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David has a lot of smart, interesting things to say. That just wasn't one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>\"The programming community is larger than any one particular tribe.\" But why are certain communities more insular and insecure than others? Joel relates this to \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCognitive_dissonance\">cognitive dissonance\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>I remain a big fan of Clay Shirky and his latest book. How big a fan? \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.codinghorror.com\u002Fblog\u002Farchives\u002F001122.html\">It's Clay Shirky's Internet, We Just Live In It\u003C\u002Fa>. I believe every working programmer who touches the web should read his latest book, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002Fexec\u002Fobidos\u002FASIN\u002F1594201536\u002Fcodinghorror-20\">Here Comes Everybody\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>On addressing criticism -- \"there arise a new, young generation of rebels who remember not when you were the young rebel, writing new things, and making no claim to authority.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>I found \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbarracadopaulo.blogspot.com\u002F\">Paulo's thoughtful criticism\u003C\u002Fa> of our podcast and I wanted to address it. To quote \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=ji5_MqicxSo\">Randy Pausch\u003C\u002Fa>: \"That’s a lesson that stuck with me my whole life. When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. \u003Cstrong>Your critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\" \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Joel feels like he was \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.joelonsoftware.com\u002Fitems\u002F2003\u002F10\u002F13.html\">misunderstood on the topic of exceptions\u003C\u002Fa>. Well, if you were writing a memory allocator for an operating system, anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Joel and I do agree that \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fblogs.msdn.com\u002Fjmstall\u002Farchive\u002F2008\u002F01\u002F30\u002Fwhy-threading-is-hard.aspx\">threading is hard\u003C\u002Fa>. It's amazing that web apps largely get a pass on this, thanks to the architecture of the webserver model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>I give a shout-out to Rick Brewster of \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.getpaint.net\u002F\">Paint.NET\u003C\u002Fa> who calls the (excellent) threading code he wrote in Paint.NET \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.codinghorror.com\u002Fblog\u002Farchives\u002F000169.html\">\"easily the most complex code in Paint.NET\"\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>We're using SQL Server 2005 as the underlying database for stackoverflow.com. We engage in a brief discussion of the pros and cons of Oracle and MySQL databases in our (limited) experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Joel describes his frustration with the way some writers turn single anecdotes into statements of truth, both on the internet and off. Of course Joel and I are both guilty of this, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>In my better blog posts, I tend to use more of a meta-aggregation model, where I do research and summarize what I found. I point to a lot of different opinions, then offer my own -- but I try to diligently avoid clinging religiously to my opinions. In the face of new, better data, I can be convinced. I firmly believe in \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.codinghorror.com\u002Fblog\u002Farchives\u002F001124.html\">strong opinions, weakly held\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to Domain Specific Languages, we definitely prefer them to a bunch of XML. I am particularly fond of SQL and Regular Expressions as mini-DSLs -- I believe in embracing the concept of \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.codinghorror.com\u002Fblog\u002Farchives\u002F000989.html\">languages inside languages\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Joel and I are still very excited about Microsoft's DLR (\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.codeplex.com\u002FIronPython\">IronPython\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ironruby.net\u002F\">IronRuby\u003C\u002Fa>) as an escape route from the superficial differences between \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.codinghorror.com\u002Fblog\u002Farchives\u002F000519.html\">the Coke and Pepsi of C# and VB.NET\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>welcome \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FSuperDalgas\">Geoff Dalgas\u003C\u002Fa> to the stackoverflow.com programming team!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>As usual, thank you for all the questions and for the Wiki edits! \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>We also answered the following listener question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Tendayi Mawushe\u003C\u002Fstrong>: In the enterprise Java world, you can't do much without writing a lot of XML. In response to that, a new idea little domain specific languages is emerging. What are your thoughts on this?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\u003Cp>If you'd like to submit a question to be answered in our next episode,\nrecord an audio file (90 seconds or less) and mail it to \u003Ca href=\"mailto:podcast@stackoverflow.com\">podcast@stackoverflow.com\u003C\u002Fa>. 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