This is going to be my programming blog. I'm going to still post to Shared Illusions, but I'm going to try and keep this blog as a discussion of various coding topics and continue with rambling and general stream-of-consciousness over on Shared Illusions.
As for the name, it's basically drawn from this picture that my wife drew the other day:
The caption was initially meant to be a play on the fact that it's a code-monkey reflected and that there is a programming technique called reflection (this part obviously only clear to coders with a fairly poor sense of humour, i.e. me). After reading This post from coding horror a third meaning became apparent. A reflective coder is a programmer who thinks about programming all the time, and uses this to constantly reflect upon and improve their skills.
I'm not a reflective coder yet, but I have the first part down as I never seem to stop thinking about coding (well, apart from when I'm thinking about physics, maths or the latest PTerry book :)). My discussions here will help me, and possibly anyone reading, along the path to being reflective coders and better programmers in general.
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