A critique of Signal's centralization and a proposal for a federated, protocol-based chat app with end-to-end encryption.
Andy Bell critiques tech industry debates as "boring money internet" and advocates for a more creative, inclusive web.
A cautionary tale about a database engineer who neglects her core technical duties for extracurricular activities, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing your primary job responsibilities.
A guide to creating and testing a custom R function for aligning first-row text in gt tables, including testthat integration.
Explains how to manually report consumption and metrics for Azure Arc Data Services in Indirectly Connected Mode, covering prerequisites and CLI commands.
A technical tutorial on using R and geospatial analysis to find areas with similar topography to a query region, focusing on spatial pattern matching.
A technical guide on customizing and deploying an Azure Arc Data Controller via command line, focusing on configuration details for Kubernetes.
A technical walkthrough of debugging a native deadlock in a .NET application running on Linux, using tools like dotnet-dump and analyzing thread stacks.
Analysis of Database Scoped Configuration changes in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database for the year 2020, noting new options and stability.
A physics analysis of the optimal angle to jump from a swing for maximum distance, contrasting it with simple projectile motion.
Exploring prefetching heuristics for web performance, covering strategies, trade-offs, and implementation considerations.
A tutorial on using iOS's NSDataDetector to automatically identify and process links, emails, phone numbers, and addresses in text.
A tutorial on creating grid layouts using Compositional Layout in iOS, explaining fractional sizing for items and groups.
A tutorial on setting up and using GitHub Container Registry (ghcr.io) to build, tag, and publish Docker container images.
A tech blogger reviews their 2020 conference presentations and blogging output, discussing challenges and future plans for AI and Azure topics.
Explains the concept of intrinsic content size in UIKit, its importance for Auto Layout, and practical use cases for custom UI controls.
A technical showcase of iOS's Modern Collection Views using Compositional Layout and Diffable Data Sources, with practical examples like grids, lists, and an Instagram profile clone.
A critical analysis of the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) methodology, examining its practical failures and similarities to past bureaucratic processes like RUP.
A practical tutorial on using iOS Compositional Layout to build a complex screen similar to the Instagram profile interface.
Explores the requirements and tools needed to deploy Azure Arc enabled Data Services on a Kubernetes cluster, including hardware specs and CLI tools.
