Development Notes, News and Ramblings
Adam Bosworth has som thougths on what a database ought to do.
“… If open source, I wonder if the software itself, should cost at all? Open Source solutions would undoubtedly get hacked more quickly to be robust and truly scalable across nice simple software. It wouldn’t be as pointwise fast, but the whole point […]
Bob Parsons rules for survival. Now here is a guy with some major major experience. This is the kind of stuff that I love to reread on a frequent basis. My wife loves Dr. Phil on TV. I think he is a joke for a medical professional. More of a huckster/entertainer than anything. Bob’s […]
Lately I’ve seen some really nice software come out of Australia. Way to go! Here is a very impressive UML modeling tool that averages about $300.00 per dev for 1-4 licenses. If you have ever tried to create a proper UML diagram in Visio you will aprreciate this tool.
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For the past 3 months I’ve been working on a project that uses Oracle 8i. It made me appreciate what MS has done right with SQL Server. Beginning with a free limited version of the bits that developers can use, all the way up to the Enterprise product that comes in at what […]
I came across Carl Franklins utility program to deploy application updates via a “click-once” metaphore. It took me back to a project I worked on about 8 years ago using Access 2.0 That project proved to me what a good programmer can do even with limited resources. We literally built a state of […]
Guess I’m late to the party since this was originally posted by Chris Sells in November of last year (or thereabouts). Nonetheless this is terrific fun. I hope the guy got his job. I love it.
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Dino Esposito published this on MSDN. It does contain some interesting points about the underlying structure of controls in 2.0
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I read Groklaw here and there for the entertainment value. It lists some juicy details of lawsuits that almost border on the realm of soap operas if it wasn’t so serious. Here is the background to this action related to the company that owns SCO and is appearantly run by some real lunatics who are […]
This is a bit funny. A USB 2.0 drive in the form of a glowing Tiki. Hmmm those of us on the West Coast who know Fry’s Electronics probably think its a match made in heaven.
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Christop Wille mentions that “…In the article The 80/20 Rule for Web Application Security, there is one security solution proposed to protect sensitive cookies: adding the httpOnly flag. This attribute prevents cookies from being accessed through client-side script, thus mitigating the risk of cross-site scripting.”
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There is a quote of mine on the inside cover of Ingo Rammer’s new book on .NET Remoting. Its very flattering and my ego really enjoyed the boost - all the way up until the point when I noticed that the blog address listed there points to my old radio blog. On top of […]
Rocky has an article up. When I get some time I’d really like to read it. He’s been doing a lot of ruminating about SOA lately so this should be interesting
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Via Mike Gunderloy . Comparison of the frameworks. Hint - Log4Net totally beats the pants off the MS Solution.
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Kinda funny. “Would you buy a used Operating System from this man?” RealTechNews.com - Independent Tech
This may seem a bit random, but one of the blogs I saw recently mentioned this fan as a replacement for a water cooling system. (As long as you weren’t overclocking). So for posterity, here is a link.
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Wikiphilia: A mental illness characterized by the irrational conviction that any problem faced by a group can be rendered solvable through installation and use of a Wiki.
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Wikiphilia - The New Illness
In case you don’t know, I’m a huge fan of LLBLGen. Its one of the most useful tools I have seen in the past 3 years. Interestingly the customer base of this product had been afflicted with a slight case of “CodeSmith-envy”. Never mind the fact that LLBLGen can outproduce CodeSmith in so many areas. […]
Summary: Get guidance on dealing with the Username token: examine two classes of attacks against a typical system that employs Username tokens, and discover mitigating techniques to bolster your system against these attacks. (10 printed pages)
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Microsoft Research in Cambridge have released the WSE Policy Advisor for Microsoft Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0. The Policy Advisor is an an unsupported tool that acts as a security diagnosis tool for WSE2 policy files (think of it as an FxCop for web service security policy files).
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That’s the title of a new book by Mike Gunderloy, one of my favorite bloggers and authors.
I should tell you that Fogbugz is produced by Joel Spolsky who in my opinion seems to be rather taken with himself. I always thought Joel was a bit of a windbag. If I talked about my adventurous […]