A lot of people have caught onto certain programming trends: some agility in the process generally makes things better, unit testing a code base tends to make it more reliable, etc. One thing that, in my experience, seems to lag behind in popularity is the use of static checking tools. If these are used at…
Something interesting occurred to me the other day when I posted sample code for a DXCore plugin that I created. In the code that I uploaded, I added a unit test project with a few unit tests as a matter of course. Apparently, the process of unit testing has become so ingrained in me that…
Coding standards are one of those things that generally involve some degree of compromise, as there is often a goal during collaboration to give the code a uniform look and feel. I don’t necessarily agree with this goal in all cases, but I do understand it. Having code formatted in wildly different styles in the…
One of the things that I take for granted and figured that I probably ought to document is a tool called Synergy (or now, Synergy+, apparently). Found here, this is a tool that is perfect for someone who wants to control multiple computers on a desktop without having to deal with the inconvenience of swapping…
As I’ve previously mentioned, one of the things that I spend a good bit of time doing is home automation. For prototyping, I have a bunch of very old computers that I’ve acquired for free. These are scattered around the house (much to the dismay of anyone with a sense of decor) and I use…
