Explains how to implement custom sort order in Azure Table Storage using PowerShell by strategically designing RowKey values.
A Django SaaS development update covering the debug toolbar, authorization, and email verification signals.
Introduces a Web Component for checking and displaying WCAG color contrast ratios and grades using CSS custom properties.
Explores the Data-Oriented Programming principle of separating operations from data, using Java records as an example.
A guide to packaging Scala applications into native executables using the jpackage tool from the JDK, addressing common pitfalls.
A talk from DjangoCon Europe 2024 exploring various ways to contribute to the Python and Django communities, aimed at both newcomers and existing members.
A technical analysis of Maxar's high-resolution global satellite imagery basemap, examining 60GB of data across 11 cities using GDAL, Python, and DuckDB.
A guide to using the free, open-source NetNewsWire app with iCloud sync to read RSS feeds on iOS and macOS.
A guide to fine-tuning embedding models for RAG applications using Sentence Transformers 3, featuring Matryoshka Representation Learning for efficiency.
A guide to building state machines using the Stateless library in .NET 8, with practical examples like a light switch.
Explains how to use S3 method dispatch on arguments other than the first in R, using the survey package's svytotal function as an example.
A software engineer reflects on the evolving personal and professional value of attending tech conferences over a 15-year career.
Explores StringBuilder performance and memory usage for creating very large strings in C#, comparing it to using a List.
Explains the concept of humane alphabets for URLs to avoid ambiguous characters, with a practical implementation example using Sqids.
Explains how to emulate SQL's FILTER clause for JSON aggregate functions in Oracle, addressing NULL value handling in JSON arrays and objects.
A deep-dive tutorial explaining JavaScript Promises from the ground up, covering their necessity and how to use them effectively.
Explores the data-oriented programming principle of making illegal states unrepresentable in Java, focusing on precise data modeling.
A developer shares his pre-coding routine for new app projects, including idea documentation, feature listing, and interface sketching.
An experiment comparing retrieval performance of chunked vs. non-chunked documents using long-context embedding models like BGE-M3.
A guide to implementing encryption and data protection in Azure using PowerShell, covering Key Vault, TDE, Storage Encryption, and more.
