2020 in Review
A personal review of 2020 focusing on the growth of the #TidyTuesday data visualization project in the R community, with code and analysis.
A personal review of 2020 focusing on the growth of the #TidyTuesday data visualization project in the R community, with code and analysis.
A guide to diagnosing and fixing slow CI/CD pipelines, focusing on reducing lead time to under 15 minutes with anti-patterns and optimization strategies.
A guide on embedding custom HTML and CSS within gt tables in R for enhanced table styling and formatting in R Markdown and Shiny.
A guide for developers on seven essential trust and safety features to proactively build into products to prevent abuse and harassment.
Discusses the critical importance of budgeting for 'trust and safety' work to combat online abuse, framing it as a necessary 'internet tax' for tech platforms.
Explains two methods to inject services into System.Text.Json converters in .NET, covering global and case-by-case scenarios.
A GitHub product manager argues that user safety and abuse prevention should be prioritized like security vulnerabilities, not dismissed as edge cases.
The article discusses the transformative impact of Continuous Delivery on software development, highlighting its benefits for speed, quality, and team well-being.
A technical guide on implementing CloudKit query subscriptions for silent push notifications in iOS/tvOS apps.
Tips for facilitating effective remote Specification by Example workshops to achieve shared understanding and define requirements collaboratively.
Andy announces a pause in streaming to focus on launching Piccalilli, a front-end development publication, and mentions his CSS course.
Explains limitations of ONLINE rebuild for Rowstore indexes on tables with Columnstore Indexes in older SQL Server versions (2016, 2017).
A web developer reflects on eight years of blogging, the switch to 11ty, and plans for more tutorials on accessible web development.
A guide to building and publishing Docker images to Docker Hub using GitHub integration, without needing Docker installed locally.
A review of major tech trends from the 2010s, focusing on the explosive growth and impact of public cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
AWS re:Invent 2019 session on using AWS CloudFormation, OpsWorks, and Systems Manager for high-velocity infrastructure as code and service delivery.
A personal story about using software and technology to reconnect family through old photos and DNA analysis, highlighting software's vital role in modern life.
A technical comparison of built-in security features and secure coding practices in React and Angular frameworks.
A tutorial on scaling Kubernetes deployments programmatically using a .NET Core API and the KubernetesClient library.
Explains how to create and use XAML Markup Extensions to simplify setting custom icons in UWP/WinUI applications.