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Debug.Assert Considered Pointless 10 Jun 2009

Debug Assert StopOne thing I was told as a young programmer was to make good use of assertions for checking code. As time goes by however, I can see less and less use for assertions. I’m starting to think they’re pretty useless.

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Learning? Me? But I’m An Expert 5 May 2009

DinosaurYou’ve been a coder for a few years now, maybe even decades. You’ve got a successful job, making enough money. You know the “respectable” technologies that the recruiters look for: C++, C#, Java, whatever. There’s no need to learn anything new. Stay in your comfort zone. Take it from these guys:

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Forcing The Browser To Cache Dynamic Content In ASP.NET 1 May 2009

Usually, you don’t want the browser doing any kind of caching on dynamic content served from a generic handler (.ASHX) in ASP.NET - afterall, the content is usually changing (dynamic). Sometimes however, it’s handy to use a handler to serve content that effectively never changes. Here’s how.

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