Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 6, 2017

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about our biases and their influence on what we build and how. We’re all biased in some way—it’s an inevitable side-effect of living. We experience certain things, we live in a certain environment, we have certain interactions and over time all of these experiences and factors add up to impact the way we view ourselves and the way we view others.

Network 66

Network Design Systems Performance 66

Professor Beekums

JANUARY 1, 2017

A few readers asked me to do a follow up with the responses people sent in for what they thought made a developer a senior developer. I compiled all the emails I received with the comments on Hacker News. Many folks had their own version of the checklist with different items on their respective lists. I found one to be very interesting though. I was sent a link to a post on this exact topic by Frontside.

Development 45

Development Software Software 45

The Polyglot Developer

JANUARY 6, 2017

So I was a recent Kickstarter backer for the Onion Omega2 Internet of Things (IoT) device. My package finally came and I wanted to see what I can do with it. My package included the Omega2, expansion dock, and OLED display so I figured it would be cool to write an application that displayed to the screen. A problem I always had with the Raspberry Pi, my other favorite IoT device, is that I never knew the IP address or system information because I was always using it as a headless unit.

Systems 40

Systems IoT Internet Internet 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 5, 2017

Last March I moved from 22 years in SQL Server support to the SQL Server development team, working on SQL Server on Linux project and reporting to Slava Oks. As Slava highlights in his recent blog post , he also contacted me in early 2015 to assist with supportability of SQL Server on Linux. I quickly got engaged and found that the SQL Development team had SQL running on Linux and within an hour I too had it running, in a VM, on my laptop.

Servers 40

Servers Operating System C++ Software Engineering 40

The Agile Manager

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Replatforming is all the rage these days. Platforms are conceptually popular with investors: in theory, a platform makes the mundane portions of a business efficient, scalable and adaptable, allowing a company to release the creative talents of its people to pursue growth and innovation. Replatforming makes for a convincing story following an acquisition because it explains to investors how deal synergies will be achieved, sets a tone of equivalency among employees of both the acquired and acqui

Innovation 40

Innovation Infrastructure Engineering Software 40

Testlodge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Users have many different devices and browsers at their disposal today. With such a wide variety of tablets, cell phones, and an increasing number of legacy browsers, software teams are challenged to make sure their products work sufficiently across different browsers and devices. This is where cross browser testing comes into the picture. What Is Cross Browser Testing?

Testing Tools 47

Testing Tools Testing Mobile Software 47

The Polyglot Developer

JANUARY 5, 2017

I’m an English only speaker, reader, and writer, so when I download an application from iTunes or Google Play, it is going to be in English. There are many people like this, but possibly in a language other than English. When I release my English-only application, how much of the world am I neglecting? To get the most success for your application, it makes sense to add internationalization (i18n) support so users can access your application in their native language.

Mobile 40

Mobile Google Development 40