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How to identify programmers and cope with their different coding styles.

Everybody has their only personal touch when it comes to pumping out code. Oftentimes the difference is negligible since similar work items are usually delegated to one programmer or department, minimizing the chance that you will ever have to sort through their source since...

Magento is great for e-commerce sites, but it can be difficult to learn. Here are a few Magento links I've found useful in my Magento development:Richard Castera's Magento snippets Great, simple code for doing things like running an SQL query against the database, getting the current category, and one my most- used ones, adding...

This is a hot topic, at least among nerds lurking about various tech forums around the 'net. Every nerd has their favorite distro, 72 reasons why, and are willing to stake their reputation on it. Basically, they are distro fan-boys. They argue, fight, start flame wars, and spread more confusion than...

Everyone gets inspired differently, no matter if you're a developer or designer, or even if you're a painter or sculptor. The element we all have in common is the blank canvas we start our days with. To start off I'm going to talk about my second favorite way that I personally get inspired....

Inspired by David Letterman himself, here is a look at the top 10 problems with the internet. 10. Great Scott! If you click the back button enough times you will be transported back to 1955.9. Google will become self aware in the year 2010. The Apocalypse is near.8. True Story: It is...

In football, there are four quarters to a game – a beginning and an end – a winner and a loser – and usually another game right around the corner that you have a chance at winning or losing. A score is kept and it's very easy to understand how points are awarded. Teams...