I haven't made this mistake yet (that I know of) but I am not certain that I knew this. In fact, I don't think I did. This question was excellent...

There are so many types of caching too. Most developers do at least one type without paying any attention to it: memoization. An example of this is to get a...

At a recent client's (I do not want to identify them as this story is specific but I find it generally applicable) the development team were forced to update configuration...

Phil Factor (2/25/2014)

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...A lot of attacks seem to merely probes to determine weaknesses. Others, if successful, take effective control of the server, but in a way that is generally undetected,...

We should be doing the right things and be seen to be doing them. Except for a possible small number of exceptions, I would hazard a guess that the majority...

I could take exception to that!!! :rolleyes:

thisisfutile (2/24/2014)

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From Steve's editorial:

Can anyone elaborate on either...

I found that reading a couple of books on hacking in general (i.e. hacking networks, systems, databases, applications, etc.) really helped open my eyes to a new way of thinking....

jmoneysteph (2/21/2014)

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In my shop CLR functions have a limited use, primarily for complex financial computations. One crucial best practice when coding CLR objects should include mechanisms to avoid runaway...

Only used in a prototype. A number of different options were considered. SQLCLR was not selected in the end. I am sure that there are some valid uses, however, there...

David.Poole (2/20/2014)

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A present headache is trying to employ agile methodologies across geographically disperse teams. One of the things about agile is that it encourages all participants to be co-located...

I wonder if more remote working will facilitate freelancers to take more part time work e.g. Company A needs a specialist so asks for 2 days a week of Consultant...

Authentication is a problem currently without a suitable solution.

That is what I think. I have yet to use a system that succeeds on the two criteria required:

1) Secure.

2) Usable.

For the...

Eric M Russell (2/18/2014)

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I don't know how the patent process works, but it seems to me that before a pending patent is awarded, it should be approved by a panel...

paul.knibbs (2/18/2014)

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The weakest...