Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Text to UML Diagrams - Online tools

  Published: 11 Jul, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  An introduction to text-based tools for creating UML diagrams, highlighting SVG-Sequence-Diagram, js-sequence-diagrams, and websequencediagrams.com, with an example of a request-poll-response style architecture.

• The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider

  Published: 26 Jun, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  Emphasizes the importance of simplicity in engineering, arguing that simpler code is more valuable to an organization and advocating for a focus on efficiency over complexity.

• Request-Acknowledge-Poll as a service design pattern

  Published: 10 Apr, 2013 |  at  03:40 PM

  An explanation of the Request/Acknowledge service design pattern, including variations like Request/Acknowledge/Poll and Request/Acknowledge/Callback, and their implementation in reducing temporal coupling.

• MongoDB - Geospatial Indexing and Advanced Queries

  Published: 7 Feb, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  An overview of MongoDB's geospatial indexing and advanced queries, highlighting its advantages over traditional MySQL algorithms for geospatial data.

• Twitter Bootstrap responsive design features problem YUI Compressor

  Published: 23 Jan, 2013 |  at  03:53 PM

  An overview of an issue with Twitter Bootstrap responsive design classes when using YUI Compressor, and a solution to fix the problem.

• Why you should never say "click here" in anchor text

  Published: 29 Sep, 2012 |  at  01:53 PM

  An explanation of why using 'click here' in anchor text is detrimental to user experience, and the benefits of using more descriptive anchor text.

• The lowdown on DateTime vs DateTimeOffset

  Published: 1 Aug, 2012 |  at  03:52 PM

  An explanation of the differences between DateTime and DateTimeOffset in .NET, highlighting the advantages of using DateTimeOffset for timezone-aware date and time handling.

• Why .NET developers should use NodaTime

  Published: 30 Jul, 2012 |  at  03:52 PM

  An explanation of the benefits of using NodaTime for date and time handling in .NET applications, highlighting its advantages over the .NET date and time API.

• Understanding open source code licensing models

  Published: 20 Jul, 2012 |  at  11:58 AM

  An explanation of the importance of adhering to open source license terms when using someone else's code, highlighting the need to respect copyright notices and license conditions.

• How to contribute to open source projects on Github

  Published: 14 Jul, 2012 |  at  03:46 PM

  A guide on how to properly contribute to open source projects on GitHub, covering forking, branching, making changes, and submitting pull requests.