A Minor Irritation with VHDs and Dynamic Disks
Explores limitations of PowerShell vs. DISKPART for managing dynamic disks and VHDs, with workarounds.
Explores limitations of PowerShell vs. DISKPART for managing dynamic disks and VHDs, with workarounds.
Practical tips for developers and tech professionals to improve their travel experience to tech conferences, covering seat selection, apps, and productivity.
RSiteCatalyst v1.4.4 release notes detail a major bug fix for sparse data errors and minor updates to authentication messaging.
Explores how government IT procurement is evolving from waterfall to agile methods and aligning with open source development practices.
A comparison of Safaricom's theBIGbox 4G home internet service and Zuku's fiber offering in Kenya, analyzing market competition and strategy.
A guide to configuring custom domains and DNS records for GitHub Pages, covering various setup scenarios for developers.
A web developer argues for defining browser support per feature/module instead of globally, using tools like caniuse.com for clarity.
A tutorial on using R's dbWriteTable function to efficiently write a data frame to a temporary SQL table for database queries.
A case study on embedding, art-directing, and providing accessible fallback for an SVG infographic using the HTML object element.
A tutorial on advanced Gulp.js techniques, covering file watching with glob patterns and plugin customization for Sass compilation workflows.
Interview with IBM front-end developer Una Kravets on involving designers in open source projects and her OSCON talk.
Explores implementing the Fibonacci sequence in Python using Haskell's lazy, functional style for elegance and efficiency.
A guide to building a multi-level dropdown navigation menu that is fully accessible across mouse, touch, keyboard, and screen sizes, with JavaScript fallback.
A guide to using XVim, a plugin that brings Vim's powerful keybindings and productivity features to Xcode for faster coding.
Explains Atomic CSS, a utility-first CSS methodology that uses granular, reusable classes to keep stylesheets trim and efficient.
How to exclude specific routes from CSRF protection in the Laravel 5.1 PHP framework.
A speaker describes using 'Slide Deck Karaoke'—presenting with unseen slides—for a talk on the future of mobile development at a conference.
Debunks the myth that models can't have more parameters than data points, explaining how and when under-determined models can be solved and useful.
Author announces the end of the 'Browsers and Bugs' newsletter due to lack of feedback, reflecting on its content about browser bugs, features, and testing.
Explores static and dynamic casting in Java, focusing on improvements for Streams and Optionals in Java 8 and beyond.