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.

Introduction to Event Sourcing

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event about Adaptive Software Systems. We invited Vladik Khononov to give a talk about “Introduction to Event Sourcing”. Title: Introduction to Event Sourcing Abstract: Event sourcing is a pattern … Continue reading →

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Antifragile Software Design

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event about Adaptive Software Systems. I was glad to be invited to give a talk about “Antifragile Software Design”. Title: Antifragile Software Design Abstract: The concept of Antifragility was … Continue reading →

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Manifesto for Adaptable Software Development

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

We believe that the activities in the left are required to face the challenges of modern software development. Experimentation instead of Specification Evolution instead of Implementation Adaptation instead of Modification Extension instead of Growth Perhaps the activities in the right … Continue reading →

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To document or not to document? An exploratory study on developers’ motivation to document code

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

Last week at Stockholm, Sweden, at the Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAISE’15), my colleague Yulia Shmerlin presented our paper at the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Information Systems Engineering (COGNISE). This is joint work with Prof. Irit Hadar and Prof. Doron … Continue reading →

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The SOLID Principles Illustrated by Design Patterns

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The Clean Code Alliance in Israel organized a special event about the SOLID Principles of Object-Oriented Design. I was glad to be invited to give a talk about “The SOLID Principles Illustrated by Design Patterns”. My friend Eyal Golan also … Continue reading →

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Rotem Hermon on Change Driven Design

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

At the last meeting of the TLV Software Architecture Meetup, Rotem Hermon, VP Architecture at Gigya, gave a very interesting talk about “Change Driven Design”. Title: Coding Changes Abstract: Every developer knows that the only constant thing is change, and every … Continue reading →

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Do SOLID design principles make code slow?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

This week one of the readers of my blog asked me this question: “Do SOLID design principles make code slow?” I think this is a very interesting question, which I have already encountered several times during my 20 years as … Continue reading →

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Finding your purpose in life

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

How to find your purpose in life? The Venn diagram below has appeared several times on the social networks I use. In my opinion it is very interesting and makes me think, so I would like to share it with … Continue reading →

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IASA IL Workshop: Philippe Kruchten on Managing Technical Debt

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The first activity of IASA Israel in the year of 2015 was a full-day workshop by Prof. Philippe Kruchten on “Managing Technical Debt”. The workshop was highly interactive with many questions from the audience. Prof. Kruchten covered the subject of … Continue reading →

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Helping new immigrants to find a job in Israel

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

This month I had the pleasure to give a talk to a group of young new immigrants. Immigration to Israel is called Aliyah, and the new immigrants are called Olim. I am a volunteer at the Gvahim organization which has the goal … Continue reading →

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