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Barbershop Computing

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Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.

Madison C. Allen Kuyenga, Eleanor R. Glover Gladney, Michael Lachney, Marwin McKnight, Theodore S. Ransaw, Dominick Sanders, Aman Yadav | October 1, 2023

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Removing Kode

Dead functions and dead features. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2020

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Master of Tickets

Valuing the quality, not the quantity, of work. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2020

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What Is a Chief Security Officer Good For?

Security requires more than an off-the-shelf solution. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2019

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Code Hoarding

Committing to commits, and the beauty of summarizing graphs. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2016

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Pickled Patches

On repositories of patches and tension between security professionals and in-house developers. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2015

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Storming the Cubicle

Acquisitive redux. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2015

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Hickory Dickory Doc

On null encryption and automated documentation. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2015

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Lazarus Code

No one expects the Spanish Acquisition. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2015

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Raw Networking

Relevance and repeatability. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2015

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Too Big to Fail

Visibility leads to debuggability. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2015

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Port Squatting

Do not irk your local sysadmin. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2014

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Outsourcing Responsibility

What do you do when your debugger fails you? George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2014

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Forked Over

Shortchanged by open source. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2014

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The Logic of Logging

And the illogic of PDF. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2014

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This Is the Foo Field

The meaning of bits and avoiding upgrade bogdowns. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2014

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Bugs and Bragging Rights

It is not always size that matters. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2014

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A Lesson in Resource Management

Waste not memory, want not memory — unless it doesn't matter. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2013

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Cherry-Picking and the Scientific Method

Software is supposed be a part of computer science, and science demands proof. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2013

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Swamped By Automation

Whenever someone asks you to trust them, don't. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2013

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Code Abuse

One programmer's extension is another programmer's abuse. George V. Neville-Neil
From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2013

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