tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36611920763686596842011-11-27T15:45:27.855-08:00Often times when programming the best solutions to problems arn't simple. Here, I'll tackle issues I've run across in the past, and write about technologies I've studied.Andynoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-57920942377786318762008-05-20T06:05:00.001-07:002008-06-05T05:17:30.300-07:00

I know this is a bit off topic, but I knowing that many programmers I know, including me, have this problem, I wanted to share this. I found a blog, Socially Distressed that has quite a bit of good information pertaining to social anxieties. I found the information helpfull especially in dealing with my own approach anxiety. If you have the same problems, you might want to check it out.

Andynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-15145886416750372952007-11-16T07:07:00.000-08:002007-11-16T07:16:22.915-08:00

I'm glad to announce that Penny Coding will eventually cease to exist. I'm going to leave all of my content here, but my friends and I are starting a new blog-like site at http://www.theessenceofeverything.com/. So please check there from now on.I'm really excited about this site because it will allow me to offer alot more to many more people. Right now we have articles covering dog training,

Andynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-43706399208217499942007-10-04T10:54:00.001-07:002007-11-01T12:35:34.742-07:00

Every great programmer needs to have great tools.. Yes, we all like to brag that we need nothing more than a text editor and a compiler, but be realistic. In this day and age, a simple text editor won't cut it even if it does support syntax highlighting. It is becoming increasingly important that we have the best tools possible in our hands so that we can be as productive as possible. We also

Andynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-16133769569796369272007-09-09T17:54:00.001-07:002007-09-21T09:19:15.801-07:00

As I work on the application I've been considering many different solutions to many different problems. One solution I've been working with is Amazon's S3 storage service. For web applications where images can be hosted in places other than on your host server, this service is very attractive.In comparison with the cost of storage and bandwidth from my hosting provider, Amazon's pricing is very

Andynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-11898104939180044082007-09-07T09:17:00.000-07:002007-09-18T11:19:53.206-07:00

I've spent hours today trying to figure out what other software development companies are charging per hour for development, and I've had no luck. Working for companies I know my skillset has been billed out for as much as $250/hour and as low as $30 an hour.Does anybody have any idea what US companies are charging today?

Andynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-53778785291241718952007-08-29T20:49:00.000-07:002007-09-18T11:19:53.207-07:00

Over the next few months I hope that you'll see alot more content from me. Over the past year or so, many exciting things have happened in my life that have lead me to my current endeavors. Essentially, I've decided to develop a content management system with some really exciting, unique, blog and social networking capabilties. I'm currently in the initial design and prototyping stage which means

Andynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-51133728478393412162007-08-28T09:08:00.000-07:002007-11-01T12:43:32.476-07:00

Code GenerationThe concept of code generation has always fascinated me. When I first picked up a programming book, the thought of writing an application that could re-write and improve itself danced through my head. Later on though, that fantasy subsided, and the thought of an application that could do my work for me set in. While I still have not found my “Holy Grail”, CodeSmith, from http://

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In the 10 years I've been programming professionally, it has become overly aparent that there is a huge difference between skill and experience. While others could seemingly tell the difference when I first started, I couldn't. To me it seemed that skill and experience were one in the same and you needed one to have the other, but that's not always true.InsightOver the years I've had the great

Andynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3661192076368659684.post-70285304281960771592007-08-06T13:18:00.000-07:002007-11-01T12:41:41.224-07:00

As a developer who has always worked for small startup companies, I have never had money in my budget for expensive applications to test my projects. Up until the introduction of the Microsoft .Net Framework, I really couldn't find anything that would work for me. At that point most of my programming was done in C++, VB6 and ASP. A good testing suite really would have been beneficial to me.Today,

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