A technical analysis verifying a statistical calculation from an XKCD comic, involving normal distribution probabilities and R code.
A technical guide to implementing Tufte CSS-style sidenotes and marginnotes within the Pollen document publishing system.
A technical guide on building a real-time system to stream and display every emoji posted in Reddit comments using Python, PRAW, and Node.js.
A tutorial on using Memcached with Python for efficient caching in distributed applications, covering installation, basic usage, and advanced patterns.
The article details a significant performance improvement in Ansible deployments by integrating the Mitogen tool, resulting in a 4.5x speed increase.
A technical guide on scaling a Kubernetes cluster deployed on Azure Stack, covering the transition from acs-engine to aks-engine and manual scaling steps.
A developer's first impressions of Pollen, a Racket-based library for creating web books, focusing on its markup flexibility and X-expression transformations.
Explains the key mental model difference between React function components and class components, focusing on how they capture values.
A beginner's guide to starting programming by focusing on solving a personal problem rather than just learning code syntax.
An introduction to graph theory using examples from Facebook, Game of Thrones, and social relationships to explain network concepts.
Explores a new feature in SQL Server 2019's SET STATISTICS IO output, revealing detailed I/O metrics for INSERT operations into target tables.
A React team member shares personal strategies for coping with stress and feedback after major project releases like React Hooks.
A Developer Advocate details the five-day process of creating a new tech conference talk, from procrastination to final preparation.
A guide to implementing a binary heap data structure in PHP from scratch, with comparisons to SPL and performance analysis.
Explains how using Conventional Commits can make your git log cleaner, more readable, and more useful for understanding project history.
A blog post analyzing Cohesity's approach to secondary storage, distinguishing it from traditional backup storage and exploring its use cases.
A developer's recommended tech stack for serverless development, focusing on AWS Lambda, Node.js/TypeScript, VS Code, and the Serverless Framework.
Explains NSpec conventions for BDD testing in .NET, covering context, setup, assertions, and cleanup.
Explores whether C# qualifies as a low-level language by porting a C++ raytracer to C# and analyzing performance, value types, and systems programming.
A technical analysis of bus punctuality using Auckland Transport API data, with R code for data processing and visualization.
