A personal recap of the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018, highlighting key takeaways like WebJEA, Neo4j/Dots, and Puppet for automation.
A guide on reverse engineering the Soundcloud API to bypass download restrictions using Python.
Explores the 'dusting of gamification' in Stack Overflow's reputation system, its origins, and its role in community building.
Demonstrates how to model and query graph-like data in MongoDB using the Aggregation Framework's graph lookup, inspired by a scenario from 'Designing Data-Intensive Applications'.
An exploration of running Dask and Distributed parallel computing libraries on AWS Lambda, examining feasibility and limitations.
A recap of Day 4 at the PowerShell Summit 2018, covering sessions on DSC, WebJEA, meta-programming, cross-platform modules, and ChatOps.
A personal recap of presenting a PowerShell optimization talk and attending sessions on DSC resources and JEA at the PowerShell Summit 2018.
A guide to manually updating System76 firmware on Arch Linux, addressing silent errors and display issues with the official updater.
A guide to implementing web accessibility best practices in React applications, covering semantic HTML, ARIA, and testing tools.
Analyzes three strategies companies use to innovate with cloud technology: born-in-cloud, startup acquisition, and creating centers of excellence.
A daily recap of the PowerShell Summit 2018, covering sessions on mentorship, configuration management tools, and graph databases with Neo4j.
A personal recap of the first day at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018, covering keynotes and technical sessions.
An analysis of AWS Secrets Manager, focusing on its secret rotation capabilities and comparing it to SSM Parameter Store.
Explains the removal of sun.misc.Unsafe.defineClass in JDK 11 and the new, more secure class definition API using MethodHandles.Lookup.
A comprehensive overview of policy gradient algorithms in reinforcement learning, covering key concepts, notations, and various methods.
A deep dive into SQL Server Columnstore Index wait types, explaining their groups and providing setup for analysis.
A data visualization tutorial using Flourish to create an animated 'horserace' chart tracking NBA team win percentages.
An exploration of the ECMA-335 standard, the technical specification for the .NET Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), covering its purpose and contents.
A guide on using the dotnet-addcasa global tool to automatically add Code Analysis and StyleCop checks to .NET Core projects.
A guide to writing unit tests for AWS Chalice applications using local mode and pytest.
