# andromeda strain (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover andromeda strain. Page: Feed: --- ## [Offshore Software Development Methodology: Agile vs. Waterfall](https://yacoset.com/offshore-software-development-methodology-agile-vs-waterfall/) _2026-08-16 · Admin · Yacoset_ Which methodology is best suited for offshore software development? Offshore software development is carried out with the ultimate aim to reduce the overall cost and for that an effective method can be used from the available methods. Having different software development life-cycle methodologies, choosing one which fits your business turns your revenue-up. Each project should be \[…\] ## [Manage Offshore Software Development Projects to Reduce Cost](https://yacoset.com/manage-offshore-software-development-projects-to-reduce-cost/) _2026-08-16 · Admin · Yacoset_ Outsourcing Software Development to overseas has become a common process in IT industry. The development of high quality software and it’s delivery at right time, on budget proposed is the key factor in the success of offshore software service providers. In order to increase profitability and due to the resource constraints, offshore software development is \[…\] ## [Quick Retorts to Unreasonable Requests](https://yacoset.com/quick-retorts-to-unreasonable-requests/) _2026-08-06 · Admin · Yacoset_ Programming needs to be a mandatory class in school for the same reason that reading and writing are: it will soon be impossible to function in society without all those skills. But there’s no moment in history that doesn’t have some kind of transition taking place, with scores of people who are stuck in that \[…\] ## [6 Personal Enrichment Tips](https://yacoset.com/personal-enrichment-tips/) _2026-07-29 · Admin · Yacoset_ 1. Experience what it’s like to be stupid Try to design a recursive algorithm in your head the next time you’re doped-out on medication or booze. This is how some people feel all the time, such as (some of) your users. 2. Learn from fad methodologies, but don’t make them your religion Those who invent \[…\] ## [The Nature of Failure Modes](https://yacoset.com/the-nature-of-failure-modes/) _2026-07-25 · Admin · Yacoset_ One frosty Monday morning you yawn and step out of your front door in your pajamas to pick up the newspaper, and as you bend down a gust of icy wind blows the front door shut–locking you out. You are now in a failure mode. At work, you’ve created a service that half the company \[…\] ## [Why Projects Fail](https://yacoset.com/why-projects-fail/) _2026-07-15 · Admin · Yacoset_ Projects tend to fail because the customer didn’t understand what they wanted and because the developers could not adapt to changes as the customer gradually figured it out. Both must be true for the project to fail, and neither are strictly limited to just the specs and the competency of the developers alone; budget, policy, \[…\] ## [Optimization Tips](https://yacoset.com/optimization-tips/) _2026-07-02 · Admin · Yacoset_ 1. Don’t second-guess the compiler Most optimization tricks of the past are no longer necessary with modern compilers. These include unrolling loops and combining methods to avoid function calls. And if you’re using a managed language deployed to platforms with JIT compilers then you’re actually hurting performance by denying better optimizations that the JIT can \[…\] ## [The Growth and Perversion of Systems](https://yacoset.com/the-growth-and-perversion-of-systems/) _2026-06-27 · Admin · Yacoset_ The requirements of a system and its software constantly change because the user and developer didn’t know what they actually wanted until they’d already tried building it once, and because growth in business and personal life is driven exclusively by change itself. But most systems and computer programs are written to resist change. At the system \[…\] ## [Management Tips](https://yacoset.com/management-tips/) _2026-06-19 · Admin · Yacoset_ 1. Their job is not to write code Code is only a side-effect of a programmer’s real function, which is to help the client or business discover what tools they really need. 2. Don’t lose your temper One of the most important lessons I learned was to keep your cool with a difficult employee who \[…\] ## [Why the Andromeda Strain is the Greatest Debugging Tutorial Ever Made](https://yacoset.com/why-the-andromeda-strain-is-the-greatest-debugging-tutorial-ever-made/) _2026-06-16 · Admin · Yacoset_ Michael Crighton is famous for Jurassic Park, but while he was a med student he wrote the greatest tutorial ever made for debugging computer programs. Later it was made into a movie by Robert Wise–director of The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Sound of Music, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Andromeda Strain was big-budget for its time and \[…\] ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/R6yW2SaaWrR5) _2026-06-16 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Agent Browser, Port Forwarding and ZeroClaw](https://www.henryschmale.org/2026/05/05/agent-browser.html) _2026-05-05 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ I have been continuing my experiments with ZeroClaw and its browser integration. Most of my goals with AI are explainable AI. I want to be able to see the tool calls that it makes to answer my questions. I want to know if the query was properly grounded. To answer some of these questions I enabled otel so I can see the tool calls in grafana, I also encourage the agent to use tools in the prompts.… ## [Getting Started With ZeroClaw](https://www.henryschmale.org/2026/04/20/claws.html) _2026-04-20 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ After evaluating numerous claws in an attempt to build some kind of assistant and wanting to see what all the hype was about, I have settled on ZeroClaw . It’s neat because it’s written in rust, and is relatively new and seems to have learned from several previous attempts. Although it seems like there are several potentially malicious forks floating around. This is my experience with it, and my… ## [BSides Philly 2025 - Write Up](https://www.henryschmale.org/2025/12/07/bsides-philly.html) _2025-12-07 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ I was given the opportunity to attend BSides Philadelphia and was able to compete in a CTF. I took home 3rd place playing by myself. I meant to form a group but I didn’t get around to it. The below is my write up for a couple of the problems I solved. I forgot to do the write up while I was there, so I apologize for not sharing the exact names of the challenges. I was also able to attend a couple… ## [Andromeda Strain Book Review](https://www.henryschmale.org/2025/08/13/andromeda-strain.html) _2025-08-13 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ My mom and I listened to The Andromeda Strain (1969) by Michael Crichton. We really enjoyed listening to it and it was quite the page turner. It has an exploration of a lot of interesting scientific topics including what exactly is life, drugs and investigation techniques. Along with quite a few political topics on how experts are treated by the government and the communication methods. It’s told… ## [SMRender - Make Maps From Where You Live](https://www.henryschmale.org/2025/05/14/smrender.html) _2025-05-14 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ SMRender is a great open source (GPL v3) tool to render Open Street Maps data to an image file. It was originally meant for rendering high quality sea maps. I have a new project where I want to take a look at some map data where I live and show it off in an interesting and digestible way. I live in Philadelphia now so let’s use that as our example here. ## [Momir is a Stupid Magic Format](https://www.henryschmale.org/2025/01/17/momir.html) _2025-01-17 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ This week “Magic the Gathering Arena” had momir as it’s midweek magic challenge. In this format you are given a deck of 60 snow lands, 12 of each color. You have an emblem that lets you pay X mana and discard a card to get a random creature token with mana value X at sorcery speed once per turn. I find it terribly unsatisfying due to the amount of random luck involved in this format. I would find… ## [Exposing Pandoc to Create PDFs using AWS Lambda](https://www.henryschmale.org/2024/11/26/hello-pdf.html) _2024-11-26 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ I needed an endpoint to convert markdown to a standard PDF for reasons. This is how I made a simple low traffic markdown to pdf converter using AWS Lambda and pandoc . When evaluating solutions I discovered that everything either required webkit or a native LaTeX installation. All options that are painful to maintain from a user perspective for a script I was building. This solution ensures that… ## [Batman Dialer Part 2 - Hardware Testing](https://www.henryschmale.org/2024/09/12/dialer-2.html) _2024-09-12 · Henry J Schmale's Blog_ Lets continue on with my batman dialer project. The entire goal here is to hide a secret control panel in some kind of statue. What that control panel does is completely up in the air. So here’s my current progress. I have gotten the analog rotary dialer working. I have also gotten sound working using the MAX98357A breakout board.