Archives for 2010
Batman relied heavy on his tool belt whenever he was in a pinch. So should you! Below is a list of some tools that I’ve found very useful when working on projects: toggl – Time tracking that works. Free and paid options available. Bitnami – Wide array of development stacks (think LAMP/WAMP) that are a [...]
Searching for files using find on the command line is a powerful tool that most developers should be familiar with. Searching for strings inside files using grep can be even more useful for developers, especially if you are working in a unfamiliar code base. While both these commands are great to use individually, they really [...]
I just recently finished up a project at work that required float-point number comparison and initially stumbled into the float-point comparison pitfall displayed below: if (float_a == float_b) // compare evaluates true. else // compare evaluates false. Of course, my team lead quickly pointed out my mistake while reviewing my code and I promptly smacked [...]
Welcome to Operator Error! I learn a lot of random things everyday between my job and my personal interests. I figured a blog would be a good place for me to capture these learnings and then in turn, share them with the world. That being said, I have no actual focus for what topics this [...]
