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35 programming habits that make your code smell

Source: 35 programming habits that make your code smell | TechBeacon

Bad habits are hard to break and even harder if you don’t realize that what you’re doing is undermining your work. If you know but don’t care—that would be the worst. But you’re here, aren’t you?

As a programmer, I’ve seen a lot of poor practices, not just around code, but also around teamwork skills. I’ve been guilty of…

ASP.NET MVC CORE Router in JavaScript for Single Page Application (SPA)

This is an ASP.NET MVC CORE Router in JavaScript for Single Page Application (SPA) to allow consistency. The router is easier to extend as one just adds Tokens, simple to use as its very minimalistic and straight forward, and runs faster as it compiles the routes on initilazation and uses the compiled routes to match a string URL. https://jsfiddle.net/mckabue/81vv7kh1/1/

Get All Routes in ASP.NET MVC Core 2

Alien, God, Artificial Intelligence, The Elites

Alien

How else could an alien colonize earth besides controlling the currency?

God

To reduce human error, a divine creature could have created bitcoin.

Artificial Intelligence

An earlier Sophia created Bitcoin.

The Elites

The FBI could have created Bitcoin to replace ‘PetroDollar’

A genius could have created bitcoin to save her mother who is a bartender from the corrupt government.

Whoever it is,…

HTML `tabindex`, `iframe` and `scrolling` issues

i have never needed to use HTML tabindex until the a horizontal scrolling element could not scroll in internet explorer 11. ~~ `tabindex` is useful to ensure browser compatible scrolling behavior.

the case with iframe is different. it is more expressed in this post: animate in iframe causes parent to scroll to position iframe at top of window (webkit only). the problem is the iframe reloading…

Money and Tech matters for Tech Startups

Money:

Recognize that people might not want the progress your product provides. Customers don’t make purchasing decisions rationally. They buy emotionally and then rationalize their purchase with logic

Build What People Want, Not What They Need

He knows people who would buy it. He just wasn’t thinking like a business person, he wasn’t in that mindset. And he potentially lost millions– at the…

11 Things Developers Love Hearing From Non-Developer Co-Workers

Source: 11 Things Developers Love Hearing From Non-Developer Co-Workers

In the workplace, non-developers see developers as folks who make magic out of code. As a developer, you could be building complex API integrations all day or just clicking around playing West of Loathing on Steam, and 99% of your coworkers wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Even though tech companies literally…

A devastating new zero day vulnerability

A devastating new zero day vulnerability, dubbed BroadPwn that affects a broad range of phones both Androids and iPhones. It is a hardware level issue that affects all devices that use Broadcom’s BCM4354, 4358 and 4359 chips (+90% of the phones and tablets in use.) Information on the vulnerability comes from two sources; an Android security bulletin from July 5 and an abstract on a presentation…

How I Beat Burnout | Matt Straz | Pulse | LinkedIn

  Source: Jesse Randall, Tbird | LinkedIn

I quit my six-figure job, with four kids, to pursue a startup dream. And it failed. I was angry. I was out of money. I was humbled. That’s when I realized that I missed the entire point of starting a business. TO GENERATE REVENUE. Not to get investors. Not to get early sign ups. Not to win a competition. My boat sank before it even left the dock. The…

How To Treat Employees

https://twitter.com/richardbranson/status/449220072176107520

The More You Take, the Less You Have

https://twitter.com/oarklimited/status/876675412243382272

Startups, Software Development and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance | First Round Review

Source: Startups, Software Development and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance | First Round Review

  If you’re philosopher Lao-Tzu, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. But if you’re Edith Harbaugh, it starts with a celeste Bianchi road bike — and the voyage is 3,360 miles. It begins in the Pacific Northwest, hugs the Canadian border, traverses national parks, cuts through the…

A World-Class Customer Service Story and 6 Ways to Find One in Your Company

Source: A World-Class Customer Service Story and 6 Ways to Find One in Your Company | Paul Andrew Smith | Pulse | LinkedIn

In the early 1980s, Sterling Price worked as a cook at chain pizza restaurant in Springdale, Arkansas. According to Sterling,

“A lady came in one day and asked if we had meatball sandwiches. When I told her we didn’t, she got very upset—on the verge of tears. So I said that…

My Startup Failed, I Lost Everything. Here’s What I Learned

Source: My Startup Failed, I Lost Everything. Here’s What I Learned:

This is how my startup failed, how i lost all my savings (around $50,000) I invested into it, my car and pretty much everything of value I owned, my co-founder/friend, and my health — all in about 10 months and what I learned from it.

Some context:

I was a non-techie founder

This happened about 2–3 years ago when I was 22

My…

How To Survive As An Introvert Leader

  Source: How To Survive As An Introvert Leader | Sandeep Kashyap | Pulse | LinkedIn

When it comes to leadership, it is true that one needs to have an extrovert nature. As an extrovert, you will have an easy time reaching the top. But once there you will see that the traits associated with introverts will be the ones that prevent successful leaders from failure.

‘Don’t let poor project…

It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do

Source: “it doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do” | Thomas Grones | Pulse | LinkedIn

Hiring smart people should lead to let them tell the company what to do. This mentality is more than a motivator for skilled employees, it’s a key to success. Freedom gives smart staff people the opportunity to do what they do best: impress you, nevertheless if you are an enterpreuner…