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A good Delphi developer is usually a 10x developer

Delphi is now 26 years old and Embarcadero is celebrating with blog posts and has asked developers to share your favorite quote, comment, story, or feature of Delphi. My quote is simple - if you ar...

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Getting started with CI/CD using Delphi and Jenkins on Windows

Many Delphi programmers are working on “legacy code” which has little or no tests and is often built and deployed manually. Unfortunately, many Delphi developers are stuck in this rut and could gre...

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New workspace on Slack.com dedicated to Delphi Programmers

There is a brand new Slack workspace with a handful of different Delphi-related channels now available. Everyone is welcomed to freely join today for collaborative discussions on Delphi. Current c...

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Now an Embarcadero MVP for Delphi!

If you have been a member of the Delphi community for any length of time, you should come to recognize developer MVPs. The Embarcadero MVP Program contains some of the most well-known names in the ...

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Delphi Programming: how it started, how it's going

A recent popular internet meme is two pictures representing a starting position compared to the current state. I thought I would interject a Delphi specific meme with a How It Started and How It’s ...

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PostgreSQL links and general information

I have used PostgreSQL sporadically over the years, but only for small projects with short lifespans. Another such project is being started and this time I thought I would gather some information t...

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Black Friday discounts for 2020 from Delphi related third party vendors (2020)

As a follow-up to last year’s post on Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts, this is the current set of known offerings. This blog post will be updated as more discounts are discovered, so check ...

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Announcement: DelphiCon 2020 coming November 17-19th

As just announced on the Embarcadero Blogs site, there’s a new free online Delphi conference coming next month sponsored by Embarcadero. This is different than the normal CodeRage events and this o...

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Double-dabble and conversions from base-10 and base-2 number systems

Many of you probably use this trick all the time, but I haven’t heard of this magic double-dabble short cut before today. I wanted to quickly write it down so that I don’t forget it. Base-10 is ob...

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New book available: Code Faster In Delphi by Alister Christie

It’s great to see books still being published targeting Delphi developers. The latest one is from a well known Delphi developer, Alister Christie and it’s called Code Faster In Delphi, which is ava...