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The new Capitol Hill Farmers Market moved to its new permanent location along Barbara Bailey Way on the most perfect weekend of the year, during a brief mid-April heat wave under and cloudless sunny skies that drew hundreds to stroll happily amongst the tents. It seemed idyllic, but Mark Ostrow’s not convinced it couldn’t be better. “We have curbs for a reason,” he says. “They protect people from cars.” An advocate for sustainable streets, Ostrow...

I blogged about How to run Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 with WSL and WSLg, but ...

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With a growing list of global providers in the market, how do you go about selecting the right partner for your nearshore initiative?

A “Deer Xing” sign isn’t there to tell the deer where to cross the road. It’s there to let drivers know that this is the spot where deer often choose to cross the road. Beca…

Earn money using the Web Monetization API 👇The How, The Where, The Web Monetization API 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ajyM9tmc6h— Beto Muniz 👨‍💻 (@obetomuniz) April 26, 2021

Low-code development has unique challenges, especially when used by remote teams. But with the right preparation, those can be addressed.

Friend, how good are you at your best? ... Nobody cares. How good are you at your average? What about your worst?

The fact is, people need to know what my position on things are. And I can't just say "please don't do that", because people won't listen. I say "On the internet, nobody can hear you being subtle", and I mean it. And I definitely am not willing to string people along, either. I've had that happen too - not telling people clearly enough that I don't like their approach, they go on to re-architect something, and get really upset when I am then not willing to take their work.

Even though I gave a keynote with an accompanying blog post all about setting expectations for open source participation, I felt it was time to do another blog post to directly address the issue of entitlement by some open source users which is hurting open source, both for themselves and

This new approach is extremely powerful, yet easy to use.

Coders are very creative guys and that’s the reason every software development company likes them. Let’s discuss and know what’s in the mind of a coder and

Learn how to invoke asynchronous web APIs when compiling traditionally synchronous languages to WebAssembly.

An article on the internals of nested async/await calls. You’ll see a very detailed workflow diagram with all the execution steps. This also helps to understand precisely why and when we need to use ConfigureAwait(false) in our libraries.

How to get started with Envoy in your stack

Practices used by Wix microservices that ensure atomic operation for updating the state of some resource

Turning messaging apps into something more tactile

In our new editorial package, Home Bound, we look at how the pandemic has thrown a spotlight on all the ways the home is and isn’t working for American families.

High Performance Computing is traditionally focused on solving the most complex problems in science, engineering, and business. Weather forecasting, for

Does your company have serious performance problems with the legacy system under the traditional SOA architecture?

American universities used to be small centers of rote learning, but three big ideas turned them into intellectual powerhouses.

Since organizations quickly pivoted to work-from-home due to the COVID-19 crisis last year, business leaders have turned to implement more and more SaaS applications to increase collaboration, manage workflows, and scale their businesses.

A new study has found Australia's government-owned airports could produce enough electricity to power 136,000 homes, if they had large-scale rooftop solar systems installed.

Google’s SRE book has become a Bible for software companies that want to learn better ops practices. It’s a well-written and informative book about concepts that weren’t talked much about previously in our industry. It’s also free to read online and is not part of a marketing or sales strategy with shady affiliate links or a “pay to upgrade” bonus edition.

Creating the right conditions to get into the zone.

The place to find remote programming jobs with a better work-life balance. We only list 4 day work week, part time and jobs with flexible hours.

Ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft, Seattle legend Doug Baldwin has provided fascinating insight into the character of a successful Seahawks team. Baldwin’s comments

Most developers will interact with resources that use SSH keys instead of passwords. I recently...