A reflection on how a company's interview process reveals its culture and state, with advice on structuring behavioral and technical interviews.
Advocates for a user-centric approach in tech projects, prioritizing user needs over company goals for better outcomes.
Troubleshooting a BI Publisher error when creating Quartz scheduler tables due to insufficient database privileges.
A guide to exposing an on-premise database to Azure applications securely using OData and the Azure AppFabric Service Bus.
A developer shares a public-domain SVG world map for visualizing country-specific data, created as a static alternative to matplotlib basemap.
A developer uses Webgrind, a PHP profiling tool, to identify and fix performance bottlenecks in inherited code, reducing database queries and page load time.
Author shares their SXSW panel submission on web performance and neuroscience, and recommends other tech-focused talks they hope get selected.
A technical guide on using Emacs Lisp to plot BBDB contact addresses onto a Google Maps static map for visualization.
Exploring the idea of automatic login via notification emails, discussing the tradeoffs between usability and security.
A technical guide on using Windows Azure AppFabric Labs' Access Control Service for simplified, claims-based authentication across multiple identity providers.
A guide explaining Mercurial Queues (MQ) for Git users, comparing it to Git's index and showing its advanced capabilities.
Explains how to pass a TABLE variable into a dynamic SQL statement in SQL Server, including code examples.
The rainbow-mode Emacs package was rejected from core but added to the package repository, with new features like hsl() and CSS3 color names.
Argues against relying on human reasoning for decisions, advocating for data-driven, scientific approaches like experimentation in tech and business.
A guide to geotagging photos from non-GPS cameras using an iPhone's background GPS tracking and desktop software.
A developer reflects on learning new tech like NoSQL databases, daily stand-ups, and contributing to communities to advance their career.
Announces the release of MvcSiteMapProvider 2.1.0 for ASP.NET MVC 2, detailing new features, bug fixes, and extensibility points.
Lea Verou announces her CSS3 talk at the Front-Trends 2010 conference, covering selectors, gradients, and new features.
A developer advocates for extreme simplicity in software design, sharing rules of thumb for writing maintainable code and avoiding unnecessary complexity.
A developer recounts their unsuccessful attempt to port D-Bus from Xlib to XCB, detailing the technical debate and rejection from maintainers.
