A screencast showing the rapid development of Gistlog.co from idea to live prototype in under two hours using Laravel.
A blogger weighs the pros and cons of running ads, using their own traffic stats to analyze potential revenue and user experience impact.
An overview of major CPU developments since the 1980s, focusing on features programmers can leverage for performance.
A tutorial on creating interactive Small Multiples line charts with D3.js and Angular.js, including brushing for synchronized views.
Analyzes the performance overhead of enabling integer overflow checks in compiled code, estimating a small penalty for most applications.
The article argues against the idea that market forces prevent discrimination, using historical examples from finance to challenge this common tech industry belief.
A 1997 design contest analysis where Verilog users outperformed VHDL users, sparking industry debate and controversy.
An introduction to the HWB color model in CSS, explaining its intuitive approach to defining colors using Hue, Whiteness, and Blackness.
A blogger clarifies that Skype's unencrypted local database is not a security vulnerability, as it's protected by system-level access controls.
A security analysis revealing that Skype stores user data in an unencrypted, password-less local database, making it vulnerable to data extraction.
A guide to editing binary files directly, explaining why it's useful and demonstrating basic techniques with simple tools.
Article critiques a misleading report claiming no gender pay gap in tech, using evidence from the AAUW study to refute the claim.
A historical account of Oracle's poor performance in a 1983 database benchmark and their alleged attempt to have the professor behind it fired.
Explains how data alignment affects CPU cache performance, using benchmarks and an analogy to illustrate the impact on speed.
A technical guide on using Python and tools like rtmpdump to reverse engineer and download songs from Myspace.
The author argues Java's bloated toolchain creates a high barrier to entry for casual FOSS contributors, based on personal experience.
Analyzes the flaws in Hacker News and Reddit ranking algorithms and proposes a randomized solution to improve content discovery.
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A tutorial on animating SVG path transitions using SMIL, comparing it to JavaScript libraries like RaphaëlJS for a Batman emblem project.
A guide on using CSS to maintain the aspect ratio of embedded iframes (like videos) in responsive web design.
