What is Overcommit? And why is it bad? There are a lot of misunderstandings of memory management on Linux, leading to a lot of bad software that fails to robustly handle low-memory conditions. This all stems from a basic myth: On Linux, malloc never fails.
Strategy: Stop Using Linked-ListsWhat data structure is more sacred than the link list? If we get rid of it what silly interview questions would we use instead? But not using linked-lists is exactly what Aater Suleman recommends in Should you ever use Linked-Lists?
Old-school programming techniques you probably don't missComputerworld - Despite its complexity, the software development process has gotten better over the years. "Mature" programmers remember how many things required manual intervention and hand-tuning back in the day.
In-memory Data Caching – few insights.The content below assumes single Web server hosting the web application. I’m using Framework 4.0, WebForms and System.Runtime.Caching namespace’s MemoryCache class (the in-memory cache provider) meaning cache is stored in web-server’s memory.
How to setup a Load Balanced Web Farm of Virtual Machines (Linux or otherwise) on Windows Azure (command line)A buddy of mine was thinking to move some of his Linux-based website to Azure. If you're running a Web Site that this node.js, ASP, ASP.NET, or PHP, it's easiest to use Azure Web Sites. I showed how to do setup Azure Web Sites in minutes with Git in this post.
Functional Programming in 5 MinutesHappy Eliza Doolittle day all; today seems like an appropriate day for careful elocution of technical jargon. So today, yet another question about "scope". As one of the more over-used jargon terms in programming languages, I get a lot of questions about it.
I pretty much discovered programming by messing around with my Action Replay as... : Hacker NewsI remember one weekend I got to use the main TV and plugged in the dreamcast. Found the codejunkies forum and there were a bunch of people doing things that I had been doing. Some random names, I remember Dr Ian, FoxDie, SubDrag, Krusha...
Fluent APIs and Method ChainingOf the vast catalog of design patterns available at our disposal, often times I find it is the simpler, less prominent patterns which people use quite frequently, yet receive much less recognition. A good example of this is the Method Chaining Pattern.
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.