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erik dörnenburg[^]:

For a long time the accepted wisdom has been to always buy when possible and only build when no suitable packaged solution exists in the market. In this article series, I want to explore the reasons behind the existing preference for buying and, more importantly, I want to challenge the accepted wisdom and explain why I believe that the changes that have occurred in software development over the last decade have shifted the answer to the buy-or-build question away from buy and more towards build.

Radyology[^]:

Two years ago, I stood on my soapbox and yelled. I told the FP community that their languages were bad, and that they should feel bad. It was a post full of vitriol and frustration, but also a little bit of truth. I believed then (and still do) that functional languages are a poor solution if what you're looking for is a way to get B grade programmers to build scalable, concurrent systems.

Troy Hunt[^]:

In the pursuit of a more globally harmonious online experience, let’s take a look at 10 lessons relating to aspects of web development with a cultural bent. Some of this may not be new to you, but all of it is relevant if you want to play nice with people from all cultural walks of life.

Data Center Knowledge[^]:

Data Center Knowledge recently went inside the company’s huge primary data center in Phoenix, and had a chance to discuss Go Daddy’s approach to its infrastructure. The access marked a change, as Go Daddy has historically said little about its data centers. It’s part of a concerted effort to present a fuller picture of the company’s services.

Eric Fay[^]:

Between the vast number of services we log into and log out of every day, it’s often hard for us to remember that the strength of the passwords we use is a very important aspect of keeping passwords secure.

Code Of Honor[^]:

During the development of StarCraft, a two and a half year slog with over a year of crunch time prior to launch, the game was as buggy as a termite nest. While its predecessors (Warcraft I and II) were far more reliable games than their industry peers, StarCraft crashed frequently enough that play-testing was difficult right up until release, and the game continued to require ongoing patching efforts post-launch. Why? There were sooooo many reasons.

Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server Team Blog[^]:

Getting started with PHP in WebMatrix is simple and straightforward. There are 3 main options: you can open an existing site, create a new site from the built-in templates, or build your site based on the common open source applications such as WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal.

Nettuts+[^]:

The jQuery team has been plagued by IE for years. JavaScript in old IE (their collective moniker for anything below IE9) is antiquated, slow, and lacks the new features added to the language since their respective launches. As a result, the codebase of jQuery must incorporate solutions to handle issues specific to IE. This makes the library significantly larger, and as a result, it takes a lot longer to load. So, as part of version 2.0, jQuery will be dropping support for old IE.