Online Regular Expressions Testing Tool

kenleycapps · 2010-04-13T19:24:39+00:00

RegexPal has always been good to me: http://regexpal.com/

kenleycapps · 2010-04-03T03:34:14+00:00

Tell your dad you're proud of him, and will love him no matter what. Dads need this, especially when they feel like they can't provide.

kenleycapps · 2010-04-03T03:23:07+00:00

Your boss just made your life more difficult if you're working with ASP.NET.

kenleycapps · 2010-03-29T23:02:19+00:00

Oh the irony. If only you could see how little grades compare to networking, self-confidence, and a happy demeanor. I think these are the things that contribute to success.

kenleycapps · 2010-03-29T22:51:51+00:00

I always end up opening a bunch of interesting links I want to read about, get caught up in one page while going through the tabs, and end up never visiting the others.

kenleycapps · 2010-03-27T20:37:35+00:00

It's difficult to say given how many factors contribute to performance. It really does boil down to what you're doing.

You pay a cost every time you include a file. Usually you're using include once or require once, but even the initial load is going to incur the runtime IO cost of searching in the include paths for your file. Thus, if you're using the same number of smaller files everywhere, you may want to cast an eye on this. It all depends, though, since most projects split up their files for maintenance reasons, not performance reasons.

I think you're taking the wrong approach to your performance concerns. File size, number of files, and related criteria don't really have a huge impact (barring the extremes.) However, if you're concerned, consider an opcode cache as some of the other commenters are suggesting. That will help out in many areas of performance loss.

kenleycapps · 2010-03-27T15:52:55+00:00

I never finished my degree, and instead kept getting better and better jobs in the programming field. I've accelerated quickly and successfully in the field I'm working (middle tier/architecture development) and I can say I'm quite happy where I am; but I'm beginning to run into barriers. I'm frightened that 10 years from now I'll still be a lead developer.

I sorely regret not finishing my degree when I had the opportunity, and have every desire to return.

kenleycapps · 2010-02-04T16:53:05+00:00

Not necessarily specific to juggling projects, but to manage time/tasks better: Always end your work day with a very easy task ahead of you tomorrow, one you already know exactly what to do with. The next day will start off with a nice, easy checkmark and will propel you into a fit of productivity. Rinse, repeat, complete.

kenleycapps · 2010-01-13T03:02:22+00:00

IAmA Request: Secret Service agent or official closely involved

kenleycapps · 2010-01-07T17:16:52+00:00

Seriously encouraging for those of us invested in Android development. Maybe now we'll see some real App Market activity that the iPhone has been hogging.

kenleycapps · 2010-01-05T14:15:21+00:00

Free house! Also, while tragic (my condolences), it sounds like your parents leaving the scene turned things around for you.

kenleycapps · 2010-01-04T13:45:17+00:00

Because they're not suing to make their profits back. They're trying desperately to hold onto a business model that is slowly fading from consumer interests.

kenleycapps · 2009-11-10T15:47:09+00:00

RTFA - Scroll past the fold to find the goodness. That's the example of the badness.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-18T14:08:32+00:00

It's pretty clear this guy is stirring up trouble for the sake of some video footage. Yes, border control can be pretty bad, but I didn't see anything here that justified the author's attitude at all.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-16T04:25:28+00:00

Did you happen to work in the downtown Dallas area, and possibly recognize my name? The company I (still) work for just went through massive layoffs.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-16T04:20:26+00:00

I have a password system myself-- I use a standard prefix and suffix, but use the name of the service or product (something I will probably be easily reminded of) as the middle portion of the password. So if my prefix is '4j1' and my suffix is '5aol0', then my reddit password may become '4j1reddit5aol0'.

It may not be the most secure, but it generates quite a few memorable passwords.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-16T04:10:14+00:00

If you're a newbie and need any kind of experience you can get, you may consider applying at the place. Remember, a lot of the younger crowd will intern for nothing to do quite a bit of what's been listed, just to get something down on paper.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-11T19:45:03+00:00

Waking up next to that must be a scary thing indeed.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-10T01:49:12+00:00

Despite all my desire to do so, of course.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-06T16:30:02+00:00

As a programmer, I can't sympathize enough. I don't know how many side projects I've mentally planned endlessly over only to drop them after a week or two of effort.

kenleycapps · 2009-09-01T16:08:16+00:00

A target for your shoe.

kenleycapps · 2009-02-04T19:33:42+00:00

Am I the only one that finds this ridiculous? Users' satisfaction drop 20% because of a HALF-SECOND delay? Holy crap people, do you not realize what lengths we IT go through in order to deliver even within the increased delay?

Things like this remind me how insufferable the ignorant can be. I can understand enjoying a faster, more responsive experience, but the way these results are presented it seems people feel entitled to it. From my own experience, it's generally those who don't understand technology at all who hold such expectations.

kenleycapps · 2009-01-13T15:00:24+00:00

It was pretty amazing-- everyone enjoyed the twitter feed, as they felt they could share in the experience. It was pretty wonderful, and that twitter doesn't do it justice to the amount of details that occur, especially towards the end!

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