Explores the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, a software license allowing temporary proprietary use of improvements before open-sourcing.
A comparison of Git and Mercurial focusing on their fundamental design philosophies and user experience, rather than just features or speed.
Discusses the shift from chasing website visitor numbers to focusing on deeper user engagement and content contribution in a saturated web.
A developer's postmortem analysis of their first shooter game, 'The Chronicles of Bim: The 100 Fake Afros', discussing development time, features, and shortcomings.
Tutorial on programmatically working with External Lists using SharePoint 2010 BCS and the SharePoint object model.
Author announces blog reactivation and discusses technical changes to his static blogging infrastructure, including Blosxom and Disqus.
A walkthrough on setting up Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010 to connect external SQL databases with SharePoint lists.
A tutorial on creating an externally accessible TCP endpoint for a Worker Role in Microsoft Azure, including code examples.
A review of Douglas Crockford's book 'JavaScript: The Good Parts' and how it changed the author's perspective on the language.
A developer details their migration from a dynamic Django site to the static site generator Hyde, explaining the technical motivations and process.
A programmer argues that innate talent, particularly intelligence, is a significant factor in programming skill, contrasting with the 'hard work over talent' viewpoint.
A new Googler expresses pride in the company's ethical stance against censorship in China and discusses tech industry implications.
A review of 'Dive into Python 3', a book for programmers learning Python, covering its content, style, and availability.
A guide to implementing custom field ordering in ASP.NET MVC 2 templated helpers using a custom OrderAttribute and metadata provider.
Announcing django-wsgi, a package to bridge Django and the WSGI world, allowing Django views/URLConfs to be exposed as WSGI apps and vice versa.
A developer announces moving their blog to a custom Django-based platform, thanking contributors for hosting and design.
A developer's troubleshooting guide for handling AS3 mouse events, specifically MOUSE_LEAVE and MOUSE_OUT, in Flash navigation.
Guide to creating event receivers with custom error pages in SharePoint 2010 using Visual Studio 2010.
Overview of relational lists in SharePoint 2010, including joins, projected fields, and relational integrity options.
Explores how cognitive dissonance and diverse perspectives are essential for overcoming confirmation bias and driving innovation in tech and problem-solving.
