Perspectives - Joel Spolsky: 12 Steps to Better Code

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Back in 2000, Joel Spolsky published a set of 12 best practices for a software development team. It’s been around for a long while now and there are only 12 points but it’s very good. Simple, elegant, and worth reading: The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code.

Thanks to Patrick Niemeyer for sending this one my way.

--jrh

James Hamilton

Amazon Web Services

James@amazon.com

Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:12:40 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:33:09 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

What I'm wondering is: How do you go into Amazon this late in the game and get the email address James@amazon.com? Someone should have gotten it by now. Someone must have been named James at Amazon beforehand.

Chustar

Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:29:49 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I’m not the first james@amazon.com. See Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.Com Juggernaut (http://www.amazon.com/Amazonia-Years-Epicenter-Dot-Com-Juggernaut/dp/1565848705). It’s a good read by the way.

--jrh
james@amazon.com

James Hamilton

Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:15:27 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I get that, I was just wondering why YOU are James@amaozon.com, not the other guys.

Chustar

Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:06:47 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Some win the lottery. Some get a high quality email alias :-).

--jrh
james@amazon.com

James Hamilton

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