Comments on: Dev Diligence: Don’t Invest in the Wrong Code http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:51:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Inigo http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/#comment-544 Inigo Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:26:59 +0000 http://www.spiteful.com/?p=61#comment-544 Great idea - I'd like to see this do well. If you'd like to have this work well with many libraries of various types from multiple languages, I suggest you consider migrating the content to Semantic Mediawiki - http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki. SMW allows you to easily add metadata annotations to pages - for example, to identify the language of a library, or when it was last updated, or its licence, or cost - and then automatically provide contents pages and search pages for that metadata. For example, see the list of upcoming events on http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Upcoming_events. Great idea - I’d like to see this do well.

If you’d like to have this work well with many libraries of various types from multiple languages, I suggest you consider migrating the content to Semantic Mediawiki - http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki. SMW allows you to easily add metadata annotations to pages - for example, to identify the language of a library, or when it was last updated, or its licence, or cost - and then automatically provide contents pages and search pages for that metadata. For example, see the list of upcoming events on http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Upcoming_events.

]]> By: Chad Austin http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/#comment-542 Chad Austin Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:46:51 +0000 http://www.spiteful.com/?p=61#comment-542 I love the idea of a wiki where you can discuss libraries. Sort of like a developer's consumer reports. We use lots of open source bits of code (with varying degrees of success) at IMVU, and this kind of thing would have helped us a lot. You should do what you can to help it reach a critical mass. I love the idea of a wiki where you can discuss libraries. Sort of like a developer’s consumer reports. We use lots of open source bits of code (with varying degrees of success) at IMVU, and this kind of thing would have helped us a lot.

You should do what you can to help it reach a critical mass.

]]> By: Tom http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/#comment-534 Tom Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:09:39 +0000 http://www.spiteful.com/?p=61#comment-534 Mayson, I was thinking about that. I haven't been listening to the stack overflow podcasts, but my hunch is that DD is focused on a more narrow question: "will I get burnt if I use this existing chunk of code". This is a particular problem that has been bothering me for a while. I actually left a <a href="http://www.spiteful.com/2008/02/27/scaling-audiogalaxy-to-80-million-daily-page-views/#comment-151" rel="nofollow">comment </a> about it a few posts ago, and then promptly forgot about the idea. Sometime last week I wondered why I just didn't go ahead and put together a wiki and see what happens. Mayson, I was thinking about that. I haven’t been listening to the stack overflow podcasts, but my hunch is that DD is focused on a more narrow question: “will I get burnt if I use this existing chunk of code”. This is a particular problem that has been bothering me for a while. I actually left a comment about it a few posts ago, and then promptly forgot about the idea. Sometime last week I wondered why I just didn’t go ahead and put together a wiki and see what happens.

]]> By: Mayson Lancaster http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/#comment-533 Mayson Lancaster Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:55:56 +0000 http://www.spiteful.com/?p=61#comment-533 Tom - you and the stackoverflow.com guys out to get together: you look like you're headed in very similar directions. Tom - you and the stackoverflow.com guys out to get together: you look like you’re headed in very similar directions.

]]> By: Tom http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/#comment-529 Tom Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:08:48 +0000 http://www.spiteful.com/?p=61#comment-529 Thanks, Joshua. I haven't seen that one before. Thanks, Joshua. I haven’t seen that one before.

]]> By: Joshua Haberman http://www.spiteful.com/2008/04/25/dev-diligence-dont-invest-in-the-wrong-code/#comment-528 Joshua Haberman Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:43:11 +0000 http://www.spiteful.com/?p=61#comment-528 Added a note to the wiki about how Kazlib (http://users.footprints.net/~kaz/kazlib.html) is the most beautifully small, flexible, no-nonsense, well-documented, gets-out-of-your-way library for doing red-black trees and hash tables. A real gem. Added a note to the wiki about how Kazlib (http://users.footprints.net/~kaz/kazlib.html) is the most beautifully small, flexible, no-nonsense, well-documented, gets-out-of-your-way library for doing red-black trees and hash tables. A real gem.

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