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Programmer Time Translation Table | Passion for Coding

Programmer Time Translation Table | Passion for Coding.   An experienced project manager I used to work with claimed that he took the programmers’ time estimates, multiplied by pi and converted to the...

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The Degradation of Java Developers

Software development industry is changing. It doesn’t need hackers anymore. It needs craftsmen who can configure and replace blocks of code when something stops working via The Degradation of Java...

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Android Developers Blog: New Google Play Developer Console Available to Everyone

You spend a lot of time in the Developer Console, so we overhauled the interface for you. It’s bright and appealing to look at, easy to find your way around using navigation and search, and it loads...

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PHP is much better than you think – Fabien Potencier

Rants about PHP are everywhere, and they even come from smart guys. When Jeff Atwood wrote yet another rant about PHP, it made me think about the good parts of PHP. via PHP is much better than you...

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JSON Editor Online – view, edit and format JSON online

All of our web services are JSON based services. As such I do a lot of debugging. This site will definitely be my go-to debugger. JSON Editor Online – view, edit and format JSON online.

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Unlock the 007 in you. You have 70 seconds! – YouTube

This is freakin’ great!

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Twitter survives election after Ruby-to-Java move • The Register

Micro-blogging site Twitter experienced record traffic as the results of the 2012 US Presidential election were announced on Tuesday night, but the service never faltered despite the increased load –...

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A little city I like to call home.

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The customer’s not irrational, it’s just how our brains work.

Ben Northrop – The User Interface and the Halo Effect. The customer’s not irrational, it’s just how our brains work. I am guilty of this exact thing, but it’s something that I’m trying to work on with...

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What’s the first thing I do with my Eclipse IDE?

I change my keybindings. As an OSX user, I’ve become quite accustomed to certain keyboard shortcuts. This thread on Stack Overflow has a good start on the keybindings I miss most. osx – Eclipse and its...

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2012: A Year in PHP – techPortal

A great write up on where/how PHP has evolved this past year, and what a year it’s been. Another year has passed, and yet again we find ourselves reflecting on what has happened in the world of PHP...

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PHP: The Right Way

There’s a lot of outdated information on the Web that leads new PHP users astray, propagating bad practices and bad code. This must stop. PHP: The Right Way is an easy-to-read, quick reference for PHP...

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Push message differences between Android and iPhone | Buzzing Android

Push message differences between Android and iPhone | Buzzing Android. A nice writeup of the basic differences between how the two platforms handle push messaging. My largest complaint about how iOS...

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Three Million Users · GitHub Blog

Monday night, on the very first day of our all-hands winter summit this week, the three millionth person signed up for a GitHub account. That’s three million developers building software better,...

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Paperman – Full Animated Short Film

If you haven’t seen this already, I highly suggest you check it out. It’ll be 6 minutes well spent. Paperman – Full Animated Short Film – YouTube.

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GIZMODO – The Tiny Transforming Apartment That Packs Eight Rooms into 350...

Why are apartments in Toronto not designed like this? Perfect for students, or recent grads. via GIZMODO – The Tiny Transforming Apartment That Packs Eight Rooms into 350 Square Feet on Vimeo.

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Five Ways To Write Better Code

Five Ways To Write Better Code | BrandonSavage.net. This article is a great reminder to all of us that we’re never done. I personally am trying to focus on point number 3. To that end I’ve been trying...

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Why Programmers Work At Night

This article rang so true with me, and I hate to quote a quote, however it’s just too perfect. On the other hand you have something PG calls the maker’s schedule – a schedule for those of us who...

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X Games 2013 ► REAL SNOW MIX

  I think these guys took Pro Skater a little too seriously… that said, I’m stoked. Let’s ride.  

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BlackBerry 10 Pull to Refresh

Pull to Refresh is a pretty expected gesture in mobile apps these days, and implementing it in BB10 is thankfully much easier than I had originally anticipated. I’ve created a github project for you...

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