I'm a physicist, and have been learning some programming, and have come across a lot of people using quaternions for rotations instead of writing things in matrix/vector form. ...

...a difference in performance between an inline table valued function (ITVF) and a multi-statement table valued function (MSTVF) even if they both simply execute a SELECT statement. SQL Server will treat an ITVF somewhat like a VIEW in that it will calculate an execution plan using the latest statisti...

I ruined several unit tests some time ago when I went through and refactored them to make them more DRY --the intent of each test was no longer clear. It seems there is a trade-off between tests' readability and maintainability. If I leave duplicated code in unit tests, they're more readable, but...

Is there a method (other than trial and error) I can use to find unused image files? How about CSS declarations for ID's and Classes that don't even exist in the site? ...

...nterface Builder, there is a very easy way to do this: Select the button and set a title and an image. Note that if you set the background instead of the image then the image will be resized if it is smaller than the button. Set the position of both items by changing the edge and insets. You could...

...ure. I've seen it approached many ways - configuration files (XML, .conf, and so on), inheritance frameworks, database information, libraries, and others. In my experience: ...

I'd like to get stories on how people are handling tracing and logging in real applications. Here are some questions that might help to explain your answer. ...

I am in charge of several Excel files and SQL schema files. How should I perform better document version control on these files? ...

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... Oh, just now I realized the name and picture are the same in your profile and those articles... Good job Vlad :) – Dinei May 5 '17 at 15:09 ...