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There’s an interesting discussion in the comments on the Coding Horror blog in which Jeff suggests that Your password alone should be enough information for the ...

UPDATE: Added a followup part 2 to this post on the topic of granular control. We have all experienced the trouble caused by plugins that break when an application that ...

With Ted Neward’s recent post on the morass that is Object-Relational mapping , there has been a lot of discussion going around on the topic. In the comments on Atwood...

Now I like to take shots at myself for producing drivel now and then, but today, I’m going to take a shot at someone else’s drivel. I really should be working right...

A while ago I wrote that a client often often does not know what he wants until he sees it. I was referring to software development, but this is common across many profession...

A recent confrontational thread within the Subtext forums that I shared with Rob Conery got us into a discussion about the challenges of dealing with difficult members of a...

Specifications are for the weak and timid! This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code! You cannot really apprecia...

Patrick Cauldwell points out that the challenge of coding a business app isn’t in writing the code, that’s easy. The challenge is in understanding business require...

A while ago, Jeff Atwood wrote about the merits of laziness for successful software developers. Lest this become the mantra of sub-performing developers everywhere, I wante...

One common objection I hear to TDD and writing unit tests is that it creates a lot of extra work to develop software. And this is true, but it does not give a complete picture....

While we’re on the topic of appropriate analogies for software development, my homie Micah writes a post about how certain analogies fall short, and he compares writing ...

Disclaimer As is customary when a non-lawyer attempts to discuss the finer points of the law, I must start with a disclaimer. I know some fine lawyers, but I, sir, am not ...

As a kid, one of my favorite tools I had was a shiny red cased Victorinox swiss army knife. I’d carry that sucker around with me everywhere, using the main blade to tackl...

Intro I have a bit of “me” time today to write some code and I thought I’d treat myself to something light and fun by building something purely for its flas...

A religious war is a very passionate conflict or argument in which each side is absolutely convinced of the objective truth of his own position on a matter of personal preferen...