Highlights from a TechEd Europe 2014 foundational session on optimizing datacenters with Windows Server, System Center, and Microsoft Azure.
A summary of key SQL Server management takeaways from a TechEd Europe 2014 session, covering backups, TempDB, and indexing.
Essential security practices for freelance developers, covering device locking, password management, and multi-factor authentication.
Summary of the TechEd Europe 2014 keynote, highlighting new Windows 10 features, Azure capabilities, and enterprise security announcements.
A developer's method for learning keyboard shortcuts using sticky notes to cover the trackpad, improving workflow efficiency.
A developer describes their ideal workflow, emphasizing code review, CI/CD, and team collaboration for efficient software development.
Explores key concepts of Java serialization, including its extralinguistic nature and customization methods like writeObject and readObject.
Analyzes semiparametric efficiency in two-phase sampling designs, comparing estimators under correctly specified and 'nearly true' models.
A developer's plan to share key takeaways from Microsoft TechEd Europe 2014, covering sessions on Windows Server, SCOM, ASP.NET, and PowerShell.
Introducing Playgrounds for Objective-C, enabling real-time code testing and rapid prototyping similar to Swift's feature.
Explores the design decision behind Java's Optional class not implementing the Serializable interface and the reasoning of its creators.
Using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to monitor and diagnose issues in an OBIEE business intelligence system.
Proposes a 'dev-only iPhone' concept to reduce costs for iOS developers needing multiple devices for testing different OS versions and configurations.
Analyzes publication bias in scientific reporting using a humorous example of socks and Bayesian statistics.
The author argues that using intrinsics for high-performance code is unreliable and more work than writing assembly by hand.
Explores the design decisions and expert discussions behind Java 8's Optional type, contrasting them with the author's own views.
A guide to installing and configuring drivers for using an Xbox 360 controller with Mac OS X Yosemite.
How to disable Safari's URL truncation in OSX Yosemite to show the full web address, useful for developers and security.
How to use rlwrap with Apache Hive beeline for enhanced command-line editing, including history search and navigation.
