Normally, when a new book rolls into our office, we subject it to Marshall McLuhan’s page 69 test. Flip to page 69, read what’s there. If the passage is any good, then the book’s worth a deeper browse.
Throwing one awayOne of the (many) classic essays in The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks is titled "Plan to throw one away." Our first solution to a complex software development problem, he says, is not going to be fit for the intended purpose. So we will end up dumping it and starting over.
Dependency graphs in Visual Studio 2012Author: Kalyan Bandarupalli. categories: Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012 Dependency graphs helps you visualise how your code is organised and understand its dependencies. This could be useful when you are working with un-familiar code.
Little-Known Awesome Algorithms: Fenwick Trees – Rapidly Find Cumulative FrFor years, Microsoft engineers have quietly limited Hotmail passwords to 16 characters, a revelation that has surprised and concerned some users who have long entered passcodes twice that long to access accounts.
How to Choose Colours Procedurally (Algorithms)Changing the colours of art can be a great way to increase the amount of content in your game, and add variety and richness. It is relatively easy to implement. What is not always as easy is to get a set of colours that looks nice.
Filepicker and Aviary - Image uploading on steroidsWe all have been using the same code for uploading images for years, but didn't you always feel that there is something wrong with it? For every other task like writing texts, picking a date, selecting from lot of choices we have a good tool that can help in implementing such feature and improve th
Version your RESTful API responsesIn my previous post, I discussed the idea of adding sync to your RESTful API through a predictable and an already existing interface. This time, let’s take a look at how to go about versioning you API.
You Say You Want An Education?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.