For over two years now I've been working on the revival of a community calendar that was built in the heady days of the sharing economy before Uber and friends extracted every ounce of community goodwill in their thurst for profit.

A FOSS self hosted community ecosystem calendar (like say one for the local indie band scene) seems like a natural fit for the fediverse.

I've been unpacking some ideas for how this might work in the discussions on the code repo.

Would love folks to give it a read and give any feedback.

https://github.com/koalagator/koalagator/discussions/51

Over-engineering takeaways:
Misjudging future requirements can lead to inappropriate abstractions.
Avoiding over-engineering can be as impactful as achieving technical brilliance.
Simplicity is key to maintainability.
Avoid predicting needs that aren't certain.
Create abstractions that align with current and reasonable future requirements.

https://www.16elt.com/2024/09/07/future-proof-code/?_bhlid=684eaf1d61f0ce4a2732e0b8746f17c6e77724f4&utm_source=newsletter.csharpdigest.net&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=on-over-engineering

New intro now I am retired...

Looking to get into some #Indie #GameDev now I have time. Want to write the games I wanted to write all along: #Roguelike #Roguelite #ProceduralContent...

Also available to help other people with projects/personal development... Commercial or unpaid, drop me a message, the worst can happen is I don't know or am too busy.

Skills: #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDesign
#C++ #Teamwork, #C++, #Online

A beginner-friendly guide to #REST, #SOAP, #GraphQL, and #gRPC:
Introduces the distinct advantages of each API type and architecture.
Has examples, such as REST’s use in e-commerce, GraphQL in social apps, and gRPC in microservices.
Highlights emerging API trends like decentralized systems and AI-driven capabilities.

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-api-fundamentals-and-architecture/

Carl Svensson on why desktop user interfaces haven't evolved much:

"To me, trying to reinvent the desktop experience feels a bit like complaining about steering wheels in cars."

https://www.datagubbe.se/futui

Once again, GMail is helpfully shepherding me to overcommit myself by *only* providing 'Yes' suggestions when someone asks me to do a thing.

But, here's a secret: I already know many good ways to say 'Yes' to things! Those words already flow out of my fingers very easily.

I would find it far, *far* more helpful and labor-saving if Google would provide a variety of starting points to kindly/politely say 'No' to a request.

Why care about Software Design:
Software design is critical for building scalable, maintainable, and efficient systems.
Good design reduces technical debt and simplifies implementation.

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-software-design-basics/

Welcome to DDD London's March update! Featuring @diana, @vladikk, Avraham, Cat and Sonya

https://community.ministryofsoftwaredesign.com/preview/1076733/emails/148160758117565463

Last call for the #DDD London online event for February 2025, later today! *Don't forget to fill in the short registration form in advance to get your event link*

I will be hosting Sonya Natanzon & Vlad Khononov for Complexity & Modularity: the Yin and Yang of Socio-Technical Design.

Join us online at 6pm UTC+0 on Tue 25th Feb.

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/29cb5e3d-2357-4307-af72-71da59b4567b@bef11496-612b-40ab-b8a6-58b373205d56

#FromTheArchive

Crafting #ArchitecturalDiagrams isn’t always straightforward. Even simple diagrams can become tricky or prone to errors if not done thoughtfully.

Consistent and meaningful diagrams are essential for bringing clarity and fostering consensus among diverse stakeholders.

Check out this #InfoQ article for tips on designing diagrams: https://bit.ly/40R6YMe

The latest issue of #AdvancesInComputing is here!

Highlights you can’t miss:
A deep dive into self-designing software—a glimpse at the future of autonomous programming.
How did Intel’s “fall from grace” happen?
Plus, handpicked stories from ACM’s Interactions and XRDS magazines.

Dive in and explore
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/self-designing-software-intels-fall-mh53e/?trackingId=oq7M9SefB7kST%2BeZUWKHSA%3D%3D

Here's a little peek behind the scenes of the design process of a simple "copy paste of keyframes" in the Action editor.

For Blender 4.4 the code has to work with slotted Actions as well, which means more possibilities, and longer tables.

Grant Slatton on how to design and develop complex software systems larger than 5-10K lines of code. His approach based on exploratory programming and layers of domain specific languages feels Lispy.

https://grantslatton.com/how-to-software

While researching the history of Extreme Programming, I came across this article from Kent Beck, published in The Smalltalk Report of October 1994, titled "Simple Smalltalk Testing". The article laid out the concept of Test-Driven Development.

#tdd #unittests #softwaredesign

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Remember when Slack used to be... a pretty straightforward chat app? Channels were on the left, chats were on the right. Logged into Slack today for the first time in a while, and it's kind of stunning how much of the UI is just not about the content of the core use case. Pop ups and "improvements" and additions obscure everything. It's a busy mess.