Category Archives: Programming

∞ BEWARE: Extremely critical Ruby on Rails bug threatens more than 200,000 sites

Maintainers of the Rails framework are urging users to update their systems as soon as possible to versions 3.2.11, 3.1.10, 3.0.19, or 2.3.15.

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Controlling a Epson TM-T20 on the IBM i (or iSeries)

The past couple days I was on a mission to look for a way to replace our aging dot-matrix receipt printer. We got some new printers to go with our new credit card processor. These printers are Epson TM-T20 thermal printers. I had some problems finding the information to have the printer cut the paper [...]

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∞ 10 things I hate about Git

I have had my share of experiences with git. I gotta say, it can be very confusing.

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∞ Programmer Time Translation Table

This is spot on! I tend to over estimate more, but there are always external factors that we didn’t realize when we set out to code it.

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∞ A salt-free diet is bad for your security

I understand why you add salt, but where do you store it?

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∞ So true! “Old Farts Know How to Code”

“Old farts” are often excluded from that culture, not because we’re lousy coders but because we won’t put up with that shit. We have lives, we have families, we have other things that are important to us. We’re not about to sleep at our desks and trade watching our kids grow up for the promise [...]

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Add a custom IBM i library list to a C# application

Ever find that you need to add a custom library list to a C# application that works with IBM i data? Here is what you need to do. Add LibraryList= to your connection string. So that would look like: connectionString=”DataSource=127.0.0.1;DefaultCollection=MYMAINLIB;Naming=sql; UserID=USERNAME;Password=PASSWORD;LibraryList=MYMAINLIB,LIB2,LIB3;”

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∞ It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code

The sad part is that I can believe it.

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∞ Google HTML/CSS Style Guide

There is some really good tips in here. I gotta look at this more and incorporate some of this into my development.

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∞ Responsive design – harnessing the power of media queries

A good quick-start guide to responsive design.

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