On Boards and Cards

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve doubtless noticed the current trend in project management tools involving “boards full of cards.”  Trello is probably the most well known (and cheapest, being free, which might have something to do with its popularity) of this archetype.  Other, more elaborate (and expensive) enterprise tools have implemented “agile”Continue reading “On Boards and Cards”

Thoughts On Java 8 Functional Programming (and also Clojure)

After working with Java 8 for the better part of a year, I have to say I find its new “Functional” features both useful and aggravating at the same time.  If you’ve used true functional programming languages (or you use them on your own personal projects while being forced to use Java at work), you’llContinue reading “Thoughts On Java 8 Functional Programming (and also Clojure)”