Author Archives: Dru Sellers

About Dru Sellers

Sr. Software Engineer at Dovetail Software.

A brief overview of type system metadata in various languages

So given that a class that is nothing more than a data bag. After all, each object is just a bag of dict’s which are pointers to some byte array some place. What can we introspect about the byte array … Continue reading 

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Another Question: Information Sources

Where are you getting your new information on software development? No matter the language or platform. Who outside of the software realm is influencing your development learning? Please let me know in the comments what books you are reading, what … Continue reading 

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Sunday Thought: Embracing the Type System

I had a lot of fun talking with all of you on the benefits of dynamic languages on the previous post. Definitely getting a better picture of what working with a language like that is like listening to your stories, … Continue reading 

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A Question to You: the Reader

A curiosity hit me today. What is the value of dynamically typed languages in larger projects? Do they have unique benefits? Do they have unique negatives? Load up the comments. -d

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Sunday Thinking: Are you dealing with Risk or Uncertainty?

I was going through some notes of mine trying to clean up some older documents and I ran across this great quote from Frank Knight (an Economist who studied the effects of risk on market transactions) on the difference between … Continue reading 

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