When developers think about a globally-unique identifier, they usually think of UUIDs (or GUIDs) and will then create a table with a GUID as a primary key. This is problematic if your system grows or your writes/second increase.
Typography in 8 bits: System fontsMy love of typography originated in the 80's with the golden years of 8-bit home computing and their 8×8 pixel mono-spaced fonts on low-resolution displays.
The History of the Modern Graphics ProcessorThe evolution of the modern graphics processor begins with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995, followed by the widespread adoption of the 32-bit operating systems and the affordable personal computer.
NuGet Package of the Week: ImageProcessor - lightweight image manipulation in C#I really enjoy image manipulation in code. Sure, resizing photos is fun in Photoshop, but there's something viscerally enjoyable when you change images with your own code. I've talked about image resizing libraries like ImageResizer before, but there's certainly room for more than one.
INTRODUCING: The Future of .NET on the ServerJoin the Lesser Scotts, Hunter and Hanselman, as they introduce you to new thinking around ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. What does ASP.NET look like in 2014 and beyond? In a world of NuGets and modular frameworks, of lightweight VMs, how could ASP.
The greatest bug I never fixedBugs ain't fun. Except when they are. This is the story of the greatest bug I never fixed. In an earlier life I wrote addons for World of Warcraft.
RIP GACOn May 13th, 2014, family and friends of the Microsoft .NET Global Assembly Cache announced that it is losing its long battle with runaway bloat, and has gone into a coma from which it is unlikely to recover. After nearly one and a half decades of faithful service, the G.A.C.
In search of the perfect URL validation regexTo clarify, I’m looking for a decent regular expression to validate URLs that were entered as user input with. I have no interest in parsing a list of URLs from a given string of text (even though some of the regexes on this page are capable of doing that).
Monitorama PDX 2014 - James MickensJames Mickens' session from Monitorama PDX 2014.
An ode to 17 database in 33 minutes : RailsConf 2014 by tobyhedeIn 2010 Facebook claimed that they had the largest Hadoop cluster in the world with 21 PB of storage. On June 13, 2012 they announced the data had grown to 100 PB. On November 8, 2012 they announced the warehouse grows by roughly half a PB per day. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate.
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.