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Development Practices • Mar 11, 2014

How to Avoid Stupid Programming Mistakes

I immediately took a step back and thought about how I’ve approached being stuck in the past and what I could do differently next time.

Project & Team Management • Mar 04, 2014

Considering a New Methodology? First, Understand the Question

We often fall into the trap of implementing solutions before understanding the question we are trying to answer.

Web Apps • Feb 26, 2014

Package Management Options in JavaScript

Here are a few of the more popular choices and how they approach JavaScript dependency/package management.

Development Practices • Feb 24, 2014

Dumb Development Mistake Checklist

Don't fall into the same traps that so many other developers fall into. Next time you're stuck, run through this list to make sure you're not wasting time.

DevOps & System Admin. • Feb 23, 2014

Extending Google Sheets: Uptime Monitor

Google Sheets and Google Apps Scripting are powerful. Using them to build an uptime monitor is awesome and free!

Platforms & Languages • Feb 16, 2014

String Tricks that Bash Knows

A couple of quick string operations you can do in pure bash shell scripts.

Growing as Makers • Feb 15, 2014

Resources for Getting Back Up to Speed in Software Development

In order to move my career back into the software development field, I needed to update my technical skills. Here's how I brought myself back up to speed.

Extracurricular Activities • Feb 09, 2014

Using an OpenPGP Smartcard with GnuPG

How to use GnuPG to transfer subkeys to an OpenPGP Smartcard and use it with OS X for encryption, signing, and SSH authentication.

UX/Design Practices • Feb 06, 2014

Decomposing a Large-scale Design Project

A systematic method for breaking a large design project into activities, features, and tasks — helping you spend your time in the most valuable places.

Evolving the Industry • Feb 04, 2014

Change the World: Mentor FIRST Robotics

Who makes the maker world of science and technology so exciting that kids want to join it? FIRST robotics does.

Extracurricular Activities • Feb 02, 2014

Hacking EVE, Part 4 – Prettying Things Up with Mustache

A tutorial on using Mustache to dynamically render the contents of a build tree.

.NET / WPF • Jan 27, 2014

Testing C#.Net Async Code

Conventional wisdom around the Internet seems to be that writing async tests is hard enough that it's okay to avoid it. I disagree.