear are fear itself and bad code.
• Java was designed by software engineers who think programmers are better when their jobs are so structured there is no room for error. Unfortunately, the lack of room for success forces errors.
• Programming in Java is like trying to draw a picture using only straight lines.
• Agile development is the hippy approach to programming
• Upon experiencing deja vu while looking at code, it is time to refactor.
• Do not sit at the head of your bed late at night when you have gas if you intend to sleep on said bed.
• Some people just don’t get “while [1]; wget –delete-file $file; done”
• “Hierarchy is natural.” -Dr. James Robinson
• TVGuide.com does not consider the World Series of Poker to be a sport despite it being broadcast on ESPN.

I like this round of WoW….and I like drawing with straight lines

#2 is true for me this week. I’ve spent the last week optimizing code in LabVIEW that was written by someone who A.) doesn’t know how to program and B.) doesn’t know anything about LabVIEW. This routine was then “optimized” by another supposed expert who then proclaim that it could not be made to run any faster without moving it to C. The “expert’s” code takes two minutes to run, my code (which still runs in native LabVIEW for the record) runs in 120ms. Moral of the story? Questioin everything.