ChatGPT code generation

I asked ChatGPT to “Write pascal code to manage a sorted symbol table using two tables the main table and a secondary table, when the secondary table becomes more then 10% of the main table do a merge sort into the main table” This is something I wrote back in the late eighties, and aside …

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Software Design Principles (that maybe work)

The Enchanted Principles of Wizarding Codecraft Ah, young witches and wizards, gather ’round! Today, we shall uncover the ancient and powerful magic that governs the art of spellbinding software development. These sacred enchantments, whispered through the ages, are known as the SOLID Principles, and they shall lead you to craft code as elegant as Dumbledore’s …

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Cauldron: Embracing Dependency Inversion through Dependee-Centric Dependency Declarations

Abstract: Traditional dependency management paradigms focus on dependencies declaring their reliance on dependees, often leading to tightly coupled systems and intricate dependency graphs. This paper introduces a revolutionary approach to dependency inversion with Cauldron, a cutting-edge build tool that prioritizes dependees in dependency declarations. By allowing dependencies to declare all dependees that rely on them, …

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