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DPL Reading List – July 23, 2021
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found for the week ending July 23, 2021. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Japan breaks internet speed record…
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Get to Know SWEBOK
Note: This post was originally published on Doug’s website on July 20, 2021. Last week, I had the privilege to give the opening keynote at the 2021 Nebraska.Code() conference. My topic was Musings on Developer Maturity and Growth where I laid out a model for creating developer maturity proto-personas using IEEE’s Guide to the…
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Leave Nothing to Chance
“We learn from failure, not from success!” – Abraham Van Helsing, Dracula Last week, I gave a presentation called “Leave Nothing to Chance” at the Nebraska.Code() conference. The essence of the talk was the value of locking down all the little decisions to better ensure success in your software projects. I started the talk with…
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DPL Reading List – July 16, 2021
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found for the week ending July 16, 2021. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. A rare early copy of…
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A History of Microsoft .NET, Part 2: .NET Framework 2.0 (Generics, Partial Classes, Nullable Types, Anonymous Methods)
When .NET Framework 2.0 was initially released, I was working on a .NET Framework 1.1 project that was becoming a bit of a pain. Moving to 2.0 seemed like just the thing the project (and I) needed. The addition of support for generics in 2.0 was a win in and of itself, but also adding…
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DPL Reading List – July 9, 2021
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found for the week ending July 9, 2021. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Up to 1,500 businesses infected…
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A History of Microsoft .NET, Part 1: Introduction
When you’ve been writing software as long as I have, it’s fun to look back at how far technology has advanced throughout your career. I’ve been thinking a bit lately about C and .NET, and basically the whole Microsoft stack. This led me down the rabbit hole of reading and remembering (and sometimes finding out…
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DPL Reading List – July 2, 2021
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found for the week ending July 2, 2021. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018…
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Up-skilling Software Developers: Nebraska Dev Lab Transition Academy
Education has been a common thread throughout our life at Don’t Panic Labs. It used to be about educating our team and the community through various public events. Then we created our Advanced Continuing Education program for developers, a week-long intensive that covers several topics around modern software development. With the creation of Nebraska Dev…
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DPL Reading List – June 25, 2021
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found for the week ending June 25, 2021. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Microsoft unveils Windows 11, a…
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