A guide to displaying literal RMarkdown code chunks verbatim in xaringan presentations using knitr options and cat().
A guide to converting TikZ diagrams to SVG with embedded fonts using knitr and R Markdown for both PDF and HTML outputs.
Analyzes how cognitive biases like prevention bias and status-quo bias lead to inefficient software deployment practices like 'No Friday Deploys'.
A data visualization project mapping the world's countries by the first letter of their names using R and ggplot2, presented as small multiples.
The author argues that measurement and data analysis are undervalued but high-ROI activities, using the impact of Jepsen tests as a key example.
Explores Swift's async sequences, streams, and Combine, detailing how to build custom sequences and iterators for asynchronous operations.
Explains how Promise.any() works in JavaScript to get the first resolved promise, with examples of its behavior.
A technical guide on deploying Spring Boot applications to AWS App Runner using AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild for CI/CD.
A nuanced look at using named arguments in PHP open source projects, addressing maintainer concerns about backwards compatibility and cleaner syntax.
Explores JDK 16's new Unix domain sockets for faster and more secure inter-process communication, even on Windows.
A walkthrough of building a basic JSON parsing library from scratch using modern C++ features like move semantics and smart pointers.
A developer explores using a Rust library to significantly speed up the process of extracting top-level domains from a massive reverse DNS dataset.
A guide to making AJAX/HTTP requests in frontend JavaScript, covering APIs, Promises, and tools like jQuery, Fetch, and Axios.
The author announces a new 'Today I Learned' section on their blog for sharing quick tech tips and discoveries.
A technical analysis of exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2021-38703) to gain root shell access on an old KPN Experia WiFi extender.
A tutorial on using R to diagnose biases in two-way fixed effects (TWFE) regression models when treatment timing varies, based on Pamela Jakiela's paper.
A programmer questions the inconsistency in using fully qualified class names in doc blocks versus real PHP types, exploring rational thinking in coding habits.
Analysis of VMworld 2021 session catalog, highlighting focus areas like Tanzu, vSphere, NSX, and VMware's cloud platforms.
Explains how GitHub automatically adds co-authors to commits in squashed pull requests and how to manually add them using GitHub's no-reply email format.
Learn how to use Git and external tools to track changes and diff binary files like Office documents, PDFs, images, and videos.
