October 2009 - Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog

The Case of the Handsome Couple: answer

17 April 201425 October 2009 by Bertrand Meyer

As you walk up to the Hradčany and in the evening/Listen to Czech songs sung in taverns

The Case of the Handsome Couple: hints

17 April 201424 October 2009 by Bertrand Meyer

For the text of the puzzle see this earlier post. Hints (by popular demand): (1) Prague (2) Guillaume Apollinaire

The Case of the Handsome Couple

17 April 201420 October 2009 by Bertrand Meyer

Yesterday’s New York Times carries an article by John Tierney about the 95th anniversary of the king of mathematical puzzles, Martin Gardner. The article is so well done that I will not even try a summary, referring you instead directly to it [1]. Just one detail worthy of note: when he undertook to write a … Read more

Knuth & company

17 April 201419 October 2009 by Bertrand Meyer

Remember Stacey’s in Palo Alto and San Francisco? Only a decade ago these and other technical bookstores were the mecca of the tech industry, where developers would swarm at any time of day to catch up on the latest releases. One well-known Valley entrepreneur even told me she did her hiring there, spotting customers who … Read more

The CPU Clock principle of software releases

17 April 20143 October 2009 by Bertrand Meyer

On how to build software, there is still much we do not know for sure; but we have also learned a few principles that can be considered firm. By definition these are not new ideas; today’s principle, for example, is related to what agile developers know as “timeboxing”. But even if they have been published … Read more