about:drewcsillag

I’ve not done a ton of programming in Python for a while, but I still do like the language.

AKA Good Programmers Are Doing Real Science There are a bunch of long-ish winded definitions of the scientific method, but I think a reasonable pithy description would be: Come up with a theory to explain an existing phenomena.

When dealing with the problem of a long method, the simplest thing you can usually do is to break it into it’s conceptual pieces and have a series of tail called functions that call the next chunk of the computation.

In The Cult Of Abstraction I railed against the over-use of abstraction.

While I’m often at odds with software frameworks (libraries are to be preferred over frameworks, generally), I’ve found that process frameworks can be very good indeed, when done right.

I’ve known handywrite shorthand for a number of years, and finally decided that I should learn shorthand proper, ideally with the best bang/buck ratio, as well as minimal amount of initial learning, with being able to ramp up the amount I learn later, as…

(see here for the full Agile Organizer series) Retrospectives If you do Agile, it’s probable that you do something called a retrospective.

Blogs can tend towards narcisism, since at their core, most bloggers write with the idea that there will be readers of the thing, i.e. they believe that their writing is worth reading.

(see here for the full Agile Organizer series) In The Agile Organizer, I described the basics my organization system.

In looking at functional languages, I’ve often been impressed with the clarity of implementations of Quicksort.

As far as programming languages go, my truly favorite language is a Lisp.

The Agile Organizer

Jan20 A Java succession framework akin to GitHub Scientist.

In the course of reading various design patterns and refactoring books (like Refactoring), I noticed while flow control is sorta mentioned here and there, it’s not addressed especially well.

Given that people can get really touchy on the subject, let me state this up front: I’m not saying we should tolerate lousy code.

(see here for the full Agile Organizer series) For a long time, I’ve tried a multitude of personal organization systems, from the normal calendars, to online calendars, to Evernote, org-mode, and so on and nothing has ever truly worked for me.

Andrew Csillag March 14, 2010 Audio only MP3 Download

Andrew Csillag November 1, 2009 Our Responsibilities to Human Authority and Government Romans 13:1-7 MP3 Download This morning’s sermon is on Romans 13:1-7 and it talks about what our obligations to human authority and government are.

Andrew Csillag May 28, 2008 True & False Conversion The Parable of the Sower Mark 4:3-9; Matthew 13:18-23 MP3 Download Pastor Harris touched on parables back in the beginning of March.

(As given on the date of my baptism at Grace Bible Church) I was baptized as an infant, went to church and Sunday school, participated in choir, youth group, and was confirmed.