Are you a computer programmer? Here is what Half Sigma thinks about your profession:

Computer programming is a low prestige profession. As you get older, your desire to completely relearn everything decreases, so you are likely to succumb to the temptation of staying with the familiar technology for too long. Whatever your position is, as a Computer Science […]

One of my ex-coworkers emailed me this photo. The subject of the email was: Winner of “not my job” award.

When I looked at this photo, the word “laziness” started flashing in my mind. My thoughts then wandered to laziness as it related to programming. I then asked myself: what is laziness in programming? Here are […]

Here is a list of 10 programming quotes I picked from this longer list, and what I learned from each:

It’s hard enough to find an error in your code when you’re looking for it; it’s even harder when you’ve assumed your code is error-free. Lesson: Always assume that your code is buggy and code accordingly. Be careful […]

So, I was tasked with changing a simple ColdFusion application. The application was written by a former co-worker who was also a “ColdFusion developer”.

The application has an HTML form in a login.cfm page that submits to a login_action.cfm page.

Now, take a look at this login_action.cfm, what am I supposed to do? Go hang myself? The […]