http://www.justaprogrammer.net We're Just Programmers... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is hardly a problem specific to the open source community. This happens to webapps whenever developers have access to the production database. However, I am picking on open source productions here, because as a user I am shielded from a web apps release process unless I catch a maintance ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2008/04/29/open-source-pet-peeve-no-1-we-dont-do-formal-releases/ Its hard for me to write an article like this without sounding trite. I'm sure I make many journalistic mistakes in this fine publication. I can't say "well wired should know better," since that is tantamount to saying, "I admit no one should read what I say." That being said I ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2008/01/16/bad-journalism-in-the-wired-article-on-sun-buying-mysql/ I do not consider myself an expert on Microsoft SQL server. I prefer Postgresql. However, I am a fan of referential integrity and seek to enforce it at the database level, regardless of the engine. I like my databases to reject invalid data like DMV clerks rejecting incorrectly filled out ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2008/01/16/the-importance-of-changing-ones-mind/ Now, I am no superstar programmer, this I admit. However, I do believe I am fairly intelligent, and have a decent breadth of knowledge and ability when it comes not just to programming, but IT as a whole. This weekend, I decided to spend a little time attempting to re-invent ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/12/25/if-you-have-too-much-free-time-use-java/ I'm a big fan of sites about open source. Especially those that categorize, index, and report information about them. I've probably spent more time marketing my pet Open Source project PlaneDisaster.NET on these sites then writing code for it. So I've compiled this list of sites I use. SourceForge (http://www.sourceforge.net) The ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/12/08/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-open-source-sites/ It would appear that Microsoft is making significant progress in porting XP to the XO laptop. While I think the third world is better off learning Linux, I have no problem with them learning on a Microsoft platform, provided they make it suitable for their needs. They seem to be ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/12/08/microsoft-and-the-olpc-red-tape-and-misconceptions/ When I start or join a new open source project, I usually make sure they are registered on several websites relating to open source that I frequent. Two of them are http://koders.com and http://ohloh.net. These sites offer different services. However, they both take the code from your version control ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/12/02/comparing-the-ohlohnet-to-koderscom/ The title is actually deceiving. I'm really going to talk about my pet open source project. I will talk about its low download rate and the lack of feedback it gets. I will then discuss if that makes it successful. My pet open source project is called PlaneDisaster.NET. It is a ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/11/28/successful-versus-unsuccessful-open-source-projects/ One of my more insignificant accomplishments as a software developer is discovering an digression between the actual error code two Windows API functions returned and the ones the MSDN claimed they returned. These two functions are NetUserGetGroups and NetUserGetLocalGroups. It took Microsoft three months and one day to get ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/11/28/getting-the-attention-of-redmond/ Things always start out with ideas. Webbloging is a new idea to me. As programmers we are all surrounded by ideas. But how do you know an idea is good? How do you know if your idea is good? From what I've learned the only way to find out is to share. So I ... http://www.justaprogrammer.net/2007/11/28/just-an-idea/