Is overloading a bad thing? Despite a wide variety of new languages supporting some form of it I continue to find articles that say overloading is bad. Worse, I find many articles that somehow think overloading operators is bad but that overloading functions is perfectly okay. more⇛

Each time I start a new project I find myself looking at the latest batch of frameworks. Lately those are web frameworks, such as CakePHP, RubyOnRails, perhaps JQuery, or any other of the thousands which seem to exist. Usually I end up using none of them. more⇛

Storing user credentials is one of the key roadblocks in creating a sessionless web application. Somehow you need to safely identify the user without storing data on the server nor allowing tampering on the client. more⇛

Welcome to BrainBrain Poker

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This is just my first entry in my blog. I will use this site to trace my poker exploits: starting from the penny tables to either WSOP victory, or when my funds run out. more⇛

Some time ago the wealth of patterns was gifted upon the world of programming. At first they were beautiful, giving name and purpose to a once chaotic swirl of functions and data. Once embraced however, they swelled and engulfed all which we knew. more⇛

After several e-mail exchanges with Eda-qa about pair programming, here are my own conclusions. I found the discussion helpful as far as clarifying my own interpretation of the experiences I've had with pair programming. more⇛

Recently, while proponing my zero redundancy↗ method, a friend observed that to a functional programmer even the below piece of code contains duplication. more⇛

I think there should be a toggle that allows one to expand/collapse an article on the main screen without going to a separate page. This would also make it more convenient to put the voting buttons for each article on the main page as well. replies⇛

I am thinking of trying to create an event planning calendar web app. The idea is that you create an event and set up potential dates/times for the event. Then you invite people to participate. People who want to join can veto dates/times that don't work for them. more⇛