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Dear Visitor,
I am a software Architect. I build software abstractions with a group of creative people.
This site was created to capture the experiences.
Some bits of information are still in the form of new ideas or revealing insights.
Together with a set of useful resources, they cover many areas of software engineering that I consider important and find exciting to work on.
At each point of my software engineering career I strived to create mind-stimulating environment for my team and encourage my partners to think "out of the box". I have helped to create a highly demanding, yet fun and exciting atmosphere, where each team member is motivated to learn more and achieve more. This site is a collection of some of the most interesting experiences we have had while solving software engineering problems, and it gives you a glimpse of our minds at work.
Some of this work has led to the solutions so powerful we decided to call them Software Secret Weapons. Not all solutions qualify for this great title.
- A solution is a Weapon if it is powerful enough to make or break a software product.
- A solution is a Secret if it is non-obvious, elegant and unique.
Pavel Simakov, Ph.D.
with direct help and profound influence of OS, AK, AS, MN, DB, AP, RU, PO, ML, WL, VB, DP, GR, ME, PY, KW, AK2, DL, SM, IK
currently I live in San Jose, California, you can contact me
by phone at (408) 464-8846, by email at psimakov at softwaresecretweapons dot com or using online form
text originally written with help of AK in July 2005, Toronto, Canada
any conclusions, recommendations, ideas, thoughts or the source code presented on this site are my own and do not reflect a official opinion of my current or past employers, partners or clients