Category Archives: TechKnow

TechKnow Zenze is a collection of code snippets that I find useful from time to time.

The Code Rules

Rules to code by… No consultant code. No complacent code. No crappy and sloppy code. No cut and past code.

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Pinterest Pins All Copyright Violations On Its Users

There is an interesting story about a Pintrest users that deleted her account after the social blogging platform changed it’s Terms of Service. Essentially, as stated in the article, Pinterest users are legally responsible for what the pin (post) and repine (re-post). Only under a limited number of circumstances can someone use copyrighted material without [...]

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Remove Invalid Ruby Gem Source

I was trying to install a Ruby gem and it keep failing. I keep getting the following error when installing a gem. ERROR: http://gems.datamapper.org does not appear to be a repository ERROR: could not find gem thin locally or in a repository Because of the above error I couldn’t install a gem or even update [...]

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Retweet February 2012

From time to time I just blast tweets about software development, project planning, team dynamics, or whatever else comes to mind. Here is a synopsis of recent tweets and rants. If you want to follow the conversation follow me at techknow and/or juixe. Software Development Kids lunch snacks sound like Java interfaces, Uncrustables and Lunchables. [...]

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It’s Always Your Problem

As a business, if any client has any sort of problem using your software then it’s your problem. Non technical users will have trouble using your software because of an array of issues, such as permissions, settings, configurations, other software, and external devices. No matter what, you have to make the effort to get them [...]

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Retweet January 2012

From time to time I just blast tweets about software development, project planning, team dynamics, or whatever else comes to mind. Here is a synopsis of recent tweets and rants. If you want to follow the conversation follow me at techknow and/or juixe. Software Development Even I’m surprised to know how many people use code [...]

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