Category Archives: Rant

The last vestiges of Hungarian notation

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Jimmy Bogard

Certain arguments seem to resurface every few years, like whether or not to use a mocking framework, and more recently on Twitter on why .NET still uses Hungarian notation in a few select cases, namely: Interfaces Generic type parameter names … Continue reading →

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Flash on smartphones

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Jimmy Bogard

I had a great chuckle in this article linked from Daring Fireball about 10 reasons why the Droid Bionic will score over the iPhone 5, and one of the reasons being the support of Flash (emphasis mine): This is a … Continue reading →

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Gawker sites breaking the web

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jimmy Bogard

Another baffling feature of the new Gawker sites re-design is that it appears that they’ve broken the browser’s Back button. Starting at http://gizmodo.com, I’ll click a link for an article: That brings up the Web 3.0 Frames magic and replaces … Continue reading →

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Attack of the pseudo-frames

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Jimmy Bogard

AKA, folks are getting a little too clever in AJAX-land.  There was a joke going around when “new twitter” launched that “old twitter” is what Steve Jobs would have designed if his engineers started with “new twitter”.  Looking at any … Continue reading →

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To Thine Own Self Be True

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Gregory Long

This post is both a rant and a bit of encouragement to any aspiring developers – this will not have code. Gabriel posted a rant earlier which sparked quite a few comments including a number from a fairly frustrated individual. … Continue reading →

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The religion of dependency injection

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Jimmy Bogard

A quick way to explain a set of differing opinions is to label it as “a religious argument”.  In a post about using MEF on NerdDinner, Scott Hanselman showed an example on using poor man’s DI versus regular DI.  Now, … Continue reading →

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Quit Living in the Past – Practices Evolve

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Scott Reynolds

In 1846 it wasn’t a required practice for medical professionals to wash their hands or equipment when treating a patient. In 1847, Ignaz Semmelweis experimented and discovered that incidences of maternal death from Puerperal fever at Vienna General Hospital were … Continue reading →

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Smart and gets things done *right*

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Scott Reynolds

I suppose it’s time for the obligatory weigh-in on the latest bit o’ reckless software advice from Joel Spolsky on the merits of the “Duct Tape Programmer”. I think being a duct tape programmer is a bit like being an … Continue reading →

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Workaround is a Four-Letter Word

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Chris Missal

Today in a meeting I heard: “We can provide a workaround for you” and immediately wrote down the title of this post in my notepad. Obviously, workaround is not a four-letter word in reality, but does have nearly the same … Continue reading →

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Why are we so cheap with software?

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Jimmy Bogard

On twitter today, Ayende asked the question: should I offer a personal edition for NH Prof? If so, at what cost? If you’re not familiar with NHibernate Profiler, it’s Ayende’s for-profit, non-OSS NHibernate profiling tool.  Honestly, it looks like it … Continue reading →

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