Troubleshooting port conflicts between TimesTen and OBIEE on Oracle Exalytics, focusing on dynamic port allocation.
Explains how to use jQuery deferred objects with Backbone.js models for handling asynchronous operations like parallel saves.
A technical guide on integrating Couchbase with Elasticsearch and Kibana to perform real-time visitor analysis and overcome search limitations.
Explains the difference between the 'params' and 'data' arguments in the Python Requests library for HTTP queries and request bodies.
A guide to extending Google Guava caches to overflow to disk, enabling persistence and specific value invalidation not easily achieved with Ehcache.
Explains how to implement truly private methods in JavaScript using scoping and benchmarks performance to show no impact.
A developer plans to use a week of free time to focus on coding projects, including an iOS app and a Twitter-based web app.
Discusses the need for respectful, professional communication in code reviews, using the Linux kernel mailing list debate as a case study.
A tutorial on animating SVG path transitions using SMIL, comparing it to JavaScript libraries like RaphaëlJS for a Batman emblem project.
A guide on how to change the weather temperature display from Fahrenheit to Celsius in the Outlook 2013 calendar.
Explores the equivalence between causal graphs and counterfactual reasoning in statistics, simplifying the connection between two major causal inference frameworks.
Explains why PyPy's JIT compiler makes test suites slower than production code, and why tests are poor benchmarks for performance.
Rittman Mead opens its GitHub repository of reusable OBIEE and ODI scripts, encouraging community contributions and collaboration.
Author explains their decision to leave the W3C to focus on personal projects, open source work, writing a book, and standards development.
A developer's analysis of OpenStack's architecture, contribution process, and code quality after joining the project.
Matplotlib 1.3 introduces a built-in plt.xkcd() function to easily create plots in the style of the popular XKCD webcomic.
A collection of humorous programming fails and silly code mistakes, shared for entertainment and a reminder to double-check your work.
Explains how to configure and use HTTP and HTTPS proxies with the Python Requests library, covering the API and internal implementation details.
A quick guide explaining how to use the $(inherited) flag in CocoaPods to resolve Xcode build setting conflicts.
Explains how to parallelize QR decomposition for linear models on big data using R's biglm package and incremental merging.
