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Mar 12

Error'd: Nobulation Fail #

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"Working in IT, I see lots of error messages," writes Eric, "this one, however, was unique.


Mar 10

Coded Smorgasbord: In A Rush, Properly Handled, and More #

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"This code was left by the Senior Software Consultant," Michael Wheeler writes, "I'm not sure if it's insurance against 'Return' not returning...

Mar 9

The Single Sign On #

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“It’s impossible,” Gerald said in a matter-of-fact tone, “simply impossible.” “Now just so we’re clear,” Craig responded, “by ‘impossible’, you actually mean ‘a big pain...

Mar 8

CodeSOD: Unit Tested #

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“I was hired as a ‘best practices consultant’ to help bring a 300-developer company’s development practices into the 21st century,” wrote Ian, “and after six...

Mar 5

Error'd: Verified By Fail #

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"I've heard about verified by Visa, but this is something new," writes Velmu.


Mar 4

More Best of the EmaiL #

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It's time once again for Share Your Bizarre Email day! mail in or post your favorite emails in the comments.

Mar 3

CodeSOD: October Road #

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“Our codebase is a bit... backwards, to say the least,” writes Aaron Silver, “things that should go up don’t go up or down...

Mar 2

Alex's Soapbox: Patterns of Failure #

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Not too long ago, I was at a client site, working to understand and improve their development process.


Mar 1

CodeSOD: Injection Proof'd #

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“When a ‘customer’ of ours needs custom-developed software to suit their business requirements,” Kelly Adams writes, “they can either ‘buy’ the development services from the...

Feb 25

Problematic Problem, Problem supply, and a Text-Destroying Problem #

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Problematic Problem (from Ben) Way back when, I was responsible for doing on-site support for a fairly complex ERP solution that our company sold.

Feb 24

CodeSOD: Rendered Pointless #

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"The mastermind behind our system is the Senior Developer," wrote Daniel, "he's naturally an expert at all things code, but he especially excelled at back-end...

Feb 23

Testing the Path to Pain #

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[from user'Jinx!' on Flickr]

Test plan development. Regression analysis. Systems documentation creation. Test case execution.


Feb 22

CodeSOD: isValidNumber() #

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"When my company, a large financial corporation, decided to outsource overseas," Ned wrote, "they went for the best: CMMI Level 5.

Feb 19

Error'd: Tell a programmer #

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"I guess the contact lens service that sent me this package couldn't read the label," wrote Mike Totman, "Maybe they should double check their prescription."...


Feb 18

Where's Our Webserver? #

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“HERE IT IS!” exclaimed Miha’s boss with a victorious look. “See!


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