The encrypted homelab
creating the most secure homelab there is
Delivering value & reducing risk
How can we reduce risk and deliver value at the same time? Onboard with us on a two and half months journey mostly during covid-19 confinement.
stu2b50
As a preface, I am no linguistic prescriptivist (nor a linguist, for that matter). This is not a criticism, but an observation, of the way Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has two different, but not mutually exclusive definitions.
Goodbye to Grommet
Late last month, my Grommet co-founder Joanne Domeniconi and I were fired. Our majority shareholder Ace Hardware made the call, as is their right. It happens when visions for a company diverge. Joa…
Raspberry Pi as a Penetration Testing Implant (Dropbox) - System Overlord
Build a penetration testing dropbox using a Raspberry Pi
How a Chrome Extension Broke My Web App
After a long break from personal projects, the situation around the virus inspired me to build something on the side again. I’ll spare you the details but I…
tetrakai
Let’s talk tax! Taxes aren’t the most interesting of topics, but as a mass exodus from San Francisco begins in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a whole bunch of people working at Silicon Valley tech companies who are going to have to start dealing …
Some people like their jobs
Some people really do. Everyone has bad days but these people, this special breed, seem to optimistically push through to promises of career fulfillment. Sure,
My 2017 iPhone X Died: I Got a 2016 iPhone SE, Upgraded the Battery and Added Wireless Charging — It's Great
I got a $70 iPhone SE and upgraded the battery with a nominal 2180 mAh one (the original had 1624 mAh of capacity). Then I added Qi wirel...
Questionable Advice: Can Engineering Productivity Be Measured?
I follow you on Twitter and read your blog. I particularly enjoy this post: I’m reaching out looking for some guidance.I work as an engineering manager for a company whose non-technology le…
Software Consulting: What This Really Means and How to Start
On this blog, I’ve talked at length about both software development and consulting. In fact, I have an entire posting tag devoted to transitioning from being a developer to being a consultant. This includes a take on why everyone should want to. So I’ve got…
Lazy evaluation in real life
There are so many great ideas in engineering we can take home and apply to our own lives. Today I will talk about one of them: lazy evaluation.
What Is Preferred Stock And Why Is Given To Investors?
What is preferred stock and why is given to investors? You’ve got to know your stocks and shares as a startup founder. This is especially true when it comes to giving equity and issuing stock. Unless you thrive on legal and math, this part of the startup game …
Apple Is Killing A Billion-Dollar Ad Industry With One Popup
The new iOS 14 privacy feature spells trouble for advertisement agencies and promises to end an era of personalized ads
NewPipe - a free YouTube client
Welcome to NewPipe, the lightweight YouTube experience for Android
All the Ways to Make a Web Component - June 2020 Update
Compare coding style, bundle size and performance of 33 different ways to make a Web Component.
TensorFlow, Keras and deep learning, without a PhD
We will first watch a neural network train. Please open the notebook below and run through all the cells. Do not pay attention to the code yet, we will start explaining it later.
Release v0.14.0 · vmware-tanzu/octant
v0.14.0 2020-07-15 Download https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/octant/releases/v0.14.0 Highlights Added creation of resources Added port forwarding for services Added support for starting without a...
A Walk through of Azure
Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 5:00 PM: A walk through Azure and all that you need to know to take advantage of Azure. Guest Speaker: Sarah Lean, Cloud Advocate @Microsoft
Getting Started with ASP.NET Core
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GitHub Archive Program: the journey of the world's open source code to the Arctic
Our mission is to preserve open source software for future generations by storing your code in an archive built to last a thousand years.
What is a Developer Advocate - Here's What I Do
Ever wondered what a Developer Advocate role is like? I get asked all the time, so I figured I would share what I do and what my job is like. _____________________________________________ Newsletter 🗞 Interested in exclusive content and discounts? 🤯 Sign up…
EF Core In depth – Tips and techniques for configuring EF Core – The Reformed Programmer
Created: July 17, 2020
MAVERICK LIFE TECH: Four steps to take right now to protect your accounts from hackers
Securing your online accounts and subscription from hackers and data breaches is fairly simple; it doesn’t need to cost a single cent and will take only a few minutes to implement some easy steps.
Hypertext Style: Cool URIs don't change.
What’s New in Thunderbird 78
Thunderbird 78 is our newest ESR (extended-support release), which comes out yearly and is considered the latest stable release. Right now you can download the ...
How to store app secrets for your ASP .NET Core project
Follow me on Twitter , happy to take your suggestions on topics or improvements /Chris > This article is for you that is either completely new to ASP .NET Core or is currently storing your secrets in config files that you may or may not check in by mistake.…
C# 9: New `and`, `or`, and `not` Keywords for Pattern Matching
Though it may sound like our occasional April Fools Day joke, C# 9 is looking to add `and`, `or`, and `not` to its list of keywords. Specifically, for use in pattern matching.
.NET on AWS: Pushing a .NET Docker Image to Amazon ECR - Code with Steve
In this post, we'll learn about Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry), a managed service we can use to store Docker images for .NET applications.
How Object.entries work internally in JavaScript
In JavaScript, the Object.entries method returns an array of object’s own enumerable properties. It returns properties as a [key, value] pair, where the key is a string. You can read enumerable pro…
GitHub Actions Overview | Premier Developer
In this post, App Dev Managers Bernard Apolinario, Sujith Nair, and Latha Natarajan give a thorough overview of GitHub Actions. GitHub Actions enables you to create custom workflows directly in your GitHub repository. You can discover, create, and share action…
How Do You Comfort a JavaScript Bug?
If you like developer puns, check out this cartoon
Thread Safety & Scoped Lifetime in Dependency Injection Containers
If you're using Scoped Lifetime in Dependency Injection Containers, beware of thread-safety issues! I'll show you a race condition in a simple example.
100 Best Kubernetes Books of All Time
The 100 best kubernetes books, such as Kubernetes, KUBERNETES, Kubernetes Handbook and Kubernetes Patterns.
Features/module initializers by RikkiGibson · Pull Request #46071 · dotnet/roslyn
Related to #40500 Big thanks to @jnm2 for doing the greater part of the work for this feature! /cc @jaredpar
microsoft/ProcMon-for-Linux
Procmon is a Linux reimagining of the classic Procmon tool from the Sysinternals suite of tools for Windows. Procmon provides a convenient and efficient way for Linux developers to trace the syscal...
Testing on the Toilet: Don’t Mock Types You Don’t Own
This article was adapted from a Google Testing on the Toilet (TotT) episode. You can download a printer-friendly version of this TotT epis...
dotnet/designs
This repo is used for reviewing new .NET designs. Contribute to dotnet/designs development by creating an account on GitHub.
Be a Hero - Bonus Panel - Fowl Language Comics
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How the OBS Project changed video forever with lead Hugh Bailey
Hugh Bailey just wanted to make a nice open source app to stream Starcraft. It's been just 8 years since the OBS project started and it's taken video by storm. Add in the influx of users using OBS to enhance their Skype/Teams/Zoom calls and it's clear that OBS…
Careers
Billions of people rely on ISRG / Let's Encrypt to operate critical digital infrastructure for a more secure and privacy-respecting world. Living up to such great responsibility starts with hiring excellent people and providing them with an environment in whic…
Tweaks
An alternative Visual Studio extension gallery for nightly builds.