Strolling through Google Reader, diagonally reading blog posts from the almost 1 hundred blogs that I tend to follow(1000+ unread ) a phrase jump started my brain.

Not ever line of code can be reused. A lot of web development is about crafting a very specific solution. Localization, error handling, and coding conventions introduce challenges.

This [...]

It hasn’t been a long time since I’ve been using Twitter. I’m just getting the hang of it, following the bloggers and the book authors who’s materials I enjoy, news tweetters (local and global) and some random people that make my day happier through their tweets, so I don’t consider myself an expert and you [...]

I’ll share a secret with you: great software has great localization support.
Frankly, this is not really a secret and it’s not just great for your users - having software that can be quickly adapted to any language or culture is a big plus for you and your company.
Writing software that speaks their language is [...]

Note to self and others!
When importing large oracle dumps (size in GB’s):

start early
always disable ARCHIVELOG….always
set UNDO retention to a small value, let’s say 5 seconds
get coffee…
wait
remember to enable ARCHIVELOG… when in production

“It’s not a 9-5 job. It’s an every moment you’re awake job because you actually enjoy the work that you’re doing.” - Jeffrey Kalmikoff
Somebody stopped me on the street this morning. I was just walking, wearing jeans, a t-shirt, my backpack on, headphones and a gray woolly hat… a coffee in one hand, a smoke [...]