A reflection on the challenges of data science in academia, discussing the 'brain drain' of data skills and the need for systemic change.
A technical note confirming that the Intel Celeron J1900 CPU supports Extended Page Tables (EPT) for virtualization, contrary to Intel's official documentation.
A follow-up discussion on Swift type inference, emphasizing clear naming and predictable return types for code clarity.
Expanded thoughts on Swift's type inference for clean coding, emphasizing making return types unambiguous.
A developer recounts his 12-year career journey at Amazon, starting from his early interest in their web services API to joining the company.
Tips for effective application prototyping, focusing on simplicity, iteration, user feedback, and using familiar tools to validate ideas quickly.
Learn how to sort an array of strings as integers in Swift using the sorted function and closures.
Learn how to sort an array of integer strings numerically in Swift using the sorted function and a custom closure.
The author announces hyper v0.1.0, detailing new HTTP/2 support, dropped Python 3.3, and challenges with PyOpenSSL.
A developer's wishlist for upcoming features in PostgreSQL 9.5, including upsert, foreign data wrapper improvements, and better replication.
Guide to migrating app settings from IsolatedStorageSettings to ApplicationData.LocalSettings for Windows Phone Silverlight to Windows Runtime upgrades.
Explains how commercial mocking tools like Typemock and JustMock mock sealed classes and static methods using the .NET Profiling API.
A guide on using a PowerShell script to automatically shut down Azure VMs to reduce cloud computing costs.
A product development philosophy on deciding when to ship a new feature or kill it, based on user feedback when the feature is removed.
A collaborative effort to create an ongoing, community-driven book about KDE Frameworks 5 for Qt developers, using a git-based infrastructure.
Explores when to use explicit type annotations vs type inference in Swift for cleaner, more readable code.
Explores when to use explicit type annotations vs. type inference in Swift for cleaner, more readable code.
Explains why SQL Server's dm_exec_query_plan returns NULL for stored procedures with conditional logic and temp tables, and how to diagnose it.
A technical guide on loading detailed AWS billing data into a SQL Server data warehouse for advanced cost analysis.
A developer shares amusing and obscure quirks found in Xcode, Objective-C, and Apple's private iOS frameworks, including oddly named constants and gesture recognizers.
