A 2009 article questioning the activity and relevance of local Linux User Groups (LUGs) in the internet age, asking for reader experiences.
Announcing PHPLinq 0.4.0, a PHP library bringing .NET's LINQ query capabilities to arrays, XML, and databases.
A review of the book 'ASP.NET 3.5 Social Networking,' focusing on its practical lessons in building scalable, maintainable software using modern design patterns.
Django 1.1 introduces a new admin URL system using standard resolvers, allowing URL reversal and custom URL-providing objects.
A review of the book 'ASP.NET 3.5 Application Architecture and Design', covering its content and target audience for developers new to architectural concepts.
Part 4 of a series on migrating an ASP.NET MVC app to Windows Azure, focusing on implementing authentication using Windows Live ID.
Explains how to create an efficient timeline view in Django by merging multiple sorted querysets to minimize database queries.
A discussion on the risks and benefits of using Django's undocumented internal APIs, with advice on managing compatibility.
A startup founder shares key lessons on building a successful tech startup, focusing on business models, hiring, and avoiding excessive VC funding.
A technical guide on creating a generic LazyForeignKey field in Django to simplify foreign key relationships and add custom manager functionality.
A 2008 review of the iPod Touch 2nd Gen, praising its design and functionality while criticizing Apple's closed ecosystem and App Store policies.
A 2008 blog post praising Google Chrome's smooth performance and potential, despite early limitations like a lack of plugins.
Article compares ext4 vs ext3 filesystem check (fsck) speeds, showing ext4 is significantly faster based on real-world laptop tests.
ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 integrates community-contributed features like error handling filters, output caching, and membership functionality.
A developer shares their experience converting their laptop to use the ext4 filesystem, noting a minor bug and plans for wider testing.
A tutorial on creating a custom GridView extension method for ASP.NET MVC using C# lambdas for templating, paging, and editing.
A Common Lisp library for handling netstrings, now available on GitHub and asdf-installable.
Highlights two new Team Foundation Server projects on CodePlex: TeamReview for in-IDE code reviews and TFS Sticky Buddy for project status tracking.
Explores the new strong typing system in Javascript 2.0, covering type annotations, enforcement, and reduced type coercion.
An obituary for the XEmacs fork, reflecting on its history, technical contributions to the Emacs ecosystem, and its eventual decommissioning.
