Dragons in the Algorithm
Adventures in Programming
by Michael Chermside

Confluence Fix

Just a note for myself for the NEXT time this happens.

If Confluence starts returning an error saying "400 Bad Request - Request Header Or Cookie Too Large" then the cause is that something has gotten borked with the cookie that the browser has for Confluence. The fix is to delete …

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Posted Mon 09 April 2018 by mcherm in Programming

Image Search by License

Image Search by License

Question: So I want to make a logo for my friend's company. Am I allowed to use cliparts from google to add or make the logo? Or do I have to make everything from scratch?

My Answer: There are a few different laws you might have …

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Posted Tue 13 February 2018 by mcherm in Law

Depending on Someone Else's Code

Depending on Someone Else's Code

We had an interesting problem arise the other day, a problem about code dependency. Our problem was in no way unique, so it seemed worthwhile to write out the problem and our proposed solution.

The problem

The core of the problem is that we need …

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Posted Sun 28 January 2018 by mcherm in Programming