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A sign that you are no longer a startup.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:20 PM

Ok, so it is a really bad pun.  It is tough writing blog post titles sometimes. :) Anyway, we finally got a beautiful metallic official sign for our office after inhabiting our office space for almost two years.  (Now if we could just do something about that door!).      In our first office suite in Vienna (VA) we had a good excuse for... Read More...

by thycotic | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Fun, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development

Can you find the bug in this code? (THE FIX)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:30 PM

Thanks to everyone for contributing!  It was really neat to read everyone's ideas and see the discussion and review (talking about code is always fun!).  Here is a summary of responses and the "fixed" code.  If you are interested in the original problem, go here .   @drakiula: The idea with the Response.Redirect is that it will stop... Read More...

by thycotic | 2 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Fun, Software Development, General Software Development, Refactoring

Can you find the bug in this code?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 8:04 AM

This is a real bug that I came across yesterday in some code I had written about a week before.  I was a little surprised at the mechanics but it makes sense once you understand what is happening ... 1: private void Foo() 2: { 3: try 4: { 5: AuthenticationInfo authenticationInfo = GetAuthenticationInfo(Request.QueryString[ "t" ]); 6: Authenticator... Read More...

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Don't surprise the user
Monday, January 28, 2008 11:18 PM

You are probably getting ready to hear about some error dialog or weird setting in an application but not this time - it was a photocopier!  I was copying some printouts for a meeting and discovered midway through the job that the paper tray had fancy paper in it that I shouldn't be using.  Not a problem, right?  Just hit the "Cancel Job"... Read More...

by thycotic | 1 comment(s)

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Some photos from TechEd 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007 11:33 PM

Kevin has posted some of our photos from TechEd 2007 . My personal favorite was the Secret Server remote office at the Orlando airport bar - 4 geeks all with laptops! :) TechEd was very different for me this year since it was my first experience as an exhibitor and not an attendee (I didn't attend a single session!). However the customer feedback on Secret Server... Read More...

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Filed under: Fun, TechEd, Software Development, ISV, General Software Development

Pair Programming at DC Extreme Programming User Group tonight!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:11 AM

I will be presenting on Pair Programming (something we practice daily at Thycotic ) tonight at the Washington DC Extreme Programming User Group . The session involves an exercise (which I have blogged about before ) but it is always interesting to hear peoples opinions and past experiences. Pair Programming is definitely something that can have great effect in... Read More...

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Filed under: .NET User Groups, Fun, Pair Programming, Software Development, General Software Development