Explains when to use strong vs. weak and optional vs. implicitly unwrapped IBOutlets in Swift/iOS development, with practical rules.
An analysis of hiring biases in tech, where experienced candidates are rejected for not fitting a 'trendy' profile from elite schools.
A guide to installing and using Veeam Backup Free Edition to back up and restore VMware ESXi virtual machines in a home lab environment.
A satirical critique of progressive enhancement and universal/isomorphic apps, arguing they are too difficult and offer no personal benefit to developers.
A technical guide on using Azure API Management to create a secure proxy for accessing private Azure Storage blobs, including authentication with JWT tokens.
A guide to customizing and adding custom claims to user identities in ASP.NET Core Identity, covering claims transformers and principal factories.
A technical guide on compiling and installing Shiny Server from source on a 32-bit Ubuntu system, including dependency setup and troubleshooting.
Explores the surprising effectiveness and conservative nature of the Bonferroni correction for multiple hypothesis testing, even with many tests.
An invitation for students to join Google's Summer of Code, submit project proposals, and get paid to work with open source communities like KDE and openSUSE.
Introducing ASP.NET Core TagHelpers and HTML Helpers for easily adding Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags to enhance social media sharing.
Troubleshooting the JPS-06514 keystore error during a fresh OBIEE 11.1.1.9 installation, caused by conflicting JDK environment variables.
Explains why XA/2PC distributed transactions are not strongly consistent and only provide eventual consistency, debunking a common misconception.
A technical guide on using R and PostgreSQL to load and manage large-scale Adobe Analytics Clickstream Data Feed into a relational database.
A technical guide on upgrading a VMware ESXi home lab to vSphere 6.0 Update 2, focusing on the new host-based web client.
A developer discusses the significant time investment and hidden challenges of blogging, offering a realistic counterpoint to common advice.
A technical analysis comparing the use of px, em, and rem units in CSS media queries, testing their behavior under different conditions.
A tutorial on integrating Vueify, ES2015, and Browserify into Vue.js projects using Laravel Elixir for simplified build processes.
A technical guide on configuring Oracle GoldenGate to replicate data to Kafka and Logstash using BigDataLite 4.4, with troubleshooting tips.
An advanced guide exploring the Java Platform Module System, covering topics like dependency modeling, services, reflection, jdeps, jlink, and runtime images.
Explains the advanced Async Continuation Passing Style (ACPS) technique and improved promise linking in Scala 2.12 Futures.
