I really like the Chrome browser. It wasn't until recently that I looked into creating extensions and was surprised by how simple it was. If you know basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript then you know all you need to be able to extend your Chrome browser in multitudes of ways.
But I already wrote itA few weeks ago, we set out to implement a feature that enabled back office users to set a new rate ahead of time. With our analyst and the involved user being out of the office for days, we had to solely rely on written requirements.
Beautiful Native LibrariesI'm obsessed with nice APIs. Not just APIs however, also in making the overall experience of using a library as good as possible.
Cookieless cookiesThere is another obscure way of tracking users without using cookies or even Javascript. It has already been used by numerous websites but few people know of it. This page explains how it works and how to protect yourself.
Decoupling Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — Philip WaltonAny non-trivial site or application on the Web today will contain a large amount of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. As the use of the Internet evolves and our dependence on it increases, having a plan for organizing and maintaining your front-end code is an absolute must.
Why Software Projects are Terrible and How Not To Fix ThemIf you are a good developer and you’ve worked in bad organizations, you often have ideas to improve the process. The famous Joel Test is a collection of 12 such ideas.
PetaPocoPetaPoco is a tiny, fast, single-file micro-ORM for .NET and Mono. PetaPoco was original inspired by Rob Conery's Massive project but for use with non-dynamic POCO objects.
How I learned to stop worrying and write my own ORMOur web tier was running hot, it was often hitting 100% CPU. This was caused by a combination of factors, we made a few mistakes here and there. We allowed a few expensive operation to happen a bit too concurrently and … there were some framework issues.
Testing 3 million hyperlinks, lessons learnedThere are over 3 million distinct links in the Stack Exchange network. Over time many of these links rot and stop working. Recently, I spent some time writing tools to determine which links are broken and assist the community in fixing them.
Responsive Pain PointsIf you've got any practical experience designing and developing complex user interfaces for multiple screen sizes, you know that everybody hurts; sometimes.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.