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Do. Or do not. There is no try. Well actually, there is.

Posted December 5, 2016December 6, 2016 aahoogendoornPosted in C#, Java, monads, programming, Scala

One of the great things about being a programmer is that you never stop learning. Even after having programmed for almost 35 years, I still improve on the way I write code. About a year ago, the way I write code changed once again when I started to apply monads and especially the Try class. Do. Or do not. There […]

Shooting hoops and why learning is non-linear

Posted April 24, 2016September 22, 2016 aahoogendoornPosted in Agile, C#, Java, learning, Scala

It’s April and the sun is slowly becoming more powerful, warming the people in the green and white deck chairs in Green Park in London. A few minutes ago, I took the tube to travel back to Heathrow Airport, and afterwards home. Next to me a man is playing a game on his mobile device. Despite feeling drowsy from the […]