Explores methods for refreshing Exalytics aggregates beyond the standard Summary Advisor, focusing on OBIEE and TimesTen performance.
Explains JavaScript IIFEs (self-invoking functions), their syntax, benefits for avoiding global scope pollution, and use in the module pattern.
A student reflects on their university courses in computer hardware, software prototyping, and linear algebra, connecting them to programming.
Explores real-time web communication challenges and solutions like polling, long polling, and SignalR for server-to-client updates.
Analyzes the outdated U.S. federal IT procurement model, advocating for regulatory reform and agile development practices to improve efficiency.
Analysis of why tech companies struggle to attract digital talent, citing bureaucracy, lack of challenge, and poor work environments.
Introduces WP Document Revisions, a WordPress plugin for document management, version control, and team collaboration on files.
A weekly roundup of interesting tech articles from July 2011, covering Android, Outlook, Evernote, and military tech.
MyGet introduces feed privilege delegation, allowing co-admins and contributors to manage private package feeds, plus enhanced security and global deployment.
A Google engineer refutes claims about talent retention, arguing that Google is ideal for technologists focused on deep engineering work, unlike startups focused on business models.
Google's white paper argues China's internet restrictions violate WTO rules and hinder global e-commerce by blocking access to information and trade.
A WordPress plugin that imports Twitter mentions as comments, integrating tweets into your blog's native comment system.
Slides and code from a 2010 Remix session on building and deploying a Silverlight application to Windows Azure cloud platform.
A reflection on how a company's interview process reveals its culture and state, with advice on structuring behavioral and technical interviews.
A developer outlines ideal working relationships with designers, from best-case collaboration to worst-case scenarios.
An article recommending Cary Millsap's foundational articles on computer systems performance and structured problem-solving approaches.
A critique of automatic website localization that ignores user language preferences, using examples from Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Mobile Marketplace.
A beginner's guide to writing basic tests for Django applications, covering view responses and form handling.
A 2009 presentation on building a Twitter clone in 60 minutes using ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 1, covering security and routing.
PHPLinq library now supports querying Windows Azure Table Storage, bringing LINQ-style queries to PHP for cloud data.
