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Mitch Pronschinske02/08/13
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An article by a Cornell professor sparks a debate about MongoDB's fault-tolerance, and we get to see how the CEO of Evernote gets things done. Plus Drupal 8 gets a new default editor and the greatest CSS3 demo of all time arrives!

Mitch Pronschinske02/07/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (2/7/13)

Why it's better to have someone else test your code and why you should make hiring women a priority. Plus, RubyMine 5, Topaz (a New Ruby), and Play 2.1 are released.

Mitch Pronschinske02/06/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (2/6/13)

Learn the difference between SO and Programming Stack Exchange with a little help from Bayes. Also find out about the 4 reasons your UX investment isn't paying off. Plus news around New Relic, MySQL, Java, and Ouya.

Mitch Pronschinske02/05/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (2/5/13)

A bunch of lecture videos just dropped for the programming languages course at Brown University. You'll also want to check out a new tool for changing website backrounds at will. Plus, you'll hear about a powerful new JS heatmap tool, the new release of Gradle, and more.

Mitch Pronschinske02/04/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (2/4/13)

Apple blocks Java on Mac, AWS global transfers get cheaper, and we look into some CS trends for PhDs. Plus, Bill Gates admits that Steve Jobs was cooler.

Mitch Pronschinske02/01/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (2/1/13)

No JCache for Java EE7, but the UK high court did just rule that programming languages are uncopyrightable.

Mitch Pronschinske01/31/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (1/31/13)

Some people are surprised by the Java 7 update and its "silent" removal of Java 6. Plus Bob Martin responds to Ted Neward's posts about software craftsman elitism. Rounding out the humor section, we have a graph correlating Internet Explorer Market Share vs Murder Rates.

Mitch Pronschinske01/30/13
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My Predictions for Agile in 2013

In this post, I’m going to provide some predictions that revolve around the world of agile software development that I believe will manifest (or continue to manifest) in 2013. Here is a summary of those predictions...

Mitch Pronschinske01/30/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want To Miss (1/30/13)

Neal Ford thinks functional programming is coming to all mainstream languages and he has a tutorial to prepare Java folks. Also, key leaders at 10gen and PuppetLabs sound off on their respective niches - NoSQL and DevOps.

Mitch Pronschinske01/28/13
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DZone Links You Don't Want to Miss! (1/28/13)

Stack Overflow stats on language popularity and the job market, Groovy reached 2.1, Apple did the right thing, and US immigration law could be improving. All of these stories plus 5 Tips to Optimize SSL, interactive Knockout.js tutorials, and 'the funnies'.

Mitch Pronschinske01/25/13
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FTP Server & MSMQ Integration

This demo shows how Serv-U Platinum writes out FTP server events (e.g., file uploaded) to MSMQ, and then uses a short C# application (source visible) to watch the queue, parse the FTP server messages, and download the related files using .NET's built-in FTP client.

Mitch Pronschinske01/14/13
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Concept Art Video: A Windows Phone as a Surface

Check it out. Wouldn't it be cool if Microsoft actually put their Surface design to work for their Windows Phone?

Mitch Pronschinske12/31/12
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Get your UML on! in VS 2012

Are you a .NET person in need of some Unified Modeling Language design patterns. Well, it may have gone unnoticed, but Microsoft recently updated their patterns with the October release of Visual Studio 2012.

Mitch Pronschinske11/05/12
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We Need a Programmer for President

Today, I'm going to present a new presidential candidate... A software developer candidate. This candidate is going to address the issues that the IT world cares about. Will you support them?

Mitch Pronschinske10/29/12
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The Algorithms of Memory

I’ve been trying over the last couple days to list all the different memory patterns I can see myself using. I’ve also tried to pull out systems I know of that do the same for comparison, although I can’t find direct equivalents in all cases.