One of the things that grinds me the most in the New York City technology ruckus are products centered around another company or product’s APIs. At some point, there has to be a plan to move away from that dependence. This has even come up in a conversation with a good friend and esteemed colleague [...]
Archive for May, 2011
May 26, 2011
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Let’s talk Wu-Tang, shall we?
By admin in The Missing PersonAs anyone can attest, Wu-Tang is a favorite topic of mine. One of my good friends and I could sit down with multiple pitchers of beer and dissect the Clan for a few hours at a time. They really are that deep, especially when you consider the combination of personalities, the mythology, and the output [...]
May 26, 2011
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Short update: fun with Regex
By admin in TechDatesSo I’ve been coding like crazy lately, trying to learn a bunch of new things and get some code out there. One of the latest things has been my encounters with Regular Expressions. In three seperate instances in the past three days, I’ve been challenged to use RegEx to draw data out of some files. [...]
May 15, 2011
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Coding is Psychological
By admin in TechDatesJust a theory folks. My reasoning is this: what programmer enjoys working in a disorganized codebase for any extended period of time? Maybe jumping in, making some superficial changes and jumping out will work for a little bit. However, muddling through a codebase that has been given no higher level of thought will not work [...]
May 1, 2011
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Look, maybe you should sit down.
By admin in TechDatesListen, we need to talk. Or… well maybe you need to listen, and I have to come clean. Look. I’ve been using… well I’ve been using WordPress. I know. I mean, not just for this blog. But I mean, I’ve been developing around it. And in it too. *sigh* I know what you’re thinking. Me, [...]