Category Archives: Programming

Tue 31 Jan 2012

A Layered Mess

Posted on January 31, 2012 at 12:09 AM by shirish in Programming | Leave a comment

I had a moment of reflection at work today, as I was completing a task. During college, I was taught the power of Object-oriented programming and, among other things, the importance of abstraction. I had a good understanding of the … Continue reading →

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Sat 16 Jul 2011

CSIA Website, debug=”true”

Posted on July 16, 2011 at 11:37 AM by shirish in Programming, Rants, Review | 1 Comment

We frequently hear reports about “hackers” successfully bringing down some of India’s premier websites. The IPL-T20 website was once “defaced” and the hackers politely left a message stating that they had exploited a common SQL injection vulnerability.  It’s no surprise … Continue reading →

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Wed 20 Oct 2010

Geek Talk

Posted on October 20, 2010 at 12:25 AM by shirish in Programming | Leave a comment

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Wed 30 Jun 2010

Project-talk is never dull

Posted on June 30, 2010 at 12:04 AM by shirish in Programming | 1 Comment

I love talking about projects. The process of planning and watching things actually transform into real-world entities (with major, really tough problems) is much more exciting than reading about age-old theories of technologies and architectures. As students, we’ve always been … Continue reading →

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Sat 24 Jan 2009

Error while trying to run project: Could not load file or assembly ‘”Shirish’s Flame Thrower”’

Posted on January 24, 2009 at 7:47 PM by shirish in Programming, Tips | 34 Comments

If you’re a programmer, I’m sure you’ve had your share of frustrations when it comes to using Mic*osoft Corps. products. MS provides probably the most intuitive and user-friendly IDE’s for programming, but they’re lousy at one very important thing. Debugging … Continue reading →

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