Typically, a well designed web application will respond to a POST request with a redirection to a suitable URL (e.g. one that shows the contents of their e-mail inbox, their Facebook homepage etc.). The main advantage of this approach compared to sending whatever resourse the user thinks they are requesting in the body of the [...]

Since I started contracting three years ago, I have probably attended more job interviews than in all my previous years combined. My success ratio is finally high enough that I now decline more job offers than I accept, and for that I have to thank my newfound ability to see the interview process for the [...]

As I am sure most of you are already aware, Sun Microsystems has acquired MySQL AB (the company behind the open source MySQL database server that powers much of the world wide web) for the princely sum of $1billion. Many commentators are predicting doom, gloom, fire and brimstone (in that order), largely as a result [...]