Java phone number format API
So, you have a database with millions of phone numbers with free-for-all formatting. Ie, the UI does not enforce any constraints and the users are typing in...
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Keep those passwords safe
The easiest way to guess a password isn't to guess it at all, but to exploit the inherent insecurity in the underlying operating system. Bruce Schneier
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When we left off, I had set out to replace any ampersand outside a CDATA segment with the XML encoded version. Instead of ditching the regex approach and us...
Regular Expression: Negative Lookahead
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Democratic Product Management
In 2007, Dell launched their IdeaStorm site. It was the first example I had seen of a website where users can go to vote on features. From their FAQ:
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First AWK script
I have been aware of AWK as a "general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based data" since college. But until today I never s...
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ColdFusion JSON Exception Handling
When calling a ColdFusion end-point from an Ajax call, the caller is expecting a certain format. In my projects, that's usually JSON. Regardless, it would be...