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A developer builds an iOS app to track his son's exact age down to the second, discussing date math challenges.
A developer builds an iOS app to track his son's exact age down to the second, discussing date math challenges.
Announcement of the publication of 'Drupal 7 Rules How-to', a practical guide for site builders and developers using the Rules framework.
A discussion on simplifying complex tech job descriptions for the general public, inspired by a critique of the Australian Computer Society.
Explains how AWS ELB's 60-second timeout can break long-running operations like Umbraco publishing and suggests design patterns to work around it.
A guide to upgrading RAM on a Dell Latitude E4310 laptop, including steps and a note on the impact on hibernation file size.
Explores resistance to disruptive tech like open source and cloud computing, analyzing why businesses often stick with legacy systems despite clear advantages.
Explores JavaScript mixins as an alternative to classical inheritance for code reuse, detailing various techniques and their performance.
Release of MvcSiteMapProvider 3.1.0 RC, a NuGet package for ASP.NET MVC with performance improvements and bug fixes.
Guide to disabling the pointing stick (TrackPoint) on a Dell Latitude E4310 laptop to prevent cursor jumps while typing.
A developer critiques Microsoft's confusing .NET Framework version naming and advocates for simpler, clearer version numbers like .NET 4.1.
Explores a technical issue with the 'lein swank' command in Clojure's Leiningen build tool related to Java class loading and charset encoding.
A tutorial on building a Java EE 6 web app using EJB 3.1, JSF 2.0, and JPA 2.0 with NetBeans and GlassFish, focusing on transactional business logic.
Announces ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 1 release, highlighting new features like templated helpers, areas, and DataAnnotations support.
A technical guide on creating a reusable Django manager class to share methods between managers and QuerySets, reducing code repetition.
A developer's top 5 technical blog posts from 2008, focusing on PHPExcel, ASP.NET MVC, and Visual Studio profiling.
Explores implementing Forms-based security in ASP.NET MVC, covering Web.config limitations and using Code Access Security attributes for authorization.
A developer simplifies a Kerberos config parser into a single C file for e2fsck, discussing the need for small, efficient code vs. bloatware.
Review of 'The Orange Book of Machine Learning: Green Edition', a practical ML book focused on supervised learning with Python, pandas, scikit-learn, and Jupyter.