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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 the 2nd edition published last Fall. If anyone is reading that, I'd love to know if it really updates things for modern programming and whether it seems necessary. The original
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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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Just a dash o pepper with my repo, thanks
I found an unusual account while querying GitHub for users, aaand... having nowhere else to go right now, I decided to investigate it....
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Using CSS and Stylus to bend the web to your will
Did you know you have to power to control the look and feel of every site you visit? Change colors, move things around, hide anything in your way.. let's learn how!...
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13 addons to power up your GitHub game
GitHub is an amazing set of tools around Git, but it's lacking in certain areas. Where it fails to impress, browser addons often pick up the slack. Here's 13 addons (plus a few honorable mentions) that will take your GitHub experience to the next level!...
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Yes, it's possible to test a WinForms app... using MVP
If you find yourself supporting a WinForms application, you're likely to notice the tests... or lack thereof. Just because we may not have been so focused on automated tests and continuous integration when WinForms was younger, that doesn't mean we can't introduce them now. Better late than never!...
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