MySQL defaults to case-insensitive string comparison. SqlAlchemy does not do anything to mask this behaviour, and rightly so. This SqlAlchemy bug contains the reasoning as well as links to articles on how to configure MySQL tables and columns to use case-sensitive comparisons.

When defining a column or a table in MySQL, you can specify the … Read more

Man, those driving test administrators are hard-asses.

“The Open Web SSO project (OpenSSO) provides core identity services to simplify the implementation of transparent single sign-on (SSO) as a security component in a network infrastructure. OpenSSO provides the foundation for integrating diverse web applications that might typically operate against a disparate set of identity repositories and are hosted on a variety of platforms … Read more

When Apple announced the iPad, its detractors immediately denounced it, mostly citing it as underpowered and without a full-blown OS. More powerful tablets closely mimicking OS behaviour (mostly Windows) have been around for almost a decade, yet they’ve garnered little to no interest. Why haven’t those who feel the iPad is lacking not run out … Read more

In my over ten years as a developer, I’ve worked at over a half-dozen companies—some of them I’ve even quit before being laid-off. In the ones that I have quit I’ve noticed what could be termed as “employee rot” (or “Dead Sea Effect”). Smart employees come and go but it’s the not-so-smart ones who stay … Read more