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Publishing a Static AngularJS Application with Docker

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Bob

Contents Introduction The most common use for JavaScript frameworks is to provide dynamic client-side user interface functionality for a web site. There are situations where a JS application does not require any services from its host server (see example unhosted apps). … Continue reading →

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The Bumpy Road to a New Development Laptop

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Bob

My 6 year old Lenovo T400 finally gave up the ghost. It didn’t totally die (it probably never will, thank you IBM), but the screen was starting to flicker and it reliably rebooted itself whenever I was doing something useful. Very … Continue reading →

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The Zigzag Career

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Bob

I agree with Udi Dahan’s Thoughts on a career in software development premise that developers will eventually be faced with a management “opportunity” at some point in their career. It’s too bad that this is usually a “fork in the road” decision. … Continue reading →

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VirtualBox Ubuntu Guest Auto Re-size Display Problem

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Bob

Oracle VirtualBox version 4.2.12 was released on 12-Apr-2013 and caused the following problem: VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.2.12 breaks Ubuntu 12.04 guest. The solution of reverting back to GA 4.2.10 allowed the VM to run but I lost the ability to … Continue reading →

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Design Patterns for EMR/EHR Performance

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Bob

Healthy Architectures – Using CQRS and Event Sourcing for Electronic Medical Records presents a couple of interesting patterns for the management of healthcare data. The two patterns are: Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) Event Sourcing (ES) Here’s another article that provides … Continue reading →

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Binary Waveform Data in SQL Server 2008

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Bob

As Shahid points out in Consider MySQL ‘Archive’ storage engine to store large amounts of med device structured or waveform data, saving physiologic waveform data from a medical device in a MySQL database for archive purposes is a reasonable alternative … Continue reading →

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Technical Debt in Medical Software

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Bob

Software development is software development. Most of the life cycle and quality issues faced in medical software are the same challenges for any software product. Technical Debt in Medical Software points out what technical debt is: Complexity Code Duplication Documentation … Continue reading →

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The Challenges of Developing Software for Medical Devices

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Bob

Developing Software for Medical Devices – Interview with SterlingTech gives a good overview of the challenges that especially face young medical device companies. In particular (my emphasis): Make sure that your company has a good solid Quality System as it … Continue reading →

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Stackoverflow Overflow Update

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Bob

In Stackoverflow Overflow I predicted 500,000 questions on 2/7/2010 at 5:31. When I checked (after the Superbowl — congratulations to NO!) at 19:42 this evening: Not bad. Only 14 hours off on a three month linear extrapolation from only two … Continue reading →

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Stackoverflow Overflow

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Bob

I really like SO. It’s quickly become an invaluable resource for finding and getting programming answers. I generally browse the new questions to see if there’s anything I might be able to a answer.  Even when you find a question … Continue reading →

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