18 January 2021

40 links · Monday

Code Spotlight: the Reference Implementation of Ed25519 (Part 1)

Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) has always been something I wanted to fully understand eventually. A recent project I worked on has brought me one step closer, but also revealed to me the true complexity of the topic. I am now convinced that I will probably …

The Shape of Code » Software effort estimation is mostly fake research

Effort estimation is an important component of any project, software or otherwise. While effort estimation is something that everybody in industry is involved with on a regular basis, it is a niche topic in software engineering research. The problem is resea…

Github Stale Bots: A False Economy

Stale Bot’s are a type of automated bot on Github, which locks issues which are “stale” (as in have no recent activity). This seems like a helpful tool at first, but in reality it’s terrible for all p

4Dotnet Conf 2021

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Rezi GPT-3 AI Resume Builder

Rezi is a new generation resume builder that completely eliminates the need to write your own resume! Instead, you will have all the tools to create a resume tailored to your specific job description. Using text generation AI and billions of data points, the R…

That XOR Trick

There are a whole bunch of popular interview questions that can be solved in one of two ways: Either using common data structures and algorithms in a sensible manner, or by using some properties of...

bladeRF-wiphy - Nuand

bladeRF-wiphy is an open-source IEEE 802.11 compatible software defined radio VHDL modem If you like the bladeRF-wiphy project, please consider...

237: Bot Awesome

CES 2021 has come and gone and we break down our favorite announcements around robots!

Intro into security principles in the context of database systems

Introduction into security principles in the context of database systems By Andreas Wolter   Preface While many of us are practicing ‘social distancing’, and spend lots of time at home, I am finally finding the time to share some of the topics with the public …

Principle of Least Privilege (POLP)

(part 1 of my series of articles on security principles in Microsoft SQL Servers & Databases)   Principle of Least Privilege (POLP) The first security principle that I am going to discuss is one that most System Administrators are familiar with: the “principle…

E INK has developed ACEP Gallery 4100 Color E-Paper

E INK has confirmed with Good e-Reader that the company has developed a 2nd generation ACEP, which is Advanced Color E-Paper. They have a subset of the technology that utilizes the the codename E INK Gallery 4100. This technology is not going to be employed fo…

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