Buddha of the Binaries ~ Zen of Software Development~ Noble Truth #3

Oh Buddhist of the Binaries, I desire more lessons, what is the third noble truth?

Well my little code monkey with the red ass,  the third noble truth is that bugs in software  can be overcome and apps become killer and happiness can be attained; that true happiness and contentment are possible. lf we give up useless kiddie scripting and learn to code Java classes and jsps each day at a time (not dwelling in the past or the imagined future) then we can become happy and free. We then have more time and energy to help take our company viral. This is Nirvana.

One must learn to write elegant, simple profound code that supplies a desired need among the software addicts of the world.  Your code must become the crack cocaine of the mobile device.

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Buddha of the Binaries ~ Zen of Software Development~ Noble Truth #2

• What is the Second Noble Truth, oh Buddhist of the Binaries?

The second truth is that bad software is caused by wrong motives. Our binaries will be worth less than feces if we take shortcuts or try to copy other's art without understanding it, if we want others to like our work without putting our best effort, if we do not get the money that we want out of our efforts,etc. In other words, coding purely for money does not guarantee happiness. Rather than constantly struggling to use software as a means for other things, try to modify yourself to code for the love of it. Wanting money deprives us of contentment and happiness. The true riches in digital life come from creating something you love ......... ....... ........ ......... ......... ........... ........ ........ (and then going to IPO).

(Lesson one is found HERE)

Buddha of the Binaries ~ Zen of Software Development

This is LESSON ONE in the zen of software development.

A student of the software sublime writes: "Oh Buddhist of the Binaries, what is The First Noble Truth of Coding Enlightenment?".

Well my little grasshopper, the first truth of digital life is that software is imperfect. This binary life becomes alive in the semi-conductor matrix and it includes bugs, imperfect logic of a higher plane, traps of infinite loops, an imperfect environment that sometimes includes the blue screen of death, and old age where digital instruction sets no longer run on the new microprocessors in the cloud.

This is an irrefutable fact that cannot be denied. It is realistic rather than pessimistic because pessimism is expecting things to be bad. lnstead, Binary Buddhism explains how imperfections can be avoided and how we can be truly happy in our craft of creating ones and zeros that run the world.

Remember my little grasshopper, there will come the day when the rest of the humans will become so dependent on the machines, and software that you write, that they will not be physically able to live without your arcane and esoteric knowledge. You are the engineers of enlightenment, the wizards of wonder, and masters of the matrix. Use the knowledge that you will gain wisely.

Practical Lesson for today: Read how a software bug almost bankrupted Knight Capital:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/08/02/knight-future-in-balance-after-trading-disaster/

Next time: Lesson Two.