A guide to installing and using R on Amazon EC2 instances to overcome in-memory limitations for big data analysis.
A series of short, philosophical stories (koans) about Git, illustrating its principles and commands through parables.
Explores methods for incremental refresh of Exalytics aggregates in OBIEE, addressing limitations of the standard Aggregate Persistence feature.
Analyzes browser support for unprefixed CSS gradients and advises which vendor prefixes are still necessary for web developers in 2013.
A technical comparison of serving static content (CSS, JS, images) in Nancy and ASP.NET MVC frameworks, highlighting key differences and configuration steps.
Explores the lesser-known inheritance-based API in Python's Requests library for advanced HTTP connection configuration.
A guide to automatically re-install R packages after upgrading to R 3.0, with OSX and Windows instructions.
A blog post discussing the value of creating personal R packages for learning, reproducibility, and sharing code within the statistics community.
A guide on using Munin, a lightweight monitoring tool, to track Drupal application statistics like users, nodes, and comments.
An introduction to Hy, a Lisp dialect that runs on Python, exploring its syntax, capabilities, and the author's initial experience with it.
A technical guide comparing in-place and out-of-place upgrade methods for OBIEE 11.1.1.7, including steps and considerations.
A technical tutorial comparing how to build a basic web application from scratch using both the Nancy framework and ASP.NET MVC.
A response to elitist coding advice, advocating for an inclusive, fundamentals-first approach to learning programming for anyone interested.
A developer explains his personal philosophy for blogging, focusing on knowledge sharing, becoming replaceable, and refining ideas.
A practical comparison series between the Nancy framework and ASP.NET MVC, covering core web development concepts.
A thought experiment exploring how to build fundamental programming constructs like lists and numbers using only lambda calculus and closures in JavaScript.
A guide to modifying web typography by subsetting fonts and using CSS font stacks for granular control without JavaScript or extra markup.
A developer explains the importance of HTTPS for privacy and security, detailing the process and reasons for finally enabling it on their personal blog.
A developer refactors and improves the UI of a university grade calculator web app, discussing the trade-offs of adding JQuery and design changes.
The CSS border-corner-shape property is at risk of being removed from the spec. The author calls for developers to provide use cases to help save it.
