2014

  • Proper Code Styling

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    I look at a lot of code. In my job, recreationally on weekends. Everywhere I see people using a specific coding style and, upon pushback, defend it in the sake of brevity. I’m talking about braceless one-line conditionals.

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  • Quality Traffic

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    If you’re reading this, you’re probably in my target reader group. If you have left a comment previously, you’re definitely in that group. So, unscientifically, what prompts you to leave a comment and engage in the conversation?

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  • Pick a Topic

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    Today, I wanted to share some tips for picking article topics when you’re otherwise faced with writers’ block.

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  • DVCS is Broken

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    While Git (and Mercurial) is a lifesaver when it comes to easily branching, tagging, and resolving merge conflicts, Subversion (and TFS and the like) is superior when it comes to sub-project management.

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  • Understanding Parallel Processing

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    When I explain to people that I enjoy writing code in C# more than PHP, they scratch their collective heads and, with a quizzical look, always respond, “why?” My biggest reason: I really enjoy working with parallel processing.

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