A developer troubleshoots a connection issue when using ngrok to expose a local Kafka service, ultimately discovering a DNS-related problem.
Using R simulations to calculate birthday probabilities instead of complex probability math, with code examples.
A guide to deploying GitHub's Copilot Metrics API dashboard to Azure Static Web Apps using real-time data instead of static samples.
A tutorial on using Dremio and Docker to run SQL queries directly on Excel files from your local machine.
Learn how to use the dotnet CLI to check your .NET solution for NuGet packages with known vulnerabilities or that are deprecated.
A developer shares their journey customizing Neovim for blogging, covering initial setup, autocommands, and plugin structure.
A consultant discusses three key questions to assess an organization's test automation strategy and ensure it aligns with business goals.
Guide to running local LLMs like Llama3 and Phi-3 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Ollama for private, cost-effective AI.
A developer's investigation into unexpected cost spikes from a Vertex AI resource pool, with a cautionary guide on managing cloud ML resources.
Monthly update on new features for Azure WebApps, including disaster recovery changes, load testing preview, and Java 21 support.
Analysis of Python's version epoch feature, its practical issues for projects switching versioning schemes like CalVer, and why it's broken.
A guide explaining Azure Arc, a Microsoft tool for managing on-premise and multi-cloud servers, and providing step-by-step deployment instructions.
A CTO's experiment integrating AI with blockchain to create 'purpose bound money', challenging the idea that the two technologies are incompatible.
A SwiftUI tutorial on creating a reusable enum to streamline standard button types (add, delete, edit) with localization support.
A calendar of major virtualization conferences for 2024, including VMware Explore, Nutanix .NEXT, and Microsoft Ignite, with dates and locations.
A developer shares updates on starting a new C# .NET contract role, pursuing indie game development by acquiring an existing game, and streaming programming/gaming content.
Explains how C# List<T> detects modifications during enumeration using a version field to throw InvalidOperationException.
A guide to automating documentation publishing using Markdown, LaTeX, Pandoc, and GitHub Actions to generate PDFs and Word docs.
A developer's six-month experience switching from i3/X11 to Sway/Wayland on Linux, covering compatibility, GPU issues, and practical tips.
An update on the polymath research project about non-transitive dice and its statistical implications for the Wilcoxon/Mann-Whitney test.
