Author Archives: Hayim Makabee

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About Hayim Makabee

Veteran software developer, enthusiastic programmer, author of a book on Object-Oriented Programming, co-founder and CEO at KashKlik, an innovative Influencer Marketing platform.

Indefinite Optimism: the Problem with the Agile and Lean Mindsets

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Hayim Makabee

In the last decade we have seen a decrease of interest in Software Design and a sharp increase of interest in Agile methods. The first graph below compares the trends between Software Design and Agile. The second graph compares the … Continue reading →

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Productivity Hack: Using Effectively Your Small Fractions Of Time

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

I’m constantly looking for new ways to be more productive and avoid wasting my time. One of my biggest challenges is how to use some small fractions of free time, something like less than 10 minutes. I think that, for … Continue reading →

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Talk: Adaptable Design Up Front (slides + video)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

Last week I was invited to talk at the IASA eSummit on Architecture for Agile Software Development. My talk tries to answer the question: “How much Design Up Front should be done in an Agile project?” I present my approach … Continue reading →

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Invention Is Not Enough For Innovation

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The cartoon above depicts a common problem in hi-tech companies: Someone invents a new technology, but is not able to promote its adoption. I think the solution is that instead of just providing the “wheels”, we need to build a … Continue reading →

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The Challenges and Joy of Public Speaking

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

I love giving talks to diverse types of audiences. I consider Public Speaking to be at the same time an extremely challenging and gratifying activity, that very often requires you to get out of your comfort zone. My first experience … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Velocity in Agile Software Development

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

In my previous blog post about the “Real Danger of Quick-and-Dirty Programming“, I criticized some Agile practices such as measuring the Velocity and drawing Burndown charts. In this post I would like to extend and clarify this criticism, bringing also … Continue reading →

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On the Real Danger of Quick-and-Dirty Programming

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

As in Dijkstra‘s quote above, when people criticize Quick-and-Dirty programming they are in general focusing on the negative impact in the system being developed. Software that is built following a Quick-and-Dirty approach will certainly have some serious deficiencies, which are … Continue reading →

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Watch-It-Next: A Contextual TV Recommendation System

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

Last week my colleague Raz Nissim presented our joint work at the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD), which was held at Porto, Portugal. This was part of a Yahoo … Continue reading →

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On Wisdom and Happiness

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

I spend considerable time thinking about the meaning of Wisdom and Happiness: What are the characteristics of a wise person? What are the characteristics of a happy person? Can wisdom and happiness be measured? Of course I also think about … Continue reading →

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Resource Adaptive Software Systems

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event about Adaptive Software Systems. We invited Tom Mueck to give a talk about “Resource Adaptive Software Systems”. Title: Resource Adaptive Software Systems Abstract: DARPA issued an announcement about … Continue reading →

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