Introducing Chef Sugar, a Ruby library that extends Chef with helpful DSL methods and logic to simplify and improve recipe writing.
A developer's perspective on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), its principles, and its role in modern DevOps practices.
Introducing mpld3, a tool that creates interactive D3.js visualizations from matplotlib plots for use in IPython notebooks.
A guide to using PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrappers (FDWs) to access remote data as if it were local tables, including setup and performance tips.
Exploring JavaScript inheritance patterns for AngularJS components like controllers, services, and directives to enable code reuse.
The article argues that web performance is a cultural, not just technical, problem and requires a holistic approach throughout development.
A guide to building Debian packages using Linux namespaces and a custom container tool called pflask, offering an alternative to pbuilder.
A step-by-step guide to removing the hard drive from a Toshiba Portege A200 laptop for disposal or replacement.
A guide to advanced npm usage, covering npm init, package.json, and npm install commands for efficient Node.js project management.
A developer explains how broken software packaging led to user issues and how they automated testing with Travis CI and Tox to prevent future errors.
A guide to unit testing in Python, covering its benefits, components, and a practical walkthrough using the py.test framework.
A guide to unit testing in Python, covering its benefits, components, and a practical walkthrough using the py.test framework.
An author critiques the overuse of PCA in data science, arguing it's not a universal solution for classification problems.
Explains the sun.misc.Unsafe class in Java, its uses for low-level programming, and its future in the Java API.
Explores a DIY method to cache dependencies for faster Travis CI builds in open source projects using shell scripts and Amazon S3.
A guide to automatically generate Adobe Analytics implementation documentation using the RSiteCatalyst R package and the Adobe API.
A tutorial on creating customizable heat maps in R using the gplots and RColorBrewer packages for data visualization.
A tutorial on creating customizable heat maps in R using the gplots package, covering installation, data preparation, and plot customization.
MarkWiki 1.3 is released, featuring a new built-in search engine and self-registration for users.
A guide to using the Unix command-line for efficient data science workflows, including data processing, exploration, and modeling.
