LINKBLOG for August 13, 2008
Aug 13th, 2008 by AZuidhof
Greg has some background on the latest round of SQL Injection attacks, targeting MS SQL Server
OJ starts a new series on sorting algorithms because far too often we don’t completely grasp them. And we should.
Opinion piece
If you don’t know Chandler, you haven’t read Dreaming in Code. And if you have, you knwo what a big milestone this is for Mitch Kapor and the rest of the team. Mike Gunderloy has a bit more background on what Chandler is
‘ that’s my idea — a poor man’s eye-tracking heatmap/google analytics for windows forms ‘
a short debugging story
Paralysed by TODO – Mitch DennyAn all too common problem. Myself I’m using the TFS system now for some time and I really love it! Putting everything directly into some Archive, RecycleBin, NextAction, SomeDay, WaitingFor or Defer folder, and I automatically know what my ‘TODO’ item is *at this moment*
4500+ words might be too much for you, that’s why Ben is kind enough to provide a summary!
‘ (…) if there is a startup whose product you love that you hear is being acquired by a one of the large Web companies, be happy for the founders and be sad for yourself (…) ‘ Which goes to show that capitalism has it’s (big) flaws: when there’s money involved it is difficult to get rid of that greediness popping up
One of the more interesting posts around SP1. I’ll will leave it at that with posting around this service pack
‘ Some of the subtle problems that can arise when working with random number generators ‘ And let me tell you that most folks underestimate how difficult it is to write a good (pseudo) RNG, last year there was a flaw in the WinXP/Win200 RNG’s for example, but Microsoft has by far not been the only one reporting problems in it’s PRNG’s
‘ A C# library to add a heartbeat and one or more listeners to an application ‘
‘ The goal of the project should be Create a good software for the stakeholder, but crunch time modify it into: try to code at full speed to make crunch time end ‘
Once again a solid reminder to listen to a podcast every now and then
‘Now, .NET itself is at risk from runaway “revamp” growth of its libraries and a lack of coordination among concepts introduced by and since .NET 3.0, according to the document ‘
‘ Well presented information is critical to good interface design, but it’s not the whole story. Guidelines on how to present complex functionality clearly and simply are harder to find ‘
Basically: keep to standards, don’t design for one browser, and don’t overdo anything
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