Help me A/B Test Amazon and win a poster
The guys from Popular have designed a nice poster illustrating the effects of Specification by Example on software projects. I will give away large copies of this poster (including free shipping) in return for the help in A/B testing Amazon. (click on the image for a larger version) To get…
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The wrong way to do a shopping cart
Posted on February 18, 2008 | 18 CommentsThe print-on-demand service that I’ve chosen for my book has a fairly nice web user interface with lots of Ajax code. Generally, that web application is one of the best aspects of doing business with them. That’s why I was surprised to find a rather amateurish flaw in their shopping... -
Golden rule of web caching
Posted on November 29, 2007 | 7 CommentsEffective content caching is one of the key features of scalable web sites. Although there are several out-of-the-box options for caching with modern web technologies, a custom built cache still provides the best performance. -
Breaking the Web
Posted on March 22, 2007 | 3 CommentsLeaving behind the traditional ‘request-wait-reload page‘ processing, Web 2.0 broke many boundaries and brought online applications and sites much closer to an interactive desktop, but best practices from the desktop model have still to penetrate into the mind of common Web 2.0 developer. The paradigm shift from server-side to client-side...
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