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A collection of 12 issues

A hosting malfunction.

If you’re reading this article, it means the website is up and running as it’s supposed to. I should put a notice like this everywhere, but why would I need to in the first place? If you’re a regular on my website, then you might have noticed

Reading other people's code.

It's more of a question actually. What's it like to read other's people code and why you should be prepared? Well, the evil doers over at the powerful and evil Abstruse Goose Corporation made this into a bloody good comic [http://abstrusegoose.com/432]. Go read it and then come

Are we too dependent of the tools we use?

A few weeks ago, I had the unfortunate chance or let's say "opportunity", of working on something without going through my usual workflow. And what did I learn from that experience? Well, that you are as good as the tools you use and the most important thing, that stuck with

Developers and holidays. A weird relationship?

'tis the holiday season! Maybe you're coming or going home for the holidays. Whatever maybe the case, you rejoice the fact that you finally have a break from all the stuff that happened this year. It doesn't matter how well this year went, what's important is that it's all over

A developer's tools of the trade.

You, me and your weird cousin that thinks he can make websites out of macaroni, well we're developers (At least some of us are!). We rely on some sort of service or tool to get our work done, right? Right! Sometimes the tools we use are super complicated IDEs or

Let me CMS your stuff!

Let's begin from the premise that you as a well established developer, know what a CMS is, so I won't lecture you on what one is because I'm sure you know a few, love one or loathe another, that's why I'll get straight to the point. In all my years

Developers, stop hiding!

Let's start this "rant" with a slight deviation from the main topic, but don't worry about it we'll get back to it, by quoting someone much wiser and more experienced than me, Scott Hanselman [http://www.hanselman.com/about/], who said something like this, in his articleThe Myth of the

Terminal, do you speak it?

> "What OS you from?" "What?" "'What' aint no OS I ever heard of! They speak Terminal in 'what'?" "What?" "Terminal, motherfucker, do you speak it?" Well maybe you don't, what happens then? Good question, let's ask the almighty Wiki. Maybe it can answer what a Terminal is? Almighty Wiki, what

Open Source. The story? The facts?

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … ups, wrong tale! Our story begins in the same place where all computer related stuff happen! China? No, somewhere between Palo Alto, CA , the great wizards castle of Bell Labs and IBM’s scary dungeon-forest headquarters, in a time when