Explains how to configure MySQL strict mode and custom SQL modes in Laravel 5.2, enabling or disabling it via database configuration.
An explanation of JavaScript closures, how they work, and their use for data privacy and creating private variables.
A developer explains their decision to start a new blog using Hugo and GitHub Pages, aiming for weekly posts.
Microsoft re-publishes Windows Management Framework 5.0 RTM installer, fixing a PSModulePath issue from the initial release.
A tutorial on using Python, Tesseract, and Wand to perform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on PDF files and extract text.
The article critiques Google's AMP framework, arguing it restricts web development freedom, and proposes a standardized alternative for performance verification.
Guide to installing and configuring a third-party driver to use an Xbox 360 controller on macOS El Capitan.
A script to automatically update all Xcode plugins for compatibility with the latest Xcode and Xcode-beta versions.
Explains the importance of Vertical Rhythm in web typography, covering its principles, implementation, and connection to design repetition.
A developer shares their initial two-week experience with Terraform, detailing the highs of versioned infrastructure and the lows of debugging and module refactoring.
XAML Behaviors for UWP updated to version 1.1.0, featuring bug fixes and a change to strong-name signing.
A developer explains six key reasons to adopt Flexbox for CSS layouts, covering browser support, syntax tools, and getting started.
Explores the hypothetical concept of GitHub creating a CMS, analyzing existing solutions and potential features for an enhanced editing experience.
A guide to using OHHTTPStubs, a Swift library for stubbing network requests in unit tests to make them faster and more reliable.
Explores surprising similarities between Sass and ES2015 (ES6) JavaScript, showing how knowledge of one can help learn the other.
A Swift protocol extension for fading UIView in/out with default implementations, plus CocoaPods publishing walkthrough.
A Swift protocol extension called Fadeable that allows fading UIView instances in and out with simple method calls.
A technical guide demonstrating how to call the RSiteCatalyst R package from Python using the rpy2 library for data analysis.
A guide to using Azure AD Service Principals and custom RBAC roles for secure, automated VM management in Azure Automation Runbooks.
A guide to SQL Server schema design focusing on security best practices, moving beyond the default dbo schema for better access control.
