Tag Archives: evil

On Constants

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Giovanni Giorgi
I think constants are evil (just joking but….I will explain why). I am tired of seeing a lot of Java classes filled with the same constants repeated over and over again, instead of collecting them in a common file, which … Continue reading →
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Comments are evil?

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Giovanni Giorgi
In the 1980 comments were used to reduce the “gap” between unstructured code and “rationale” behind the code. C/64 Peek and poke where oscure. Gosub on function pointed by numbers was bad 8-bit systems was tight on command names and … Continue reading →
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Removing duplicate rows in PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQLite

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Giovanni Giorgi
Sometimes you need to remove nasty duplicate on a table, based on a subset of the column. On every big database there is something called “rowid” which can be used to indentify a column in a unique way. On PostgreSQL … Continue reading →
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At last Bing is not so bad

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Giovanni Giorgi
I have used Google in the past 8 years (I know, I am a bit old). Then I was annoyed because of a bad behavior of Google with my AdSense account (shutdown without being able to talk back to someone … Continue reading →
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The Project Manager

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Giovanni Giorgi
Steve is not a normal solution provider.
Steve is the final destination for Project Management troubles.
Let's see how Steve can solve problems Continue reading →
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