http://scaggregator.appspot.com/

Hi all,
I've been working on something: http://scaggregator.appspot.com/
It's basically an aggregator of the blogs of people who seem connected
to the Software Craftsmanship movement in some way.

If you've seen:
http://blogs.thoughtworks.com/
http://planet.intertwingly.net/
http://planet.apache.org/
then you already understand the idea. It's basically an easy way to
see what everybody's doing.

Usually I'd wait until this was actually working properly before
telling people about it. But a conversation with Douglas Squirrel
yesterday inspired me to announce it early so you can watch me learn
in public. Or perhaps help out.

The code's here: http://github.com/adewale/streamer and it's in Python
and runs on AppEngine.
It currently has lots of missing features and bugs:
- It doesn't handle duplicates so when someone updates their blog
you'll get duplicates
- I've only just got to the stage where I've found an approach to
writing tests on AppEngine that makes sense.
- I barely understand Git and Github
- It doesn't have an Atom feed to subscribe to.
Apart from that it actually works.

Patches or pull requests are encouraged. Start here:
http://github.com/adewale/streamer/blob/master/TODO if you feel brave.

http://scaggregator.appspot.com/

You can add http://ponderingobjectorienteddesign.blogspot.com/ if you'd like.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Adewale Oshineye <adewale@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've been working on something: http://scaggregator.appspot.com/
> It's basically an aggregator of the blogs of people who seem connected
> to the Software Craftsmanship movement in some way.
>
> If you've seen:
> http://blogs.thoughtworks.com/
> http://planet.intertwingly.net/
> http://planet.apache.org/
> then you already understand the idea. It's basically an easy way to
> see what everybody's doing.
>
> Usually I'd wait until this was actually working properly before
> telling people about it. But a conversation with Douglas Squirrel
> yesterday inspired me to announce it early so you can watch me learn
> in public. Or perhaps help out.
>
> The code's here: http://github.com/adewale/streamer and it's in Python
> and runs on AppEngine.
> It currently has lots of missing features and bugs:
> - It doesn't handle duplicates so when someone updates their blog
> you'll get duplicates
> - I've only just got to the stage where I've found an approach to
> writing tests on AppEngine that makes sense.
> - I barely understand Git and Github
> - It doesn't have an Atom feed to subscribe to.
> Apart from that it actually works.

http://scaggregator.appspot.com/

On 2 April 2010 21:50, Curtis Cooley <curtis.cooley@...> wrote:
> You can add http://ponderingobjectorienteddesign.blogspot.com/ if you'd like.
Done.

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On 3 April 2010 00:57, Corey Haines <coreyhaines@...> wrote:
> Feel free to add mine, if so inclined:  programmingtour.blogspot.com
Done

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On 3 April 2010 20:23, Michael "Doc" Norton <docondev@...> wrote:
> I'd appreciate it if you added my blog, assuming you feel it is appropriate.
>
> http://docondev.blogspot.com/
>
> Thanks
Done.
Being on this mailing list is enough to say that your blog is appropriate.

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Re: Developers, programmers, or computer scientists and our heritage as craftsmen.

Finally, I get to reply to your question. From my perspective I truly believe 
that developer, programmer, computer scientist, engineer, etc. are all 
metaphors. The underlying model of what we do varies to some extent. For 
example, the engineering model gives us the principle of trade-off decisions 
being made each day on our projects. These models help our brain to form 
clusters of knowledge where appropriate and add to our understanding.

But these simplified models are never complete, so just focussing on one of the 
three mentioned aspects is not enough. Just as you said, you see yourself in 
all three categories is also true for me. At times I notice a preference on the 
programmer or the developer, sometimes on the scientific approach. Recently I 
was working on an article about this topic, which still needs some more work. 
It's important to understand that these models are useful at times, as well as 
useless at other times. They give a focussed view on some problem you may 
experience, but not a thorough one.

Kind regards
Markus Gaertner
http://blog.shino.de

On 03/17/10 09:23, Kurt Häusler wrote:
> Hi,
> I read an interesting blog article the other day, and was wondering
> where craftsman fit in.
>
> http://www.skorks.com/2010/03/the-difference-between-a-developer-a-programmer-and-a-computer-scientist/
>
>   I don't think I fit neatly into any of those categories, tending to
> be a composite of all three, and I am considering blogging about my
> own values and where I feel I fit into this landscape once I think
> about it a bit more.
>
> I think the last entry in the wandering book mentioned something about
> distancing ourselves from the classic geek stereotype by dressing
> well, and was wondering to what extent we value or despise the values
> that associated with this stereotype, such as the hacker ethic, the
> ideals that grew up alongside the TMRC and the Homebrew Computer Club,
> the whole "information wants to be free" vibe, the early days of BBSs
> and USENET, and the culture that we brought with us from the
> university computer science departments.
>
> I supposed we have moved past the cola and pizza fueled all-nighters
> (although I am not so sure about that), but was wondering about our
> heritage. What parts of the folklore of software development, or
> programming, or coding or hacking or whatever can we consider the
> roots of our culture? Are there any other software development
> communities that share values remarkably close to those of software
> craftsmen? Are we more like the agilists, or more like the CCC?
>
> Just some thoughts and questions that have been inspired by some of
> the research I did for a recent paper I wrote on software development
> culture and values.
>

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