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Live Online Regular Expression Tool

I used to use the regexp tool in Komodo. But since they stopped offering the $25 ‘personal’ version I lost my enthusiasm a bit. The online alternative I keep returning to:...

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Ruby crc16 implementation

I needed a crc16 in order to feed some data to a dinosaur. Google couldn’t help me this time so I rolled my own. The pre-calc table was borrowed from a python implementation. Hope this saves someone...

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The hidden cost of interrupting knowledge workers

The November issue of pragpub has an interesting article on interruptions. The article is written by Brian Tarbox, who also mentions the article on his blog. I like the subtitle: ‘Simple Strategies for...

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Your Developers Aren’t Bricklayers, They’re Writers

If you have ten programmers, the best one is probably at least five times better compared to the worst one. No shit. Define better: he works faster, produces less bugs and writes more readable, logical...

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Everyone uses Java/C# and Oracle, why choose something else?

If the tech guy (or girl) advises going for a less common technology, and something goes wrong, he’ll get blamed. “Why didn’t you use Java/Oracle/IBM like everyone else does?” And you can be sure that...

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