Coding matters: What the real hacker looks like
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-15
Jacqui shares some recent revelations about what real hackers look like. It’s not what you expect.
Ethics and Quality
Coding matters: POPIA and PAIA for your car
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-08
Here’s a quick recap on those abbreviations: POPIA: Protection of Personal Information Act. That’s the law that protects your right to privacy – like GDPR in Europe. PAIA: Public Access to Information Act. This law aims to create transparency and accountability in public and private bodies. Yet another data breach
Coding matters: The even more mythical man-month
Jacqui Coosner
2023-06-01
Project managers in the software industry should be familiar with the concept of the “mythical man-month”. Or what we should now call the person-month. Jacqui looks at an even more mythical version of it, courtesy of ChatGPT.
Coding matters: Between outdated and bleeding edge
Jacqui Coosner
2023-05-18
The fashion industry isn’t the only industry where it is hard to keep up with trends. Sometimes technology leaves us confused: stuck somewhere between outdated and bleeding edge. Is this new tech just another bright shiny object? Or are we already late to the party? The bleeding edge The Miriam-Webster
Coding matters: Turning point times
Jacqui Coosner
2023-03-30
I don’t know if it is a curse or a blessing, but we definitely live in interesting times. More than that: we are living through turning points in history. Sometimes we live through changes that we will only later recognise as turning points. The soldiers who fought in the turning
Coding matters: Thoughts about productivity
Jacqui Coosner
2023-03-16
Do you think that people want to do good work? Do you believe productivity is what makes developers happy? Jacqui shares her views, and a few comments about productivity measures.
A Sad Kind of POPI
Jacqui Coosner
2022-08-11
We think of POPIA in terms of data breaches and system security. POPIA might be like GDPR, but the first big investigation announced this week is different. This is data protection, the South African way.
A random act of kindness
Jacqui Coosner
2022-07-14
Hacktivism: the use of hacking to promote social causes. Between Eskom, inflation and the price of fuel, we’re all taking strain. After a family funeral this morning, I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to write about. I wanted something upbeat or funny, but nothing came to mind. If you
The robocall blunder
Jacqui Coosner
2022-05-26
We all hate robocalls. But still some legitimate companies use them for non-marketing purposes. Is this a design mistake?
Developers on the (user) frontline
Jacqui Coosner
2022-04-28
Frontline: The part of an army that is closest to the enemy. Disclaimer: this is not about the war in Ukraine. My career change is stranger than most: after 6 years of practicing law, I moved into the IT world. Years of consulting, training and working as a project manager