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Keep the plumbing out of my living room
When it comes to writing software and deciding where to store files, Windows sets certain areas of the system aside and makes them easily discoverable. Some developers don't care. Don't be that developer.
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When being connected is not
Nearly a century ago, Norman Rockwell captured an aspect of human nature that's probably been around since the first time a caveman found some gossip etched into a cave wall. In one frame, we see our drive to be "in the know", our fear of missing out, and how ridiculous it looks from the outside....
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The unappreciated gift of maintenance
The new captivates and excites us, but it's maintaining the old that requires (and creates) in us true appreciation and wisdom, as well as a discerning eye and clever mind....
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10 corporate sites from the 90s that your gram could've made
25 years ago, one site design was as bad as the next, and the bar was at an all-time low. I dug a few sites up on the Wayback Machine ... let's poke fun at the 90's!...
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The Law of Demeter, a practical example
Our manager organized a book club at work, and we're currently running through The Pragmatic Programmer - the original, not...
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The storm before the calm
Life is full of storms, everything from light showers to squalls. Little ones, big ones. Ones we create, ones we're swept up in. But they never last forever, even if they sometimes feels like it. There's always a calm after the storm....
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The nsfw quotes of Notepad++
The author of Notepad++ loves his quotes... unfortunately some of them are nsfw and he recently decided to plaster one on the installer screen. 😬...
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Let's google "a failure to communicate"
2 years. 1000+ users. 4.5 rating. Then Google freezes my browser extension without a clear reason. It was a frustrating waste of time trying to work with them, and reminded me how badly the behemoth of tech stinks at dealing with people....
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