Introduces the 'namer' R package for automatically labeling unnamed R Markdown chunks to improve debugging and cache management.
A developer explains the importance of effective breaks for maintaining focus and productivity, focusing on recovering different types of energy.
A developer creates a report email from web-scraped data for a SaaS application using Python and Django.
A technical article presenting a contract pattern for encoding and decoding discriminated union types in schemaless data stores, using the TypeShape library.
A critique of PostgreSQL's name change from Postgres to PostgreSQL, arguing it caused persistent pronunciation confusion and was a major mistake.
Explains the security risks of the SQL Server 'Trustworthy' database setting and how it can lead to sysadmin privilege escalation.
Explains high-level container runtimes, their role in image management and orchestration, and compares examples like Docker and containerd.
A technical guide on planning and building a high-performance, future-proof 1GbE/10GbE home LAN using CAT6 cables, including tools and setup steps.
A guide to implementing visual regression testing for React applications using React Storybook and its Storyshots add-on.
Critique of the Commons Clause, arguing it creates nonfree software while dishonestly using open source terminology.
Applying Stephen King's writing advice from 'On Writing' to software development, focusing on reading code and deliberate practice.
A guide on using the {datapasta} R package to quickly create reproducible examples (reprexes) from spreadsheet data or existing R objects.
Guide to building custom data collectors for Azure Log Analytics using C#, including setup and querying.
Analysis of IBM's $34B acquisition of Red Hat, discussing cloud wars, open source culture, and the future of both tech giants.
Explains the Cache-Aside Pattern for performance optimization and demonstrates its implementation in .NET Core using IMemoryCache.
Explains virtual memory, MMU, page tables, and how processes use memory mapping and swap space.
Step-by-step guide to expanding disk storage on a HyTrust KeyControl virtual appliance in a vSphere environment.
A technical case study on optimizing a slow multi-modal ML model for production using caching, async processing, and a microservices architecture.
Explores the new Edge Constraints feature in SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database for enforcing data quality and directionality in graph database schemas.
A guide on implementing application monitoring for Spring Boot using Micrometer, Prometheus, and Grafana for internal metrics.
