A guide to creating and applying custom themes in ggplot2 for R to enhance data visualizations for communication and storytelling.
A guide to learning Azure Monitor Log Analytics with practical KQL query examples and a free demo resource.
A software developer shares insights from giving 125+ tech talks, focusing on planning, topic selection, and setting clear presentation goals.
A technical tutorial on implementing Thompson Sampling to optimize ad auction decisions by balancing bid values and click-through rates.
A guide to implementing secret scanning with GitLeaks in Azure DevOps pipelines to prevent accidental exposure of API keys and passwords in code repositories.
Explains how to implement concurrent producer/consumer pipelines in .NET using System.Threading.Channels, with a practical example of generating Twitter card images.
A technical guide to calculating sunlight exposure in a garden using solar position algorithms and interactive web tools.
Introduces HOMER, a new reinforcement learning algorithm that solves key problems like global exploration and decoding latent dynamics with provable guarantees.
The article critiques modern OS design, arguing that Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS now prioritize vendor interests over user needs, coining the term 'vendor-purpose OS'.
A tutorial on using Apple's VisionKit framework to implement document scanning in iOS apps with under 10 lines of core code.
Explains SQL Server backup throttling issues in Azure VMs due to disk throughput limits exceeding VM caps, causing performance problems.
A technical tutorial demonstrating how to access and query nested JSON arrays in ksqlDB using array indexing and the EXPLODE function.
A summary of key IT Pro-focused announcements from Microsoft's //BUILD 2020 conference, including Cloud for Healthcare and AI supercomputing.
Analyzes the privacy and effectiveness issues of digital contact tracing, comparing location-based and proximity-based approaches.
A technical tutorial on mapping COVID-19 cases in New Zealand by District Health Board using R and the DHBins package.
A developer explores Google Fonts subsetting to reduce font file sizes, sharing performance tests and results from implementing it on a website.
A web developer discusses the resurgence of blogging and the importance of owning your content, while introducing his agency and educational resources.
Announcement for a full-day workshop on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes at SQLSaturday Vienna 2020, covering practical techniques across multiple versions.
Explores why Perforce is the dominant source control system in AAA and large-scale game development, comparing it to Git.
Analyzes how major software changes like Python 3 and asyncio can be 'traumatic' for developer communities, causing wasted effort and code rot.
