Explains Laravel 5.0's route caching feature, a performance optimization for faster route registration in PHP applications.
A guide to the challenges and best practices of micro and nano-benchmarking in software development, using .NET examples.
A guide to using the HTML <small> element for legal disclaimers and fine print, not for presentation.
Explores JavaScript monkey patching, a powerful but dangerous technique for modifying objects and classes, with warnings and practical examples.
A guide to removing Byte Order Marks (BOM) from files using a simple PHP code snippet.
A JavaScript tutorial on dynamically calling functions with variable parameters using apply() and slice().
Custom Capistrano tasks for Symfony2 deployment, including targeted cache clearing and automatic asset versioning.
A developer critiques Responsive Web Design (RWD), arguing for device detection as a complementary approach to improve performance and user experience.
A developer announces the launch of their tech blog, CodeFX (now nipafx), detailing setup, plugins, and future Java/JavaFX tutorial plans.
Laravel Forge introduces Circles for team server access and a new Forge Plus plan with unlimited servers and team management features.
Explains the technical difference between Laravel's Redirect::to() and Redirect::away() methods for internal vs. external URL redirection.
A guide to implementing authentication and authorization in an AngularJS/Spring Boot app using Spring Security and Spring Session.
Argues for the continued use of Python virtual environments (virtualenv/venv) to isolate projects from system Python packages, even in the age of containers.
A developer's deep dive into debugging an unexpected UIMenuController behavior in iOS, revealing intricacies of the responder chain and canPerformAction.
Analyzes poor Python practices in the Whisper library, covering missing tests, PEP 8 violations, and non-idiomatic code.
A guide to performing nonlinear dimensionality reduction using RBF Kernel PCA, including theory, implementation, and examples.
Explains how to use the RBF kernel trick to perform nonlinear dimensionality reduction via Kernel PCA for complex datasets.
Announcing the release of LibFX 0.1.1, a JavaFX utility library featuring 'Nestings' for managing complex property hierarchies.
A guide to making responsive websites compatible with older browsers like IE8 using the Respond.js polyfill.
Author shares slides from two Spring One 2GX 2014 presentations on AngularJS with Spring Boot and Spring Batch performance tuning.
