Author Archives: Brian Hurt

Today’s Thought

By Brian Hurt | Published: July 8, 2010

“Great tools are what you get when your language sucks.”

Posted in Programming Language Punditry | 13 Comments

Today’s busines idea someone else should do

By Brian Hurt | Published: June 25, 2010

The thought that just occurred to me was that someone needs to apply the hard lessons learned in internet social media, especially aggregation sites like Slashdot, Reddit, and Digg, to scientific publishing.

Posted in Software Business | 4 Comments

The difference between an eternal noob and the not-yet-an-expert

By Brian Hurt | Published: June 23, 2010

me: “I’ve been lost here before!”

my friend: “Ah, so you know where you are?”

me: “No, I told you- I was lost then too. I still don’t know where we are, just that I’ve been here before.

Posted in Metacognition, Software Business | 1 Comment

Apple is just Microsoft with better marketing

By Brian Hurt | Published: April 10, 2010

If you read this blog, you’ve heard about Apple’s new licensing restriction- the one wherein you are now only allowed to use C++, Objective-C, or Javascript to program on the iPhone. The consensus of the blog sphere is that this new clause is aimed eliminating the ability for people to build abstract environments. This is exactly why Microsoft decided to “cut off the air supply” of Netscape.

Posted in Classic, Software Business | 65 Comments

Hash tables revisted

By Brian Hurt | Published: March 17, 2010

Just a quick note, I wanted to point this paper out to everyone here. Basically, the author demonstrates a denial of service attack using engineered hash collisions to force the programs into worst case behavior situations, just like I commented way back then. And I’m not sure how much faith I’d put into a new [...]

Posted in Programming Language Punditry, To Be Categorized | 1 Comment

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