Dave Cridland

Open source and open standards for mission-critical code.

Wales, UK Joined on Feb 22, 2017

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Problem Creator at Peppy Health

Dave Cridland

Mar 18 '21

Subroutines

#javascript #beginners

9 min read

Become a Javascript Magician with these tricks!

Converting to a number and string that way is risky, because ...

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"Am I a bad developer?" - A question developers commonly face

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May 21 '21

Is C Programming Knowledge A Must To Learn Python or Any Other Programming Languages?

You should not try to learn C (or C++) as your first language...

Mar 18 '21

JS: Check if an email is valid

I used to work for the team that designed MIXER, which gatewa...

Feb 8 '21

What's the longest you've ever spent debugging a single bug?

Over a year so far some some subtle, intermittent bugs involv...

Feb 3 '21

One Web Architect's Core Beliefs

I wonder, though, whether 100% coverage - and coverage in gen...

Feb 3 '21

Honest Security

No, I definitely meant inclusional, which encompasses the me...

Feb 2 '21

One Web Architect's Core Beliefs

Lovely to see you post here. As you know, it is inevitable th...

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Dave Cridland

Mar 18 '21

Types

#javascript #beginners

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Mar 13 '21

The Variable

#javascript #beginners

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Dec 8 '20

Honest Security

#security #honestsecurity

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Jul 17 '20

Efficient INSERT MULTIPLE with Postgres

#sql #database #postgres

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Jul 12 '20

Smart Pointers in C++

#cpp

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Apr 8 '20

Why my code looks nicer than yours

#programming

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Jan 6 '20

Slow Data

#messaging #mobile

8 min read

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Nov 18 '19

Sending a Message

#messaging

9 min read

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Jul 26 '19

Access Control

#security

6 min read

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Apr 12 '19

Resource Acquisition Is Initialization

#cpp #programming

5 min read

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Apr 12 '19

Versioning in APIs

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8 min read

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Apr 1 '19

Multi-paradigm Programming in C++ and Javascript

#cpp #javascript #functional #oop

5 min read

Dave Cridland

Mar 29 '19

Failing Fast : Hypothesis-driven Decision Making

#career #productivity #management

4 min read

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Feb 26 '19

Fibonacci++

#cpp

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6 min read

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Jan 29 '19

SigSlot

#cpp

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4 min read

Dave Cridland

Dec 19 '18

An Experiment in Permanent Co-Located Working

#career #productivity #remoteworking

4 min read

Dave Cridland

Nov 20 '18

Coroutines in C++

#cpp #coroutines #programming

4 min read

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Sep 4 '18

Living with Impostor Syndrome

#career

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3 min read

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Aug 6 '18

Why I'm (not) an Asshole

#career

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3 min read

Dave Cridland

May 12 '18

Git Submodules Revisited

#git #opensource #engineering

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Apr 25 '18

Cryptoheist!

#security

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6 min read

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Apr 16 '18

Standards Are Boring

#standards #innovation

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5 min read

Dave Cridland

Apr 9 '18

Multi-Paradigm is the best Paradigm

#javascript #react #coding

5 min read

Dave Cridland

Jan 25 '18

Things I think I know about Cryptography

#security

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5 min read

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Jan 18 '18

Crypto Show And Tell: The Wonders of Diffie-Hellman-Merkle

#security

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5 min read

Dave Cridland

Nov 28 '17

On Science and Software Development

#testing #debugging #science

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4 min read

Dave Cridland

Oct 9 '17

Two Generals

#networking

4 min read

Dave Cridland

Sep 27 '17

Who do you think you are?

#authentication #security

5 min read

Dave Cridland

Aug 8 '17

Tools for C++ Development

#tools #software

4 min read

Dave Cridland

Aug 5 '17

Licensed Revoked; Certificate Status Checking in PKIX

#security

4 min read

Dave Cridland

Aug 3 '17

On Walking before Running

#career

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4 min read

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Aug 3 '17

How to be a Follower

#beginners #career

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