Editor’s note: Peter Yared is the founder and CTO of Sapho and was formerly the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive. It seems as though everyone in tech today is infatuated with the full-stack developer. Full stack may have been possible in the Web 2.
Internet of Things: The Good, the Bad and the UglyInternet of Things (IoT) is a phrase gaining foothold in the international lexicon of technology. It refers to the growing number of everyday objects that are able to connect to the internet and communicate with each other.
F*** off as a ServiceYou can’t spell insult without IT. Open-source and tongue-in-cheek, “FOaaS” is a highpoint in XaaS innovation – and it delivers the perfect insult as a service. It’s a simple formula.
Simple Authentication Protocol — kr41Modern web application usually supports a number of authentication methods. But almost all web applications still support authentication using login-password pair. It is usually named “simple” by developers. So the article is about it.
Why I love databasesLast year I worked with various databases at Square. I did: Initially forced by the necessity, I soon became fascinated by the databases. The study of databases intersects almost every topic in computer science?—?its theory and implementation are both sophisticated and challenging.
JavaScript— The Dark Parts: The ScopeWelcome to this new series of JavaScript tutorials.
One Hacker Way - Erik MeijerOne Hacker Way, a Rational Alternative to Agile Presented at Reaktor Dev Day 2014 http://reaktor.fi/blog/erik-meijer-software-eating-world/ http://reaktordevday.fi
Optimizations in a multicore pipelineThis is a story that happened during the development of Video Enhancer a few minor versions ago. It is a video processing application that, when doing its work, shows two images: "before" and "after", i.e. part of original video frame and the same part after processing.
What's Your Most Controversial Technical Opinion?At Trunk Club, I think one of the most specialized and skilled tasks we perform is finding more engineers to work with us. Hiring is one of the most difficult things we do around here, and it’s one of the most important areas I can contribute towards.
The Sixth Stageof Grief IsRetro-computingOver the last few days I’ve been crazy for emulation—that is, simulating old, busted computers on my sweet modern laptop. I’ve been booting up fake machines and tearing them down, one after the other, and not doing much besides.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.