Tips for writing maintainable code with good commenting, descriptive naming, and consistency to help future developers.
A blog post exploring Donald Knuth's analysis of optimal tic-tac-toe strategy and a historical anecdote about a Bell Labs machine.
A guide to clustering Scala Actors using Terracotta for distributed, fault-tolerant, and highly available concurrent applications.
Explains how to implement load-balanced session state partitioning in ASP.NET to distribute sessions across multiple state servers efficiently.
Explains how to implement ASP.NET Session State Partitioning to scale session storage across multiple servers using a custom resolver.
Analyzes Microsoft's IE8 version targeting feature, its impact on web development, and the debate around its implementation.
Introducing PHPLinq, a library that brings C#-style Language Integrated Query (LINQ) functionality to PHP for querying arrays and objects.
A tutorial on using CSS and JavaScript to display a link's URL when printing a webpage, with a workaround for Internet Explorer.
A 2008 personal review comparing the Sony PRS-505 e-reader to the Kindle, focusing on design, cost, and superior open-source software support.
Explains how to use JavaScript branching to create efficient conditional functions, avoiding repeated browser capability checks.
A developer reflects on a year of growth, including becoming an Apache Cocoon committer, presenting at ApacheCon, and exploring new technologies like Apache Wicket.
A response to programmer stereotypes, arguing that developers shouldn't be ashamed of imperfect code if they are committed to continuous learning and improvement.
A tutorial on creating an ASP.NET handler to preview Word (.docx) files as HTML using OpenXML and LINQ to XML.
A historical look at the 'Crabs' program, a playful but destructive early window system experiment that violated bitmap screen rules.
Explains CSS specificity, how it's calculated, and how it determines which styles are applied to HTML elements.
Explains how to use JavaScript prototypes for inheritance and method sharing, improving memory efficiency and code structure.
Explores implementing Forms-based security in ASP.NET MVC, covering Web.config limitations and using Code Access Security attributes for authorization.
An introduction to using classes in JavaScript to create reusable, organized code for object-oriented programming.
A developer critiques the EWMH specification for limiting window manager flexibility, especially regarding multi-head setups and desktop management.
Tips for making CSS development smoother, covering common browser bugs, frequent testing, troubleshooting techniques, and essential resources.
