Another security issue leads our day. Arstechnica reports on a bunch of stolen certificates that allow hackers to bypass code-signing. It is an interesting story and makes you wonder about the real benefits of code-signing. On Amazon Big Data we get a great post about analyzing time series data in real-time with AWS Lambda, Amazon… Read More Geek Reading March 18, 2016 #1066
There are a lot of good articles to read today. First, on High Scalability we get a post about an async Tarantool queue. It is interesting reading if you are into that kind of thing. Also on the performance front, we get an article on Java Code Geeks about scalable I/O and whether to use… Read More Geek Reading March 7, 2016 #1057
Another slow news day yesterday, so we have a continued focus on development. First, on NOUPE they talk about the Google Resizer tool which shows you how your site responds to different sized devices. It is not a perfect tool, so depending on how you developed for mobile, you might not be getting the right… Read More Geek Reading March 4, 2016 #1056
There was not a lot of new yesterday, but there is always some interesting reading. On Conversation Agent, we get a very good post on the difference between power and status. Interestingly, they both can wield influence, which is what most people typically want. At DaedTech, they talk about escaping the legacy skill quicksand. As… Read More Geek Reading February 25, 2016 #1050
Today we have an odd collection of articles. First, Amazon posted resources for migrating Parse applications to AWS. With all of the hype surrounding the shutdown, I am surprised it took this long for them to post something like this. Pinterest talks about their internal deployment system, Teletraan. This is important mainly because they plan… Read More Geek Reading February 15, 2016 #1042
Starting our week, we have Sam Altman ranting against the growth at all costs pattern in startups. His take is that finding the right type of growth is more important, mostly with product-market fit. On KD Nuggets we get a discussion on the differences between machine intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence. Lastly,… Read More Geek Reading January 18, 2016
It has been a while, so obviously it is time for another security issue to lead our day. On Motherboard, they talk about a flaw on ebay’s site that can allow someone to steal user’s passwords. It is a fairly simple hack as well, but it does require users to click a specific link so… Read More Geek Reading January 13, 2016
Macworld starts our day with a bit of nostalgia, an ode to Kai’s Power Goo. I know this isn’t news but it shows you how much was possible 20 years ago and user interfaces still tend to suck now. First Round Review gives us an excellent post on scaling yourself as a technology leader. Anyone… Read More Geek Reading November 20, 2015
Today we start with two excellent career oriented posts. First, at PagerDuty they talk about why VPs (or any managers) should care about engineer burnout. This is a very real issue that people try to sweep under the rug frequently. On the Agile zone at DZone, there is a post about why the author will… Read More Geek Reading November 5, 2015
Leading today, we have The Verge reporting on the FCC publicly shaming robocallers and telemarketers. For personal things, I am not a fan of public shaming. However, when it comes to fairly seedy business practices, I am a big fan, especially in this case. Mozilla announces their open source support program. This is just a… Read More Geek Reading October 26, 2015
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