Explains a Windows Phone 8 audio conflict where FM Radio and BackgroundAudioPlayer play simultaneously, and provides a code fix.
Explores how open source projects can engage non-technical contributors, expanding beyond just code to include documentation, feedback, and community building.
Explains the concept of 'friction' in open source projects and offers strategies to reduce it for new contributors.
A tutorial on creating a circular navigation menu using CSS transforms and mathematical calculations, with an interactive demo.
Argues for the importance of statistical theory in data science, using examples from medical research to show where abstract theory solved practical problems.
Explains why to use JSON over Python's pickle for data serialization, covering security, readability, and cross-language compatibility.
A tutorial on implementing Conway's Game of Life in Python using NumPy and SciPy, with visualization via matplotlib animations.
Overview of scikit-learn 0.14 release, highlighting new features like AdaBoost and performance improvements in benchmarks.
An analysis of PostgreSQL's documentation strengths and gaps, proposing improvements for onboarding, tutorials, and developer guides.
A guide to implementing Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) in AngularJS to handle cross-cutting concerns like logging and authentication.
An explanation of the 'self' variable in Python classes, covering its purpose and usage with examples.
A guide to reading and writing tabular data in Julia using arrays, DataFrames, and ODBC database connections.
A beginner's guide to Python socket programming, covering how to create sockets, connect to servers, and send data.
Explains how to use PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrappers (FDWs) to query and join data from external sources directly within a Postgres database.
A guide to setting up an autoscaling TeamCity build farm on Windows Azure to reduce costs by dynamically scaling build agents.
A programmer reviews 'Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good!', praising its fun approach to teaching the functional language and its benefits.
Explains the difference between CSS selectors :nth-child and :nth-of-type with practical examples.
An explanation of *args and **kwargs in Python, showing how to handle variable numbers of arguments in function definitions and calls.
A critique of common pitfalls and unproductive patterns in statistics research presentations, aimed at improving academic discourse.
A tutorial on using Python to shorten URLs in bulk by leveraging the unofficial TinyURL API.
