Tag Archives: software development

Ten Million Lines of Code

Posted on August 27, 2012 by way0utwest

How many lines of code are in the applications you code on? I think that the largest applications I’ve been heavily involved in contained tens of thousands of lines of code. This was code that I actually had to search … Continue reading →

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Fix v. Create

Posted on August 24, 2012 by way0utwest

Whether you write code, or administer server instances, chances are that you have a decent amount of maintenance to do. This might be fixing a bug in code, whether yours or someone else’s. It might be reindexing tables or even … Continue reading →

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Password Resets

Posted on July 31, 2012 by way0utwest

I read this piece from Troy Hunt, which is a long look at the password reset process for a web application. It’s one of the first that I’ve seen which talks about the different implementations, along with the pitfalls and … Continue reading →

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The Danger of Custom Software

Posted on June 12, 2012 by way0utwest

There’s been a great little movie short making the rounds of the Internet from Pixar. It’s called “The Movie Vanishes” and it’s worth a few minutes of your time. Toy Story 2 was almost lost because of a mistake and … Continue reading →

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