You're Probably Storing Passwords Incorrectly(codinghorror.com)

submitted by sirrocco(800) 4 years, 8 months ago

The web is nothing if not a maze of user accounts and logins. Almost everywhere you go on the web requires yet another new set of credentials. Unified login seems to elude us at the moment, so the status quo is ... read more...

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Rainbow Hash Cracking(codinghorror.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 4 years, 8 months ago

The multi-platform password cracker Ophcrack is incredibly fast. How fast? It can crack the password "Fgpyyih804423" in 160 seconds. Most people would consider that password fairly secure.... read more...

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Coding Horror: Discipline Makes Strong Developers(codinghorror.com)

submitted by edburdo(1350) 4 years, 9 months ago

Jeff explains why Discipline is so important in today's programming world. read more...

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Firefox as an IDE(codinghorror.com)

submitted by gavinjoyce(25.7k) 5 years, 1 month ago

"Although I prefer IE7's native speed and feel for day-to-day browsing chores, there's no doubt that Firefox is my primary web development IDE. Whenever I need to troubleshoot HTML, CSS, or JavaScript, I immediately reach for Firefox. That's primarily because of two incredibly powerful developer extensions for Firefox: Web Developer Extension and Firebug" read more...

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Why Can't Programmers.. Program?(codinghorror.com)

submitted by salim(780) 5 years, 2 months ago

The author is having trouble with the fact that 199 out of 200 applicants for every programming job can’t write code at all. I repeat: they can't write any code whatsoever. read more...

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Why Can't Programmers... Read?(haacked.com)

submitted by Haacked(5105) 5 years, 2 months ago

Is the problem that programmers can't program as CodingHorror states, or that they can't read? read more...

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Anything But Waterfall(codinghorror.com)

submitted by Haacked(5105) 5 years, 7 months ago

Jeff Atwood of CodingHorror.com takes issue with Steve Yegge's rant on good/bad agile, pointing out that the enemy is not Agile Methodologies, but Waterfall which is where most developers are dealing with. read more...

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