Explores real-time web communication challenges and solutions like polling, long polling, and SignalR for server-to-client updates.
A guide to managing the Windows 7 hibernation file (hiberfil.sys) on a netbook with limited SSD space, including how to reduce its size or disable it.
Analyzes the outdated U.S. federal IT procurement model, advocating for regulatory reform and agile development practices to improve efficiency.
A guide to automating software reinstallation after a Windows system refresh using Ninite, Web PI, and Chocolatey.
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Explains why deleting a non-existent key from a Python defaultdict should raise a KeyError to prevent silent bugs, aligning with Python's design philosophy.
A technical guide on implementing multiple 301 redirects in an ASP.NET MVC application to preserve SEO rankings during a site migration.
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Explains the Identity Map pattern in Entity Framework v4, a key ORM concept for preventing duplicate object instances and ensuring data consistency.
Guide on using JDeveloper to create a Web Service Proxy for accessing BI Publisher 11g Web Services from Java applications.
A technical guide on integrating BI Publisher 11g web services into a BPEL process within Oracle's SOA Suite.
Overview of new web services in BI Publisher 11g, including their uses, implementation, and WSDL details.
Explains ambiguous ampersands in HTML, detailing character references and validity rules in HTML4 vs. HTML5 specifications.
A curated list of essential RSS feeds for frontend developers, covering JavaScript, web standards, and large-scale web application development.
A deep dive into HTML5 fundamentals, browser parsing rules, and how understanding them can lead to more maintainable markup.
A technical guide on using latches (CountDownLatch, dispatch_semaphore_t) to write unit tests for multi-threaded code that executes on background queues.
Explains how to implement auto-retry for concurrent commands in CQRS using the ncqrs framework to handle ConcurrencyExceptions.
Analysis of CSS vendor prefixes' failures and proposals for new web standards strategies to address bloat and compatibility issues.
A developer recounts how a spare OS partition saved his presentation after a critical disk failure, highlighting the importance of backup strategies.
Security flaw exposes database passwords on 1% of CMS sites due to text editor backup files being publicly accessible.
A VB.NET code snippet for retrieving a logged-in user's full display name from Active Directory in an ASP.NET application using Windows Authentication.
MyGet now supports publishing symbol packages for private feeds via SymbolSource.org integration, enabling easier debugging of NuGet packages.
