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.

Simplicity in Software Design: KISS, YAGNI and Occam’s Razor

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Simplicity is a desirable quality attribute in any software system. In this article I try to … Continue reading →

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IASA Israel meeting – Daniel Gross on Architectural Description Languages

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event with the participation of Dr. Daniel Gross, who talked about “Architectural Description Languages”. Synopsis: In this talk Daniel reviews main findings of a recent international survey on … Continue reading →

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IASA Israel meeting – Hayim Makabee on Adaptable Design Up Front

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event with the participation of Hayim Makabee, who talked about “ADUF – Adaptable Design Up Front”. Synopsis: This talk tries to answer the question: “How much Design Up … Continue reading →

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Adaptable Design Up Front and the Open/Closed Principle

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

The Open/Closed principle is one of the SOLID principles of software design: “The Open/Closed Principle states that the design and writing of the code should be done in a way that new functionality should be added with minimum changes in … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Emergent Design and the Big Ball of Mud

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

Software developers following Agile methodologies often ask themselves how to adapt the traditional Design phase to an iterative software lifecycle. The basic question is how much design should be done before starting the implementation. There seems to be a consensus … Continue reading →

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Meta-Decisions: Agreeing on the criteria before discussing the alternatives

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

In a working environment, meetings may consume lots of time. In general, the goal of meetings is to make decisions based on the input provided by several people. There are normally many different ways to solve a problem or address … Continue reading →

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Adaptable Designs for Agile Software Evolution

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin Big Design Up Front (BDUF) is considered a very bad … Continue reading →

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Outliers? The Myth of the 10,000 Hours Rule

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

Following the “Outliers” book by Malcom Gladwell, some people are convinced that if they “just” invest 10,000 hours in something they will become really good at it. I think that this is not always the case. I don’t believe any … Continue reading →

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A Social Watching Experience for Yahoo! Connected TV

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

Connected TV is one of Yahoo!’s most innovative products. The basic idea is that your TV set should be as smart as other devices such as your smartphone or your tablet. In other words, the Connected TV is always connected … Continue reading →

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On Developer Wisdom and Software Quality Attributes

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

What is wisdom? In order to answer this question, we will look into some ancient Jewish texts. From the Talmud (Tamid 32A), compiled 1500 years ago: “Who is wise? He who discerns what is about to come to pass.” In … Continue reading →

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