The Polyglot Developer

JULY 14, 2016

Have you ever wanted to build your own password manager? Maybe you don’t trust the password management tools that already exist, or maybe you just want the experience. I personally use the tool 1Password , but many of my friends don’t trust the applications that exist on the market. It is a valid concern that they have. What if the password managers that exist are using an ancient or obsolete DES specification or similar, rather than the modern AES?

Technology 52

Technology Technology Development 52

Professor Beekums

JULY 14, 2016

Job descriptions for developer roles rarely tell you what they should. The whole point of them is to provide a candidate a description of what a position is like. I’ve looked at close to a thousand job descriptions and have helped write a few. Job description writers, including me, have a tendency to come up with something “safe”. We fill job descriptions with text that sounds great, but says nothing tangible.

Development 49

Development 49

SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 12, 2016

Erin Stellato and Jonathan Kehayias from sqlskills reached out asking for clarification of trace flags 2562 and 2549 behavior. Trace flags 2562 and 2549 are documented in knowledgebase article: [link] and the blog post [link] highlights the SQL 2016 DBCC performance improvements. For SQL Server 2008, 2012 and 2014 the trace flag behavior remains the same.

Servers 40

Servers Design Engineering Database 40

The Polyglot Developer

JULY 13, 2016

I am pleased to announce that my first ever skill for Amazon Alexa powered devices has gone live in the Amazon Skill Marketplace. My skill, BART Control , accesses live information about the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in northern California. If you’re unfamiliar with Amazon Alexa, it can be described as follows per Amazon : Alexa, the voice service that powers Echo, provides capabilities, or skills, that enable customers to interact with devices in a more intuitive way using voice.

Hardware 40

Hardware Cloud Systems Development 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 13, 2016

20+ years ago when I joined Microsoft I was handed a diskette (maybe it was two), and was told “Here is SQL Server. Go install it”. So I proceeded to install SQL Server 4.20 on my Windows NT 3.1 desktop machine (I won’t tell you the hardware details. It would scare you). There was a GUI as part of setup but within just a few clicks, SQL Server was installed and ready for use.

Servers 40

Servers Media Engineering Virtualization 40

The Polyglot Developer

JULY 10, 2016

Rich site summary (RSS) feeds are very common on blogs or sites that have a publication type feed. These feeds are in XML format and have information such as the publication title, a summary, or other bits of information that is rather useful. There are plenty of mobile applications on Google Play and iTunes that support the aggregation of RSS feeds, but have you ever wanted to build your own?

Mobile 40

Mobile Google Development 40

The Polyglot Developer

JULY 11, 2016

Most modern applications have separation between the backend and the frontend layers. The backend is typically a RESTful API and is critical part of full stack development. These APIs are generally further broken down into a collection of routes, often referred to as endpoints. Building applications like this is often very clean and maintainable in comparison to mashing everything into a single application.

Programming 52

Programming Java Development 52