Explains why protocol-relative URLs (//example.com) are harmful for security and compatibility, advocating for absolute HTTPS URLs instead.
A senior developer explains his motivations for using StackOverflow for over 7 years, focusing on skill development and community engagement.
Sway 0.11 released with security policies for Wayland and a new bounty program to fund feature development.
A technical guide on implementing sound emulation for a CHIP-8 virtual machine using Common Lisp, covering timers, wave generation, and threading.
A technical analysis of the evolution and OS-specific behaviors of R's download.file function, focusing on changes from versions 3.2.5 to 3.3.0.
How to use the handroll static site generator to create sitemaps and robots.txt files for better search engine visibility.
A technical guide on implementing user input handling for a CHIP-8 emulator written in Common Lisp, covering keyboard mapping and emulation.
A developer shares their customized Atom text editor setup for writing prose and Markdown, detailing essential packages and workflow tweaks.
A software engineer with extensive experience in open source, security, and multiple languages announces they are seeking a new role focused on impactful information security work.
A guide to using Let's Encrypt for free, trusted TLS certificates, including setup with Nginx and comparisons to paid alternatives.
A technical guide on implementing the graphics system for a CHIP-8 emulator using Common Lisp and the Qtools library.
A summary of key talks and announcements from JavaOne 2016, focusing on Java SE 9 features and Java EE 8 updates.
Urgent warning to replace StartCom or WoSign SSL certificates before Chrome 56 and Firefox 51 mark sites as insecure in early 2017.
Final summary of a project exploring ETL offload to Apache Spark on AWS EMR, evaluating cost and tech benefits for a cloud-based data platform.
Exploring Pythonista, a powerful Python programming environment for iOS, and its capabilities for automation, scripting, and running pure-Python modules.
Explores SQL-on-Hadoop engines like Apache Drill for analyzing ETL data processed with Spark on Amazon EMR, focusing on performance and flexibility.
Explains why exceptions in .NET should be rare, comparing them to asteroid strikes, and analyzes their performance costs versus error codes.
A guide on integrating Segment analytics into an Ember.js application using the ember-cli-segment addon.
A technical guide to implementing a CHIP-8 emulator's CPU in Common Lisp, covering core data structures and instruction handling.
A technical guide exploring advanced Babel.js configuration, Stage-X presets for ES6 features, and source map debugging.
