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DPL Reading List – December 6, 2019

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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 this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Microsoft sends a new kind of AI processor into the cloud…

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Legacy Migration Playbook – System Review / Code Review

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As you approach a legacy system, there are many things (plays) you might do to get a handle on it. We covered this list on a general level in my first post in this series. In this post, we are going to cover maybe the most important play: the system review. What Process Is the…

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DPL Reading List – November 29, 2019

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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 this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. 50 years later, the internet’s inventors are horrified by what it’s…

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Legacy Migration Playbook – Introduction

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There are a lot of working solutions out there. And there’s a lot of code behind those solutions. Along with those solutions are often many reasons why they need to be upgraded (and not just enhanced with new features). Sometimes the weight of technical debt becomes too large. Sometimes technology changes out from under a…

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DPL Reading List – November 22, 2019

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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 this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. LA Warns of ‘juice-jacking’ malware, but admits it has no cases…

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Book Review: Range

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Like many readers, I have enjoyed many of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. His book Outliers has been very influential on our culture’s thoughts. The 10,000-hour rule is known by most of us at this point; it has almost become a rule that people believe to be true. But in the book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in…

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DPL Reading List – November 15, 2019

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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 this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. The Transformer’s Dilemma – How can companies reap the full potential…

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NDepend: Powerful Static Code Analysis

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How do you effectively evaluate a software solution? This is a question commonly heard in software development. It reminds me of a question posed in Caddyshack, “How do you compare yourself to other golfers?”, to which Chevy Chase responds with, “By height.” Analysis of a system usually requires a lot of leg work, poring through…

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DPL Reading List – November 8, 2019

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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 this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Microsoft launches a Q&A site to replace MSDN and TechNet –…

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Apple Says “No” to UIWebView, Ionic Counters with Capacitor

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Apple continually updates its products and technologies. While that’s usually a thing to relish, it sometimes comes at a cost. One such recent change is the UIWebView component. Apple has warned developers that UIWebView is deprecated, and at some point, they will stop allowing app store submissions for applications that use it. If you need…

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