A programmer clarifies confusing terminology in programming languages, defining dynamic typing, type safety, and strong typing.
Using awk to split a fixed-width file into separate output files based on content in specific columns.
Discusses the shift from chasing website visitor numbers to focusing on deeper user engagement and content contribution in a saturated web.
A developer's postmortem analysis of their first shooter game, 'The Chronicles of Bim: The 100 Fake Afros', discussing development time, features, and shortcomings.
Highlights from Microsoft PDC 2009 Day 2 keynote, covering Silverlight 4 Beta, IE9 previews, and WCF RIA Services.
Announcing a Django library for generating histogram reports in the admin interface, grouped by date fields.
A developer details two performance optimizations for Unladen Swallow, a Python implementation, focusing on argument parsing and JIT compilation.
Analysis of Oracle's October Critical Patch Update, focusing on the OBIEE vulnerability CVE-2009-1990 and its patch details.
A technical analysis of a bug in DbLinq's non-generic Execute method causing invalid cast exceptions, with details on the submitted patch.
A fun web tool that generates Bing search links for easily answerable questions, inspired by LetMeGoogleThatForYou.
An overview and example of using the REST for ASP.NET MVC SDK to easily expose Web APIs from ASP.NET MVC applications.
A review of the book 'ASP.NET 3.5 CMS Development', evaluating its suitability for beginners versus experienced ASP.NET developers.
A technical guide on using LoadRunner for performance testing OBIEE dashboards, covering script creation, validation, and troubleshooting.
Explains how to configure Oracle BI sawserver logs to use a 'short' format for easier debugging and troubleshooting.
A developer details optimizing a Django view to analyze chat log data, reducing execution time and database queries.
Final part of a series detailing the deployment of an ASP.NET MVC application (CarTrackr) to Windows Azure, covering challenges and solutions.
Argues that perfectly uncoupled code is impossible, using Django's ORM and admin as examples of necessary coupling to specific APIs.
Developer discusses rewriting a Java GUI client for Poliqarp, focusing on code cleanup and new protocol integration.
Analyzes Sun's strategic goals and community challenges with OpenSolaris, contrasting its open-source release with Linux's development model.
Common issues and solutions for unit testing ASP.NET MVC controllers, focusing on mocking Request.Form and ASP.NET Membership.
