Announcement of MvcSiteMapProvider 2.2.0 release for ASP.NET MVC, featuring new templated HtmlHelpers and extensibility points.
A guide to using PowerShell scripts to temporarily migrate on-premise applications to Windows Azure during traffic spikes and back again.
Recap of TechDays 2010 Portugal sessions on running WordPress on Windows Azure and integrating PHP with Silverlight, including presentation links.
A developer's experience using Opera browser with Oracle Enterprise Manager, highlighting its speed and tab management benefits.
Introduces Sharpy, an ASP.NET MVC view engine using Smarty syntax for cleaner, designer-friendly templates with extensibility via MEF.
Announcing the first public release of PHPMEF, a PHP port of the .NET Managed Extensibility Framework for application composition.
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Troubleshooting guide for OBIEE socket communication error 12002, focusing on firewall and port configuration issues.
A 2009 benchmark comparing CPython, Unladen Swallow, and PyPy performance on a Mandelbulb application, analyzing JIT patch results.
A guide to diagnosing and fixing the ORA-12154 TNS error when OBIEE fails to connect to an Oracle database.
Zend and partners release Simple Cloud API, a unified interface for interacting with multiple cloud storage and queue services.
Explains the difference between @PersistenceUnit and @PersistenceContext for injecting JPA resources in Java EE applications.
Explains and solves the Oracle SQL error ORA-00922 when changing a user password, highlighting the need to quote passwords starting with numbers.
Explores Oracle BI Management MBeans for real-time performance monitoring and configuration access within OBIEE systems.
Explains how devices without GPS, like an iPod Touch, can determine location using WiFi access point triangulation via a third-party database.
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Troubleshooting ORA-12537 and ORA-12518 errors in an Informatica DAC environment, focusing on database connectivity issues.
Explores whether operating systems and filesystems should be optimized for SSDs, discussing abstraction boundaries, wear leveling, and the TRIM command.
Explores the unique value and targeting strategies of social network advertising compared to traditional search-based ads.
A brief look at the history of programming languages, highlighting the convergence of OO and functional paradigms over time.
A reflection on the balance between consuming and creating content in the tech industry, and how information accessibility changes expertise.
A personal account of attending the European Common Lisp Meeting 2008, covering technical talks on Lisp applications and development insights.
