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The Shotgun Approach

The shotgun approach is best described as shooting first at a target without knowing where or what the target really is. For the sake of this conversation, let’s say the target is a defect in an application. Often it seems like the shotgun approach is practiced by reckless and …

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Perfection

There is no such thing as perfection in the world of software. In fact, a developer who believes they can actually achieve perfection or can produce perfect code is unbelievably dangerous. Why? When a developer believes that it is possible to produce perfect code, they refuse to see what could …

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Think Horses not Zebras

Two of the most fundamental skills to have as a software developer are good diagnostic and problem solving skills. Unfortunately, it seems like the kids coming out of the universities these days do not know how to actually solve problems. Sure, they can solve a problem within the academic environment …

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FlashDevelop 4 – Dawn Color Scheme

For those developers who enjoy a darker editing window with their IDEs, you might enjoy this color scheme for Flash Develop 4. I use it quite extensively as I'm a bit of a sucker for dark gray and blue syntax highlighting. Currently, I only have the highlighting done for AS2 …

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