A guide to creating custom Windows 10 toast notifications using PowerShell to warn users about expiring Active Directory passwords.
A final guide on managing Windows 10 updates, explaining how to avoid forced reboots but emphasizing the importance of installing security patches.
Argues for using your Linux distro's native package manager over language-specific tools like pip/npm for better system integration and deployment.
Explores the similarities between the Reactive Streams API and the AMQP 1.0 protocol, proposing AMQP 1.0 as a reactive protocol for messaging in microservices.
A developer shares how he built two production-ready web apps entirely in the browser using CodeSandbox and deployed them with Netlify.
Explores the new 'var' keyword for local-variable type inference in Java 10, covering its usage, limitations, and impact on code readability.
A technical analysis of Apple's A11 CPU, exploring its heterogeneous core architecture and methods to observe performance and efficiency cores in action.
Practical advice for open source maintainers on building and nurturing a community around their projects, from licensing to attracting contributors.
An overview of the PostgreSQL community structure, including its unique license, core team, and contributor hierarchy.
Live coverage and highlights from PASS Summit 2017, focusing on Microsoft Data Platform updates, Azure services, and SQL Server.
Explains the five common forms of Clojure keywords, their use cases, and provides recommendations for idiomatic usage.
A guide to best practices for database schema migrations, focusing on tools like Flyway and Hibernate for evolving applications.
Discusses how Docker is a tool that can be misused, arguing that its problems stem from implementation, not the technology itself, and connecting it to DevOps culture.
Introducing heatmaply, an R package for creating interactive, shareable cluster heatmaps for data visualization and online publishing.
Solutions for using different resource URLs in local vs remote environments, featuring Service Workers and other web dev techniques.
A visual guide explaining Evolution Strategies (ES) as a gradient-free optimization alternative to reinforcement learning for training neural networks.
An introductory guide to the fundamental concepts of object detection, covering image gradients, HOG, and segmentation, as a precursor to deep learning methods.
An updated guide to locks, mutexes, and thread safety in Swift, covering modern APIs and best practices for concurrent programming.
A brief review of Refind, a tool that curates links from tweets into a browsable format for discovering tech articles and resources.
A manifesto proposing Upspin, a global file system to restore user data ownership and enable seamless sharing between programs and people.
