Announcement for the SQLSoton User Group meeting on March 9th, 2011, featuring a talk on SQL Server replication.
A student reflects on learning Ada programming and the concept of being a 'great programmer' after a teacher's provocative question.
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.
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.
Slides and code from a 2010 Remix session on building and deploying a Silverlight application to Windows Azure cloud platform.
Explains how to use Windows Azure Diagnostics with PHP to collect and analyze logs, traces, and performance counters from cloud applications.
Explores the design principle that tools with limited, well-defined options foster greater user intimacy and enduring value than feature-packed alternatives.
A developer solves a TortoiseSVN authentication issue caused by using the svn:// protocol instead of https:// for commits.
Announcing the release of django-taggit 0.9, a Django app for tagging, with new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes.
A programmer details their journey back to using Vim as their primary text editor after years with TextMate, explaining the efficiency gains and core concepts.
Microsoft announces Windows Azure Companion, a tool for deploying popular PHP applications like WordPress to the Azure cloud platform.
Using AspectJ to add Hibernate statistics for criteria queries, a missing feature, without patching the core library.
Announcement for a free, online Windows Azure conference with three technical tracks covering high-level concepts to deep technical sessions.
Discusses the confusion around HTML5 and CSS3 definitions, using a viral article's inaccuracies as a case study for constructive tech discourse.
Explains why average I/O throughput metrics from AWR snapshots can be misleading for capacity planning, using real database examples.
A developer's solution to Oracle's fragmented OBIEE 11g documentation: an offline, searchable PDF collection.
Introducing WP Resume, a WordPress plugin for easily creating and managing an online resume using custom post types and a familiar interface.
