A tutorial for developers on how to control LIFX smart lights from web applications, using Laravel or other frameworks.
A personal journey from computer science student confusion to understanding APIs, framed as a story to demystify a common programming concept.
Explains the new routing structure in Laravel 5.3, including the move to separate 'web.php' and 'api.php' files.
A guide on migrating from Mandrill to SparkPost for transactional emails in a Laravel application, including setup and configuration.
Explains how to use multiple authentication guards, including API tokens, in Laravel 5.2 for web and stateless API routes.
Explains how to implement API rate limiting using the new 'throttle' middleware in Laravel 5.2, including header responses.
A tutorial on building a Lumen microservice that generates Heroku-style random server names using a thesaurus API.
Former Mozilla CEO discusses the 'network problem' of user data, privacy, and economic value, proposing solutions post-resignation.
A student's experience at PennApps, the largest student hackathon, where they built a universal uploader app for SoundCloud.
A guide on creating a Python script to download songs from ex.fm by analyzing its API, though the service is now defunct.
A tutorial on using Python to shorten URLs in bulk by leveraging the unofficial TinyURL API.
A technical exploration of implementing JSON-RPC communication between Common Lisp and C, including netstring encoding and protocol details.
