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Don't Repeat Yourself and (Bad) Coupling
Don't Repeat Yourself and (Bad) Coupling
Intro I've seen too many recommendations to "apply DRY here", "apply DRY there", or "Why are you not extracting that duplicated code into a single function?", when the duplicated code is not even very complicated or very long, even as little as 2 lin...
·paulsebastian.codes·
Don't Repeat Yourself and (Bad) Coupling
Using Visual Studio Code for Android Development
Using Visual Studio Code for Android Development
First, why do you event want to do this when Android Studio is already a fully capable IDE available on all platforms. Here’s some reason :
·hafiz-pariabi.medium.com·
Using Visual Studio Code for Android Development
Meet Window Snyder, Cybersecurity Extraordinaire
Meet Window Snyder, Cybersecurity Extraordinaire
TechCrunch profiled Window Snyder, coauthor of Threat Modeling and founder and CEO of Thistle Technologies that aims to ‘secure the diverse and disparate world of internet-connected devices t…
·blog.adafruit.com·
Meet Window Snyder, Cybersecurity Extraordinaire
A Celebration of 100% Offline Tech
A Celebration of 100% Offline Tech
Macs and iPhones and Vision Pros are awesome, but there’s another type of tech product t that I really enjoy, and that’s the always offline gadget. The photo at the top of this post is the Anbernic RG35XX and it’s a tiny computer that can run video
·birchtree.me·
A Celebration of 100% Offline Tech
Three Horizons of Your API Journey
Three Horizons of Your API Journey
Each represents a series of problems, processes and practices most organizations need to work through as they evolve their existing infrastructure
·thenewstack.io·
Three Horizons of Your API Journey
XKCD Bad Map Projection with PostGIS
XKCD Bad Map Projection with PostGIS
In honor of the beloved XKCD comic, Paul recreates some bad maps using PostGIS functions. Check out these funky cartographic contortions and learn a little spatial sql along the way.
·crunchydata.com·
XKCD Bad Map Projection with PostGIS
Just normal web things.
Just normal web things.
A plea for us to get back to building websites that can do normal website things.
·heather-buchel.com·
Just normal web things.
Historical Maps
Historical Maps
Someone reminded me of these historical maps of, let's call them, "the bad old days". They are only 3 years apart! And the second one is already 13 years old. 2007: 2010:
·jwz.org·
Historical Maps
Coding Ninja
Coding Ninja
coding in the darkness
·codingninja.co.uk·
Coding Ninja
DevOps Toolchains Beat Off-the-Shelf Platforms
DevOps Toolchains Beat Off-the-Shelf Platforms
Many organizations search for a single platform they can buy and standardize on, but often teams struggle with a platform that doesn't work for them.
·thenewstack.io·
DevOps Toolchains Beat Off-the-Shelf Platforms
Paper Notes Are Better - Wasteland Coder
Paper Notes Are Better - Wasteland Coder
I have written quite a few posts on note-taking over the last year or so. Physical paper, and especially blank pages, has also been a topic that has shown up with some frequency. Let’s explore these a bit more in this post. The Blank Page In A Blank Page, I delved into why sometimes a ... Read more
·wastelandcoder.com·
Paper Notes Are Better - Wasteland Coder