Performance matters when writing, too: more SQL tips
Programmers generally recognize that SQL can be optimized: experts often rewrite queries to take only a fraction of the time of their... more »
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Programmer Interrupted
I’m writing this post in an apt state: low-sleep, busy, disorientated, and interrupted. I try all the remedies: Pomodoro, working in... more »
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The Free-to-Play Gaming Evolution | allenc
Games have come a long way since when they cost $80 and came in cardboard boxes with terrible cover art. The mechanism of funding... more »
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What is Failure Demand in Software Development
The idea of “Failure Demand” comes from systems thinker, John Seddon, who describes it as “unnecessary burden on the system.” By looking... more »
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Continuous Delivery and Long-Term Requirements
In this talk, Paul Gerrard discusses continuous delivery, particularly as it pertains to long-term requirements. Testing up front, he... more »
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How to Handle Complex Computing for Excel Users without VBA Skills?
Various tools are developed for different computing. Among these, Excel is the widely used business spreadsheet software for almost all... more »
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Why Plug-and-Use Desktop BI Software Is So Powerful?
The basic function of a calculator is computing, which can be as simple as the four arithmetic operations and also as complex as the... more »
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The css selector length myth
CSS selector lengths are not the responsibility of the csser, instead the csser should worry about writing correct selectors and using... more »
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How to Make Your Open-Source Project Successful
The 'better' an open source project is technically, the more people use it. That's what I used to think. But lately I have gotten doubts:... more »
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Functional programming elevator pitch
What is functional programming about? This tutorial will try to tell you why it's worth your time to learn the functional style. We're... more »
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Why you should write Makefiles
There are a couple of reasons you should use make utility and write Makefiles for your projects, even if it is 2013 now and you use... more »
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Technical Debt: In an Agile World
The phrase "agile development" has become common fare within the development community. As companies sought out new ways to... more »
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.NET Guidelines: Should I have one class per file?
I had this discussion many times over the last few years: - Should we have a class per file? - What about other types such as interfaces,... more »
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Quotes of the Week: Complexity
Some interesting quotes about complexity in modern programming.
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What's the right amount of context needed for effective code review?
How much context is required for an effective code review? The entire file, the code block, the hunk? What do you guys think?
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How to detect loop in linked list in Java
Loop or cycle detection on singly linked list is a good data structure exercise in Java. This article shows one way to solve this problem.
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