Exploring challenges with downcasing UTF-8 strings containing Polish characters using command-line tools like tr and dd.
A technical guide comparing SqlBulkCopy vs. SqlDataAdapter for high-speed data loading into SQL Server, demonstrating significant performance gains.
Oracle terminates its official Support Blog and social media presence, silencing direct community communication about support issues.
Explores the Aikon project, a robotic artist using Python, SciPy, and the Enthought Tool Suite to create sketches, blending art and technology.
Announcing EuroScipy 2010, a European conference on Python for scientific computing, featuring tutorials and keynote speakers in Paris.
A developer shares three key methods for improving technical skills: learning by doing, participating in communities, and sharing knowledge through blogging.
Performance comparison of three methods for sorting in-memory DataTables in C#/.NET, with LINQ to DataSet emerging as the fastest.
Explains the dangers of improper JavaScript global variables and introduces a tool called badglobals.js to detect them during runtime analysis.
Compares three methods for passing multiple IDs to a SQL Server stored procedure: CSV lists, XML, and Table Valued Parameters.
A critical analysis of the original iPad's limitations, including lack of multitasking, USB ports, Flash support, and its closed software ecosystem.
A developer shares their anticipation and planned schedule for the QCon London 2010 conference, focusing on architecture, .NET, and scalability.
Developer announces joining SpringSource/VMware as Senior Consultant, reflecting on past work with Spring and enterprise Java.
A developer shares their Clojure implementation of the Set card game, including game logic and a Swing-based GUI, in under 250 lines of code.
Analysis of a now-removed blog post containing performance results from an Oracle Exadata V2 proof-of-concept test.
Explains the importance of clearing SQL Server's data and execution plan caches for fair query performance comparisons during tuning.
A C# and SQL Server developer explains his motivation for starting a technical blog to share coding challenges and solutions.
Explains JavaScript's function-level scoping and the hoisting of variable and function declarations, using examples to clarify common pitfalls.
A practical guide to quickly improving website performance using free tools for image compression, CSS/JS minification, and sprite generation.
A blog post discussing the power of data visualization, using a mind-mapping software comparison as an example of how visuals can mislead or clarify.
Explores solving the running median problem in Python, comparing clever, educational, and research approaches, and presents an indexable skiplist solution.
