I've seen Uncle Bob speak at a few conferences and his talks are always the best of the lot. He's brilliant, knowledgable, a great presenter and also seems like a heck of a nice guy.
This is a real question though - where can I see code that he has written? What product or project has he created? Has he only worked on proprietary software, or has he made any major contributions to free projects?
I realize that free/open source software is only a part of our craft and that plenty of brilliant people out there work exclusively or almost exclusively in the closed-source world. I also realize that people can make major contributions to software by doing things other than writing code.
But because he speaks so much on how to write code, it would inspire confidence to actually read and use code he has written, look through commit messages, and actually see how the guy manages a real project.
The fact that my Google searches turn up nothing tempt me to cynicism. Somebody please point out something obvious that I have missed.
This is a real question though - where can I see code that he has written? What product or project has he created? Has he only worked on proprietary software, or has he made any major contributions to free projects?
I realize that free/open source software is only a part of our craft and that plenty of brilliant people out there work exclusively or almost exclusively in the closed-source world. I also realize that people can make major contributions to software by doing things other than writing code.
But because he speaks so much on how to write code, it would inspire confidence to actually read and use code he has written, look through commit messages, and actually see how the guy manages a real project.
The fact that my Google searches turn up nothing tempt me to cynicism. Somebody please point out something obvious that I have missed.