Explains Laravel's tap() helper function, its 'higher order' version, and how to use it with collections for cleaner code.
A personal reflection on the !!con conference, praising its exceptional inclusivity, encouraging atmosphere, and effective social rules.
A guide to planning and executing a Java 9 update, covering initial assessment, identifying migration challenges, and prioritizing fixes.
A tutorial on using Julia's CUDAnative.jl package to achieve 20x speedups by parallelizing haversine distance calculations on an NVIDIA GPU.
A review and tips for Georgia Tech's OMSCS CS6300 Software Development Process course, covering projects, assignments, and learning outcomes.
Explains why complex regexes are often wrong and unmaintainable, advocating for simpler, more robust validation methods.
A developer discusses the challenge of keeping up with rapid tech changes and shares a curated list of RSS feeds for staying current.
Explains a cleaner, more maintainable alternative to long chains of OR comparisons in JavaScript using arrays and indexOf.
Explains Swift's Unmanaged struct for converting Swift object references to/from raw pointers when working with C APIs.
A guide to profiling and debugging Go applications running inside Docker containers using pprof and other tools.
A step-by-step guide on integrating Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript components into an Angular CLI project, covering Bootstrap 3, 4, and libraries like ngx-bootstrap.
A critique of data visualization choices in a KCSE exam analysis, comparing heat maps to line graphs for clarity.
A technical guide on using the rgoodreads R package to analyze personal Goodreads reading data and critique the 5-star rating system.
Explains how to convert Node.js Buffer objects to JSON and UTF-8 strings, covering deprecated and current methods.
Announcing the open-source book 'Geocomputation with R', covering spatial data analysis using R and the sf package.
A developer shares the code and lessons learned from creating a Twitter bot that tweets summaries of Auckland bus system data.
An overview of the Pipfile format and pipenv tool for Python package management, including a link to a recorded presentation.
A step-by-step tutorial on integrating .NET Core with Azure Search to create, manage, and query indexes.
Two approaches to hide the navigation bar on the login page in an Angular application using Angular Material.
