LinkedIn Architecture: 40M Pages per Day on Tomcat
This post summarizes the key parts of the LinkedIn architecture. It’s based on the presentations above, and on additional comments made during the... more »
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A number of people whose opinions I greatly respect have turned me on to Yelp over the last six months or so. Yelp is a community review site, and a... more »
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Using Linq for NHibernate in an ASP.NET MVC application
Quick overview on using Linq for NHibernate in an ASP.NET MVC Application. RhinoCommons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Part 5
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SHTTPD - an embeddable Web server
SHTTPD is tiny, easy to use web server for Windows and UNIX. Ideal for web developers, web-based software demos (like PHP, Perl etc), quick file... more »
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Implementing the Repository Pattern with Linq-to-Sql.
The purpose of this article is to describe the technique I have used to implement the repository pattern in .NET applications. I will provide a brief... more »
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Front-end vs. back-end developers
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Jakob asked me a question this evening: What is the difference between front-end and back-end developers? Not long after I was on my way home and... more »
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Test-Driven Development and Software Quality
A recent study in IEEE Software journal offers an objective look at the results of test-driven development. Here, John Smart reflects on the results... more »
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Where's my hard disk space gone?
Ever find yourself asking, "Where's all my hard disk drive space gone?", and even more so, "Which application has stolen it?!". Well, guess no more...... more »
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Beauty with Silverlight
I created something cool that I'd like to share with you. Imagine if your company had a beautiful luxury product that had intricate workings and you... more »
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RhinoCommons, NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Part 4
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In some of my initial tests with NHibernate and ASP.NET MVC Pattern I kept seeing the benefits of having a Unit of Work or Session Per Request (that... more »
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Principles of Effective Icon Design
Before approaching icon design there are some guidelines and principles that are worth studying. If you want to create effective icon designs, then... more »
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Showing ESRI Shapefile Layers on a Virtual Earth Map: a simple HowTo
If you've ever tried to find a way to display an ESRI ShapeFile on a Virtual Earth map, you'll have probably noticed how little information there is... more »
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IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5 : Javascript Part 1
Initial look at Javascript times between IE8 and Firefox betas using Dromeao.
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How smartly code and content can be stolen from blog!!
As you can, the content from my blog is stolen by another blog and in the source they've given website's addres which doesn't publish any kind of... more »
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Browser Beta Battle : IE8 vs Firefox 3b5
A quick comparison of page load times on IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5
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Real Ultimate Power: Dependency Injection With Ninject
Using Ninject (kind of like Google Guice on .NET) for Dependency Injection / IoC
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Ninject Reaches Release Candidate 1
Ninject, the lightweight dependency injection framework for .NET, has reached RC1. This post outlines some of the new features and what to expect for... more »
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IE8, Microsoft and the Reverse Fanboys
As the beta test of IE8 recently became available we are quickly approaching the release of another version of Internet Explorer. Much frustration has... more »
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Windows Programmers Shifting to the Mac?
The tide is turning or so it seems. Well, maybe it’s not quite so monumentous as a tide shift, but there is certainly a buzz in the air that I think... more »
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I've got 99 problems but a glitch ain't one: F# Resource
Problems 1-6: A site dedicated to exploring F# through the 99 problems.
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Why I Love F#: Option Types
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Welcome to the eighth article in my series about why I look upon the F# language with the hormone-driven lust of a 16-year old boy. ([ed.] Dustin's... more »
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Introduction to F# Active Patterns
You may have heard of Active Patterns before – typically in conjunction with the words ‘awesome’ or ‘amazing’. Active Patterns are one of the more... more »
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