Analyzes the three major challenges hindering government IT: change aversion, lack of technocratic leadership, and non-scalable processes.
A tutorial on recreating bokeh photography effects using CSS filters, blend modes, gradients, and Sass.
Investigates a bug where PowerShell's Get-NetIPInterface cmdlet incorrectly reports DHCP status for IPv6 addresses, seeking a reliable detection method.
Learn how to structure a compelling tech conference talk using Pixar's narrative storytelling framework to engage and persuade your audience.
A developer's experience purchasing and setting up the special edition Octocat Yubico U2F security key for GitHub two-factor authentication.
A .NET-specific cheat sheet for Big-O algorithm complexity, covering time/space efficiency of common data structures and sorting algorithms.
Announcing Hyper-h2 v1.0.0, a new Python library project providing foundational tools for building HTTP/2 implementations.
Highlights from VMworld Europe 2015 Day 2, covering VMware's hybrid cloud, Virtual SAN, NSX, and the Software Defined Data Center.
A reflection on programmer stereotypes from the essay 'The Little Printf', discussing common traits like chasing new tech and collecting unread books.
Guide on configuring Azure Web Apps to use a private npm registry for installing Node.js dependencies during deployment.
A technical guide on using Karma and jasmine-jquery to load JSON files for mocking HTTP responses in AngularJS unit tests.
Explains how to use ARIA attributes (aria-labelledby, aria-label, aria-describedby) to properly label HTML elements for screen readers and improve web accessibility.
Explains how to extend Azure Logic Apps by integrating custom API Apps to implement business logic and data transformations.
A cheatsheet for using the -destination option in xcodebuild, covering syntax and examples for iOS, Simulator, tvOS, and watchOS platforms.
A technical article about benchmarking the performance of Gnocchi, a time-series database, including tool development and hardware setup results.
Using Apache Kafka as a transport layer for centralizing and processing application logs with Logstash and ELK stack.
A guide on using Gulp.js and the 'request' package to fetch files from a CDN and integrate them directly into your build pipeline.
A personal recap of the first day at VMworld Europe 2015, covering sessions on the evolving IT admin role and hybrid cloud.
Encourages open source contributions by emphasizing that even small fixes like typos are valuable and appreciated by project maintainers.
Update to PowerShell DSC resource for Distributed File System (DFS) simplifies configuration when replication folders share the same path on all servers.
