7 August 2020

39 links · Friday

Automate everything that is not part of the problem you’re solving

When faced with the decision if something is worth automating or not, the default reaction for most developers and product managers will be simple: estimating the time spent on a manual task, and comparing it with the time it would take to automate the task aw…

Do more by Doing less

I didn't want this to become another abandoned project. By trying to do less stuff, I got more done

2020 is the year of IPv6

Affordable VM hosting in Glarus, Switzerland, operated by 100% hydropower. Devuan, debian, freebsd, ubuntu, centos. Our tech stack is fully open source.

In-Memory Caching in ASP.NET Core - Detailed Guide

In this article, let's learn Caching! We will talk about Caching Basics, In-Memory Caching in ASP.NET Core Applications, and so on. We will build a simple

DEVintersection Virtual Workshop Event

DEVintersection workshops, taught by the experts you’ve known in our in-person events, are available to you virtually. Combined with the online lab experience we’ve set up for you, these two days represent an opportunity to strengthen your skills and help your…

Have I Been Pwned Set to Go Open-Source

Fully opening the door to allow people to contribute to – and notably, tinker with – the code for the data-breach information service will be an entirely next-level effort, according to founder Troy Hunt.

Introduction | FAST

Welcome to the FAST documentation! We're glad you're here. We can't wait to show you around.

PINEPHONE | PINE64

Perhaps you’re in a line of work where security is a must, or a hard-core Linux enthusiast, or perhaps you’ve just got enough of Android and iOS and you’re ready for something else – the PinePhone may be the next Phone for you. Powered by the same Quad-Core AR…

Mac keyboard shortcuts

By pressing certain key combinations, you can do things that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device.

N O D E

Here's another iteration on the Zero Terminal projects I've been working on for a few years. For those of you who haven't seen them, I've been trying to design the most usable all in one Pi Zero computer out there.

liljencrantz/crush

Crush is an attempt to make a command line shell that is also a powerful modern programming language. - liljencrantz/crush

An alternative to ConfigureAwait(false) everywhere

One of the general recommendations you may often read is to use ConfigureAwait(false) in library code. This is so that when the library is used, it does not block the synchronization context in use by the application (e.g. the UI thread). If the library doesn’…

A Brief History of The Deficit Myth with Dr. Stephanie Kelton

Dr. Stephanie Kelton is the most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory - the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades. With its important new ways of understanding money, taxes, and the critical role of deficit spending, MMT rede…

Use nightly builds - Mobile Blazor Bindings

Nightly builds of Mobile Blazor Bindings enable you to use the absolute latest updates in your project. These changes are not yet part of an official release, which might mean that they are less polished and less tested.

Monsters Weekly 176 - HMAC in Postman (Postperson)

Getting HMAC signatures to work in Postperson (Postman) is a huge pain largely because HMAC signatures are inherently dumb in an age of TLS. None the less we can make them work; this video will show y

High-Water Mark

An index in the write ahead log showing the last successful replication.

Configuring Codespaces for .NET Core Development

Since April 2020 Visual Studio Codespaces has been generally available. In addition to that, GitHub Codespaces has been provided as a private preview. Both are very similar to each other in terms of their usage. There are differences between both, though, disc…

Dash | Scale up, speed up.

Dash is a one-day virtual conference all about building and scaling the next generation of applications, infrastructure, and technical teams. Join us on August 11 for workshops, keynotes, technical sessions.

Nyan Sat - Satellite Communications Challenge

We'll be guiding you through a crash course on satellites - their history, where in (well, around) the world they are, and how they send and receive data. Accompanying this guide (though not strictly required for it) is a set of equipment we've used ourselves …