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.

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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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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