A technical guide on using a Redis Foreign Data Wrapper (FDW) to query and join Redis data directly from within a PostgreSQL database.
A guide on implementing API key authentication in ASP.NET Web API using a custom DelegatingHandler to map keys to user identities.
A tutorial on creating basic animations using Matplotlib's FuncAnimation, demonstrated with a moving sine wave.
A technical guide on implementing domain and subdomain-based routing for multi-tenant APIs in ASP.NET Web API.
A critique of beginner programming books and a proposal for a more effective, project-based approach to teaching coding.
A critique of the Visual Studio Achievements beta, arguing its current rewards promote bad coding habits instead of good practices.
A developer critiques Microsoft's confusing .NET Framework version naming and advocates for simpler, clearer version numbers like .NET 4.1.
A beginner's guide to attribution modeling for web products, explaining how to give credit to marketing channels for conversions.
MongoDB 1.8.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download, featuring several updates and changes.
MongoDB 1.8.0 Release Candidate introduces key features like write-ahead journaling for durability, sparse indexes, and enhanced Map/Reduce.
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A C# tutorial on using WMI queries to find COM ports by their friendly names, useful for identifying virtual ports assigned by USB adapters.
A guide to creating a custom Configuration Manager for Windows Azure apps to handle dynamic settings like connection strings.
A developer questions when a software issue is labeled a 'design decision' instead of a bug, using an Oracle and Informatica case study.
Microsoft announces Windows Azure Companion, a tool for deploying popular PHP applications like WordPress to the Azure cloud platform.
A game developer reflects on feedback and ratings received for their Ludum Dare game jam entry, analyzing scores across categories like innovation and graphics.
Explains how to implement extension methods in PHP, similar to C#, to add methods to existing classes without modifying them.
Sunflower is an alpha-stage tool for automated content extraction from HTML documents using structural analysis and a Swing GUI.
Author announces blog reactivation and discusses technical changes to his static blogging infrastructure, including Blosxom and Disqus.
Fixing a specific Oracle OBIEE SELinux error: 'libnnz10.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied'.
A review of the book 'Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development,' covering its MVC focus, application design, and testing practices.
