A technical guide on how to configure and force specific SSL/TLS versions (like TLSv1) when making HTTPS requests using the Python Requests library.
A guide on using Windows Azure PowerShell cmdlets within Visual Studio's NuGet Package Manager Console to manage cloud resources.
A 2016 article analyzing the slow adoption of Python 3 in the scientific community, now outdated with a recommendation to just use Python 3.
A technical guide on integrating the cl-irc IRC library with the cl-async event loop library in Common Lisp for asynchronous bot development.
A guide on integrating Windows Azure CLI tools into PhpStorm to manage Azure resources like websites and databases directly from the IDE.
A guide on migrating Chef cookbooks to individual repositories using Berkshelf for dependency management.
An overview of daloRADIUS, an advanced open-source RADIUS web management platform for hotspots and ISPs, featuring user management and reporting.
A guide to installing Ruby 2.0 Preview 2 on Mac OSX using Homebrew and rbenv, including troubleshooting tips.
A developer reflects on his 2012 reading habits, noting a decline in books read and the impact of switching to a Kindle, with a list of titles including tech and design books.
A developer's 2012 recap, listing his technical blog posts on JavaScript, .NET, Windows, and sharing his starred articles and GitHub repositories.
Explores Ruby's &:method shortcut for map, its limitations, and proposes a hack to allow mapping local methods.
A tutorial on creating a custom Transport Adapter for the Python Requests library, using an FTP adapter as a practical example.
Explores browser inconsistencies in validating HTML5 input type='url' and provides a regex pattern to fix validation issues.
A guide on deploying a PHP application to Windows Azure Web Sites directly from the PhpStorm IDE using Git integration.
A developer shares their journey of leaving a stable job to start independent consulting, focusing on responsive web development, performance challenges, and tech training.
A web developer's 2012 roundup of his most popular posts, covering responsive design, CSS techniques, and web standards debates.
A response to DHH's blog on opinionated software, discussing the value of maintainer decisions in open-source frameworks like Rails and Requests.
Introducing JekyllBot, a tool that automatically generates JSON APIs for Jekyll sites hosted on GitHub Pages, bypassing plugin restrictions.
A developer creates a custom PhantomJS test runner for QUnit to improve console output, error handling, and support multiple formats like JUnit.
An article debunking the myth that responsive design inherently causes poor performance, arguing for a broader consideration of network and hardware factors.
