Like myself and many others, you may have noticed strange utility poles popping up alongside roadways and intersections (usually brown…
Category: Technology.Thoughts
My thoughts on things happening in the development world, and technology in general
Be Clear When Responding “Not Found” in REST Endpoints
When it comes to REST endpoints, I have been amazed at the conflicting and bad practices employed for response codes. …
Goodbye cash… we’re REALLY !!! going to miss you.
Over the years I have posted a number of things related to the timing and sequence of removing paper currency…
Spare Computing During a Crisis.. Helping to Fight the Crisis
I recently discovered a distributed computing project for COVID-19 DNA research called Rosetta@Home ( https://foldforcovid.io/ ). Having 8 Raspberry Pis which…
Government… Indirect to You!
You may have noticed a wave of channels removed recently by Google for violating content policies, and the screams from…
Unexpectedly Joining the Distributed Workforce
After an unusual set of circumstances, my company has shifted its IT and software development staff into a distributed workforce…
Real Password Security, Using the KISS Principle
Keep It Simple and Stupid! If you hate those extremely over-complicated password requirements which paranoid corporations are embracing, you will…
Use Meaningful Method Names in WebAPI (.NET)
<rant> I don’t know if it comes from laziness in changing a default name from a template, or a misunderstanding…
Paper currency… its final countdown has begun
You might think I am writing about Cryptocurrency… but that would miss a much bigger picture. Back in 1999, as…
A Common Template Approach to Iterative Tests in NUnit 3.0 and Microsoft Unit Tests
NUnit and Microsoft Unit Tests use an approach of attributes on a method to identify a test which is expected to…