Monthly Archives: July 2012

The problem of having to do something you don’t want to do

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Kjetil H

I’m usually good at answering my own questions or at least come to reasonable solutions, but here I’m stumbling. Of course the ultimate solution would be to somehow avoid doing what you don’t want to do, but that can’t be … Read more

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express – where the fuck is it?

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Kjetil H

Believe it or not, it’s not on their “Download Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express” page. Both of the downloads failed to include the SQL Management Studio program for some reason (see below). SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe     176.5 MB     Download … Read more

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Readability is important – programming principle that should be used by everyone

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Kjetil H

When you’re working in programming teams, code readability is very important to the overall quality of the system – that is if you care for it in the long run. You have to consider that other people don’t know what … Read more

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I don’t believe in A/B testing

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Kjetil H

Some people love to test everything from different designs to the color on buttons. They think it gives them special insight in how the vast anonymous Internet audience behaves; that they’ve cracked the code. So according to your numbers (you … Read more

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