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Hey Now Jeff,
A/B testing, great post!
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Catto
Commented Jul 20, 2010 on Groundhog Day, or, the Problem with A/B Testing at Coding Horror
Groundhog Day, or, the Problem with A/B Testing
On a recent airplane flight, I happened to catch the movie Groundhog Day. Again. If you aren't familiar with this classic film, the premise is simple: Bill Murray, somehow, gets stuck reliving the same day over and over. It's been at least 5 years since I've seen Groundhog Day. I don't know...
Hey Now Jeff,
Very good post! Thx 4 the info
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Catto
Commented Apr 30, 2010 on What's Wrong With CSS at Coding Horror
What's Wrong With CSS
We're currently in the midst of a CSS Zen Garden type excerise on our family of Q&A websites, which I affectionately refer to as "the Trilogy": Server Fault Super User Stack Overflow Meta Stack Overflow (In case you were wondering, yes, meta is the Star Wars Holiday Special.) These sites a...
Hey Now Jeff,
Great to read about 'As good as two monitors is, three monitors is even better.'
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Catto
Commented Apr 5, 2010 on Three Monitors For Every User at Coding Horror
Three Monitors For Every User
As far as I'm concerned, you can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much screen space. By "screen", I mean not just large monitors, but multiple large monitors. I've been evangelizing multiple monitors since the dark days of Windows Millennium Edition: Multiple Monitors and Productivity...
Hey Now Jeff,
That is a ruff subject line for an example. Thx 4 the info,
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Catto
Commented Mar 24, 2010 on The Opposite of Fitts' Law at Coding Horror
The Opposite of Fitts' Law
If you've ever wrangled a user interface, you've probably heard of Fitts' Law. It's pretty simple -- the larger an item is, and the closer it is to your cursor, the easier it is to click on. Kevin Hale put together a great visual summary of Fitts' Law, so rather than over-explain it, I'll refer...
Hey Now Jeff,
"scalability nightmares".?!? I didn't know you were a big fan of compiled languages. If S.O. is not as fast as it can be it's still is a stellar place to go.
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Catto
Commented Mar 19, 2010 on Compiled or Bust? at Coding Horror
Compiled or Bust?
While I may have mixed emotions toward LINQ to SQL, we've had great success with it on Stack Overflow. That's why I was surprised to read the following: If you are building an ASP.NET web application that's going to get thousands of hits per hour, the execution overhead of Linq queries is goi...
Hey Now Jeff,
Programmers should be able to code & use SO for assistance with detailed questions. Nice Post.
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Catto
Commented Feb 22, 2010 on The Non-Programming Programmer at Coding Horror
The Non-Programming Programmer
I find it difficult to believe, but the reports keep pouring in via Twitter and email: many candidates who show up for programming job interviews can't program. At all. Consider this recent email from Mike Lin: The article Why Can't Programmers... Program? changed the way I did interviews. I ...
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