Pavel Simakov - Software Secret Weapons

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.

Many articles on this site might appear unrelated at first glance... They are connected, however, with a single theme – to facilitate the search for Software Secret Weapons!

Speaking of weapons, there is a magic one you can hire! Software Muse will be of great help to those in need of inspiration... But in reality none of it would be possible without the help and the profound influence of OS, AK, AS, MN, DB, AP, RU, PO, ML, WL, VB, DP , GR, ME, PY, KW, AK2, DL, SM, IK, VY, RN, OB.

Thank you,

Pavel Simakov, Ph.D., July 2005

currently I live in Palo Alto, California - the heart of the Silicon Valley; you can contact me by phone at (408) 464-8846, by email at psimakov at outplay dot com or using online form

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