When web search was in its infancy, search engines worked to simplify the life of its users and provide high quality results. Google’s work was then thought be to be separating good content from irrelevant content for a particular set of keywords. That relationship worked well for some time, but it has changed for the…
Software maintenance is traditionally thought as a process that will happen in the distant future, and will be needed only during bug fixing operations and to keep an existing piece of software current with new versions of a compiler or operating system. Maintenance is also viewed by many as an afterthought that doesn’t need to…
When designing a new system, it is frequently necessary to make decisions about specific features to be included. Less frequently, however, one also needs to decide to remove features that are not necessary or cannot be supported by the development group. Such decisions are important because they shape how the application evolves over time. Simplifying…