You know why people are so keen on MVC frameworks? Because it forces developers to separate UI, data model and business logic. Sure, I have seen people still mixing responsibilities in MVC, but I have never seen such gigantic f**kups as with ASP.NET Web Forms. I am willing to bet that if you assign random […]
I am sure there are plenty of reasons to use CDNs while developing public internet application, but when you are developing intranet applications, it is better to stay off CDNs and use local resources. Specially for young developers, who have grown up with them, it is difficult to see why. Here are my four reasons […]
There is this application I wrote several years ago that is in use for planning and reporting absences and vacation (also discussed here and most likely in some other article as well). Lately, I noticed the very same application working slower and slower to the point of users complaining. I decided to investigate.
The most difficult thing in any company is to change it’s culture. You see, companies are used to operate in certain frames of mind and they do not accept change lightly. Also, people have the tendency of sticking in comfort zone. Working in standard and set ways is nice and comfy. Why on earth would […]
In my 15 year career, I have yet to encounter a software company in Slovenia, where code review would be a part of work process. It is surprising how many companies just don’t care what kind of code they produce. And this is exactly the reason why most software originating from Slovenia, well, sucks.
There are some things that are unreasonably difficult even in this day of age. Well, not exactly difficult. Let’s say programmer unfriendly. For instance, opening a new mail window in your default mail client from windows .NET application. Preferably with address filled in. Google for it and you will get the same answer I did. […]
If you want to sell software to me, you only have to follow these three simple rules: Do not lie to me. Have full featured trial version. Respect me. Sounds simple right? It is. Except, there will always be that smart sales person that will say something like: “Why don’t we let users download […]
Unit testing has been around for ages (or at least since 1986, when IEEE standard on unit testing was confirmed). It still surprises me, though, how many people just won’t do unit testing. Reasons they state differ, but most of the times I hear something along the lines of: “Unit testing is too time consuming […]
I think every developer, specially in-house one, gets once in a while assigned a project he or she hates. OK, so perhaps hate is too strong of a word. Still, if it happens too often, nobody could resent the use of word hate. Anyway… I stumble on this sort of project once every three to […]
At my current gig, it is an outright chore to get a telephone number of an employee you want to call. There are actually two ways to go about doing this task. You can open Lotus Notes client, find an news-desk application, open that, locate address book document, open the document, open excel file and […]