Jun 14

CodeSOD: 1's and 0's #

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Consider "0010000000100000". It's a string filled with nothing but "1" and "0" characters.

Jun 4

Error'd: The Long Walk #

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"I searched for a route to walk from Southampton to Edinburgh(UK)."Albert writes," but for some reason, Google Maps wants me to slip over the border...

May 13

A Terminal Condition #

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[Yeah, it's the Apple terminal icon, how observant of you.]

In the late nineties, Eric started on his journey from being an engineer to being a programmer.


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.

Dec 3

Bad Code Offsets: An Update #

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Two weeks ago, I announced the Bad Code Offsets project. It's a way to undo the bad code you other people have written without actually...


Dec 1

Special Delivery #

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Brad’s phone rang with the telltale tone of an inner-office call.

Nov 18

Introducing Bad Code Offsets #

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I have never written a bad line of code. When I tell people that, they often scoff and offer replies like “so you’re not a...


Oct 9

Error'd: Mind Your Q's and Z's #

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"I received this message when trying to change the admin password on the Nortel CallPilot," Chip L.


Aug 5

Programming Praxis: Nerds, Jocks, and Lockers #

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Mr. Zargas was the zany math teacher at Cliffmont High that everyone seemed to love.

Jul 29

Programming Praxis: Josephus' Circle #

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With nearly 750 responses, and solutions written in everything from ABAP to MUMPS to XSLT, I’d say that last week’s Programming Praxis (Russian Peasant Multiplication)...


Jul 22

Programming Praxis: Russian Peasant Multiplication #

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Ever since the first OMGWTF Programming Contest, I've always wanted to bring back some element of "coding challenges" to the site.

Jun 25

Death by Delete #

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Rick worked for a regional ISP that provided hosting services. The customer base consisted primarily of consumers and small businesses, so the ISP offered a...

Apr 10

CodeSOD: Spaced Out #

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"While going through some old code," John Preston writes, "I found this interesting set of global variables." Private space1, space2, space3, space4, space5, _ space6,...

Mar 18

CodeSOD: Try Doing That with a Field #

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Years ago I was talking to a friend who was just starting to learn about coding.

Feb 17

Alex's Soapbox: Programming Sucks! Or At Least, It Ought To #

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Programming is not fun. It’s boring, it’s tedious, and it’s certainly not challenging.


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