(click image for larger view and for slideshow) CloudFlare describes itself as a service that protects and accelerates any website, but even a company focused on security can be hacked. Last week, the company and its customer 4Chan, the infamous message board, was attacked by hacking group UGNazi.
A (Simpler) Successful Git Branching ModelAt my work, we have been using a Git branching strategy based on Vincent Driessen’s successful Git branching model. Over all, the strategy that Vincent proposes is very good and may work perfectly out of the box for many cases.
Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls”Asked to picture a computer programmer, most of us describe the archetypal computer geek, a brilliant but socially-awkward male. We imagine him as a largely noctural creature, passing sleepless nights writing computer code.
Code Reviews that might actually workI’ve had an opportunity to be part of a team doing a lot of greenfield development on a new codebase at a client recently, and it’s been a lot of fun.
Latest UpdatesIt may surprise some to find that Backbone.js was released just over a year and a half ago. In that time, Backbone has gained a remarkable reach, and one that stretched beyond our anticipations.
What’s New in the .NET 4.5 Base Class LibraryThe Microsoft .NET Framework base class library (BCL) is all about fundamentals. Although some of the basic constructs are stable and don’t change very much (for example, System.Int32 and System.String), Microsoft is still investing a great deal in this space.
Folly: The Facebook Open Source LibraryFacebook is built on open source from top to bottom, and could not exist without it. As engineers here, we use, contribute to, and release a lot of open source software, including pieces of our core infrastructure such as HipHop and Thrift.
SSDs and Distributed Data SystemsData systems have always been designed around the limitations of physical hardware. I think of the design of these systems as being a compromise between the external API you want to provide and the ingredients you have to build it with.
Classic MinesweeperI?m sure everyone has wasted a few hours playing Minesweeper on earlier version of Windows. It?s a timeless puzzle game. Minesweeper is a great little game and the only annoying part is that, sometimes, you have to guess in order to continue.
Wired EnterpriseJudge William Alsup says an API is kinda like this. Image: twechy/Flickr Oracle said the Java APIs were like a beautiful painting. Google said they were more like a file cabinet.
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.