Going to any type of conference or mid-week evening tech meetup is a valuable treasure trove of people you might want to work with. This might be new co-workers, creative and intelligent minds to share with, and clients and new employers. Here are my top ten tips (and a bonus tip) to help you get the best out of events like this. Read more...

Using content distribution networks (CDNs) to globally distribute static assets for your website or web appoication, such as it's images, JavaScript files, videos and downloads etc, is increasingly common. It's common because they are reliable systems, cheap to use, easy to get setup on, and take a chunk of work off developers from having to build and maintain these systems themselves. I've devised a list of seven tips and best-practicies to look out for when picking which company should be your CDN provider. Read more...

ASP.NET Identity is the new membership provider that replaces the simpler system. However this is one of those cases where scope creep and an eagerness to please the theoretical standards have fallen short of providing real-world usefullness. Read more...

There are a number of often overlook factors that influence the productivity of a programmer. Many of them can be changed but are many that can be addressed before the working relationship turns sour. Read more...

It happens a lot, companies in the UK and EU billing customers with American Dollars only, ignoring their local currency. What causes this behaviour, and does it make sense? Read more...

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