Analysis of the Apple vs FBI encryption case, arguing that longer passcodes can maintain iPhone security even if Apple loses.
A critical review of the fanfiction 'Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality', highlighting its clever ideas but flawed execution.
An archived blog post introducing quantum mechanics concepts, starting with classical physics and Fermat's principle of least time in optics.
Explores missing utility methods in Scala Futures, specifically Future.unit and Future.never, discussing their implementation and use cases.
Exploring the development of ng2lint, a configurable static code analyzer for Angular 2 and TypeScript projects to enforce style guides and best practices.
Explains linear splines, their mathematical basis, and two practical parametrizations for regression, comparing them to higher-degree splines.
A guide to using Git Credential Manager (GCM) for seamless authentication with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Git repositories on multiple platforms.
A curated list of resources for beginners to learn Python specifically for data science, including tutorials, courses, and books.
A developer recreates a real-time data visualization, plotting geotagged tweets about Trump on a 3D globe using d3, socket.io, and the Twitter API.
Explains how to configure MySQL strict mode and custom SQL modes in Laravel 5.2, enabling or disabling it via database configuration.
A developer explains their decision to start a new blog using Hugo and GitHub Pages, aiming for weekly posts.
An explanation of JavaScript closures, how they work, and their use for data privacy and creating private variables.
Microsoft re-publishes Windows Management Framework 5.0 RTM installer, fixing a PSModulePath issue from the initial release.
A tutorial on using Python, Tesseract, and Wand to perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on PDF files and extract text.
The article critiques Google's AMP framework, arguing it restricts web development freedom, and proposes a standardized alternative for performance verification.
Guide to installing and configuring a third-party driver to use an Xbox 360 controller on macOS El Capitan.
Explains the importance of Vertical Rhythm in web typography, covering its principles, implementation, and connection to design repetition.
A script to automatically update all Xcode plugins for compatibility with the latest Xcode and Xcode-beta versions.
A developer shares their initial two-week experience with Terraform, detailing the highs of versioned infrastructure and the lows of debugging and module refactoring.
XAML Behaviors for UWP updated to version 1.1.0, featuring bug fixes and a change to strong-name signing.
