I came across the following
question
on reddit:
My bank on the online banking login instead of having a password
field it presents you with 3 password fields 1 character each where
it asks you for 3 characters from your password, chosen randomly.
E.g. the 2nd, 4th and 7th …
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Posted Sat 05 December 2009
by mcherm
in Programming
It is a fairly simple screen for entering "mass alerts". There are
(omitting some irrelevant details) just two fields: one in which the
user enters the text of an alert, and the other in which they enter a
list of customer-ids specifying who we should show the alert to. This …
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Posted Fri 13 November 2009
by mcherm
in Programming
I had a project using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and App Engine. It was
developed in Eclipse (which I don't like
much, mostly because I don't know how to use it very well) because
Google recommends this and provides support in the form of Eclipse
plugins for working with these …
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Posted Mon 09 November 2009
by mcherm
in Programming
When you estimate tasks, should the estimates be done in hours, or in
days?
As I see it, the big advantage of estimating in hours is that if you
THINK in hours, you tend to get a more accurate estimate. There are lots
of development tasks which will seem like …
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Posted Fri 13 February 2009
by mcherm
in Uncategorized
I like automated code scanners, really I do. They can scan your code
either before or after you check it in and review it for code
formatting, memory
errors,
or even potential security problems. It
can prevent lots of foolish errors and unnecessary inconsistencies.
But there is one catch: the …
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Posted Wed 31 December 2008
by mcherm
in Programming