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		<title>Working With Integration Points: Simulators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post about working with integration points I described how I use anti-corruption layers (wrappers) to hide away any warts of the integration point. In this post, I will explain how I used these wrappers to help develop against an integration point which was also under development.

The problem with two systems being developed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/design/working-with-integration-points-simulators/</link>
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		<title>Working With Integration Points: Anticorruption Layer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On my last few projects we had a requirement to integrate our application with another system. Adding to this complexity was the fact that these other systems where also still being developed. I learned a few tricks on the first of these types of projects which really helped the latter projects which I shall share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/design/working-with-integration-points-anticorruption-layer/</link>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t believe in NFRs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is something about the phrase Non Functional Requirements that I don&#8217;t really like. It&#8217;s the Non bit which gets me &#8211; I think that word makes them feel unimportant and therefore there is no pressing need to explore how they will affect the system. I have seen on many projects teams procrastinating in defining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/agile/i-dont-believe-in-nfrs/</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The english language is a very complex beast which can easily strike confusion in the most unsuspecting moment. Take, for example, the word &#8220;lollies&#8221;. Did your mind immediately jump to a bag of gummy bears, redskins, bananas or milk bottles that you get from the garage? Or instead did you start thinking of a frozen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/design/the-importance-of-words/</link>
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		<title>JAOO and Women: Attendance at Conferences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was going to start this series off talking about filters and the way that connections are made in your brain, but after hearing about the lap dances at the Taiwan Yahoo! Hack Day, I thought I might begin with addressing the issue of low attendance at conferences.
I think one of the biggest concerns that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/women-in-it/jaoo-and-women-attendance-at-conferences/</link>
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		<title>JAOO and Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to attend JAOO, an awesome conference for software developers, architects and PMs, for one day. How did I get to? Well, a few weeks before the conference, the organisers (Trifork) noticed that while conferences usually have around 5-10% women attend (and that is considered good), JAOO only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/women-in-it/jaoo-and-women/</link>
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		<title>Slippers: How to click your heels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post about Slippers, I introduced it&#8217;s philosophy and the places that you could find it. In this post, I will introduce some of its constructs.
Rendering template of a string without any holes

template = &#34;This is a string without any holes in it&#34;
engine = Slippers::Engine.new(template)
engine.render #=&#62; &#34;This is a string without any holes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/open-source-projects/slippers-how-to-click-your-heels/</link>
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		<title>Slippers: Introduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many template engines that you can choose for the generation of views in your mvc application. The problem with most of the them, however, is that they are too permissive. These turing-complete engines allow for many complex constructs within the template, which begin at simple if statements and for loops, and expand to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/open-source-projects/slippers-introduction/</link>
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		<title>How to Refactor like a Something star</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Refactoring a piece of code can be such a thrilling experience when it&#8217;s finished, but at the same time can also act as the blackhole of time. Recently, I have been observing how other people refactor, watching their looks of happiness when they finish it and also their despaired faces when they have realized they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/design/how-to-refactor-like-a-something-star/</link>
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		<title>Pairing 101: Skills Matter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, my good buddy Christian Blunden and myself presented at a London Geek Night. For us, it was quite fun and I hope people not only picked something up from it but also had a good time. The presentation was recorded and should be on skills matter so check it out if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sarahtaraporewalla.com/thoughts/agile/pairing-101-skills-matter/</link>
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