Aaron Saray

open source programmer,
web developer

entrepreneur, author
and musician

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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Rely on Google for your Javascript?

After reviewing the Google Javascript API project, I am torn. Pro’s and cons below… What do YOU think? PRO Proper caching done Shared javascript location – no need to redownload if multiple sites use same library Easy to include method, … Continue reading

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Disable md5 now – or you will die

I remember a while ago hearing about a few theoretical collisions of the md5 algorithm, but I thought nothing of them. Now, as more information emerges, Microsoft is issuing advisories, and people are proving more and more collisions with example … Continue reading

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Password Complexity Class

After many times of coding relatively the same thing, it becomes prudent to have a standard library for certain sets of processes. Of course – that is why there are things like frameworks! At any rate, one of the biggest … Continue reading

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Please Use Public Accessors in your Object Oriented Programming

I really hate to see people accessing and designing objects with public attributes. So many times I’ve seen this backfire. Lets take a few examples and see why this matters:

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