Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/28/2008 | Comment Comments (142) | Tags: ,
Programmers all have their pet peeves.  Whether it's scope creep, Hungarian notation, or smelly coworkers, we've come to accept that there are certain nuisances that come with our line of work.  The following is a list of the top 10 things that annoy programmers, compiled from th... [More]

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Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/19/2008 | Comment Comments (19) | Tags: ,
There are a couple of ways to get a split view in Visual Studio.  Both are incredible time savers that I use daily.  The first is one that most developers will be aware of, but the second seems to be one that many do not seem to know about. Viewing Two Files in a Split View Let... [More]

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Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/17/2008 | Comment Comments (15) | Tags: ,
This post is to announce the release of Blunt Architecture, a lightweight web application framework built on the ASP.NET MVC framework.  My hope is that the Blunt Architecture project will help developers new to ASP.NET MVC get their feet wet by providing them a solid foundation to build up... [More]

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Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/8/2008 | Comment Comments (1) | Tags:
Joining Twitter was an intimidating experience for me.  I felt like the new kid in school where everyone had already formed into their own little cliques  The thought of tweeting about .NET development, or anything really, felt ridiculous when the only person following me was my wife.&... [More]

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Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/6/2008 | Comment Comments (1) | Tags:
The following is challenge #14 in the dev102 series of programming interview challenges and my solution: The question Your input: List of points in a 2D space. If you draw lines between one point to the next one, a closed polygon is created (can be either concave or con... [More]

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Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/3/2008 | Comment Comments (27) | Tags: ,
When I graduated from college, I thought that I had a pretty firm grasp on what it would take to survive in the real world.  I had a solid foundation in the field of computer science and I was determined to immerse myself in my profession.  I kept up with the latest and greatest design p... [More]

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Posted by Kevin Pang on 8/3/2008 | Comment Comments (0) | Tags:
I recently stumbled across this gem of a "security question" when trying to access my wife's account over at Vanguard: Seriously?  Her CURRENT best friend?  You mean she has to change her "security question" answer whenever she changes best friends?&nbs... [More]

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