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.
Exploring the development of ng2lint, a configurable static code analyzer for Angular 2 and TypeScript projects to enforce style guides and best practices.
Explores missing utility methods in Scala Futures, specifically Future.unit and Future.never, discussing their implementation and use cases.
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 guide to streaming custom system metrics into InfluxDB using bash commands, sed, awk, and curl for monitoring with tools like Grafana.
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.
A history of visualizing OBIEE DMS metrics, from early JMX tools to modern Grafana dashboards.
Explains the importance of metrics for diagnosing OBIEE performance issues and introduces an updated monitoring tool.
Explains how to configure MySQL strict mode and custom SQL modes in Laravel 5.2, enabling or disabling it via database configuration.
An explanation of JavaScript closures, how they work, and their use for data privacy and creating private variables.
A developer explains their decision to start a new blog using Hugo and GitHub Pages, aiming for weekly posts.
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.
A script to automatically update all Xcode plugins for compatibility with the latest Xcode and Xcode-beta versions.
