All Roads Lead to Node You ever head to the local user group meeting or conference - or maybe just casually drop by a colleague’s office - and they’re discussing...
Slop The rampant amount of errors you run across (if you use IE with script error notification enabled) will make you sad for the internet. It lead my friend Miguel...
Data Or Code? Here’s the deal: the API i’m putting together for Alt.Tekpub is starting to “formalize” itself into an initial “burst” of data, with “auxiliary” stuff requested later on....
Take Nothing for Granted As a programmer it’s easy for me to think about ways that clients might consume my API. For instance - I’m imagining a few scenarios with...
Hyperbole: Take a Break I received a lot of help over the past few weeks from good folks like Mike Amundsen, John Sheehan,Darrel Miller, and Steve Klabnik. Each offered a...
30 Seconds. Just 30 Seconds. I always say - if you can’t give me the pitch in a single sentence, in 30 seconds, your idea isn’t worth what you think...
An Invitation I admire people who stick their neck out and offer to help others. In my case, with this whole REST kerfuffle - that would be Glenn Block (aka...
Use Cases Always start with the user/consumer in mind (in this post the user or consumer is someone using my API for whatever reason). If they don’t like what you...