A reflection on teaching basic cryptography to children, highlighting the importance of usable security through historical ciphers like the rail fence and Caesar cipher.
A software tester argues for the value of documented test cases, especially for onboarding and regression testing, based on personal experience.
A developer uses dotPeek and Visual Studio to debug an IIS crash caused by a recursive method, analyzing a crash dump to find the root cause.
A guide to disciplined C programming, emphasizing maintainability, simplicity, and avoiding dangerous patterns for writing robust code.
An introduction to writing modular, maintainable CSS using the BEM methodology, focusing on architecture and best practices.
A developer's guide to creating Alix, a Chrome extension that uses CSS selectors to lint HTML for accessibility issues.
A review of 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book, assessing its timeless principles and relevance in modern software development.
A guide on how to remove Vue.js and other optional dependencies from a new Laravel project's frontend setup.
A developer details migrating their blog from WordPress to Jekyll and GitHub Pages after hosting issues, highlighting the benefits of static site generation.
Advocates replacing traditional for/while loops in JavaScript with functional programming methods like map() and filter() for cleaner, immutable code.
A guide on upgrading VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) from 6.0 to 6.5, highlighting a potential conflict with auto-power-on settings in a homelab.
A guide to using the JSONB data type in PostgreSQL, covering indexing, querying, and practical examples for storing and searching JSON data.
A guide to recovering lost Python source code from a running process using pyrasite and uncompyle6.
A weekly summary of key VMware and virtualization news, links, and insights from the vCommunity, curated by an IT professional.
A weekly digest of VMware ecosystem highlights, including HPE's Nimble Storage acquisition, PowerCLI tips, and ESXi on Intel NUC guides.
Explores using machine learning algorithms to predict outcomes in the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, analyzing data and modeling techniques.
A software engineer's guide to managing the overwhelming flow of technical information and staying current in the tech industry.
A technical guide detailing the steps and troubleshooting for installing QEMU from source on an AWS EC2 Amazon Linux instance.
A technical guide on mounting VMDK/OVF/OVA virtual disk images on AWS EC2, covering conversion, partition mounting, and LVM setup.
A guide to automating FreeBSD deployment on Linode using custom disk images and a Python script, bypassing manual installation.
