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Stretch, don’t contort

Dear new developer, Story time. Many years ago, I was a contractor doing web development. I focused on web/database apps in unix-like environments. I wrote primarily php, java and perl. (Like I said, it was many years ago.) A friend and former colleague reached out and said they had a client seeking development help. It … Continue reading Stretch, don’t contort →

mooreds letters to a new developer Leave a comment August 8, 2022July 20, 2022 3 Minutes

On debugging, v2

Dear new developer, I wrote about debugging a few weeks back. I wanted to get more concrete. One time a friend called in about his client. The client was getting doubled orders on their ecommerce site. That is, someone would order five widgets on their site. The system would have some kind of hiccup and … Continue reading On debugging, v2 →

mooreds letters to a new developer Leave a comment February 17, 2020January 25, 2020 1 Minute
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