SeaPea -- User Guide

https://wikileaks.org/vault7/document/SeaPea-User_Guide/page-1/
SeaPea - a rootkit for MacOS

Laracon 2017 – A Recap (And Links Galore)

https://medium.com/koomai/laracon-2017-a-recap-and-links-galore-c233be2de670
Laracon 2017 recap.

What packages do you install on every Laravel application you create?

https://mattstauffer.co/blog/what-packages-do-you-install-on-every-laravel-application-you-create
Popular Laravel packages. Must-haves?

A First Look at Joomla 4

https://www.joomlashack.com/blog/tutorials/first-look-joomla-4/
First look at a Joomla 4 development snapshot. 

Hacker Steals $8.4 Million Worth of Ethereum From Veritaseum Platform

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-steals-8-4-million-worth-of-ethereum-from-veritaseum-platform/
"the amount stolen was miniscule"

Marcus Aurelius: How to Think Clearly

https://medium.com/personal-growth/marcus-aurelius-how-to-think-clearly-c7f76026fb6
This Roman emperor knew how to think: 

Rest APIs are REST-in-Peace APIs. Long Live GraphQL

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/rest-apis-are-rest-in-peace-apis-long-live-graphql-d412e559d8e4
Yes GraphQL is wonderful, if you can implement it on the server side. 

Top 3 UI Techniques That Users Hate Most

https://uxplanet.org/top-3-most-hateful-ui-techniques-b81eb337e3b9
3 UI/UX things that users hate most: 

A computer was asked to predict which start-ups would be successful. The results were astonishing

https://medium.com/world-economic-forum/a-computer-was-asked-to-predict-which-start-ups-would-be-successful-the-results-were-astonishing-7840b73af4b
Title's a bit misleading, but results are an interesting list of startups.

Introducing Laravel Horizon

https://laravel-news.com/introducing-laravel-horizon
Laravel Horizon to manage queues.

Lambo "config" and "after" scripts for even better quick Laravel app creation

https://mattstauffer.co/blog/lambo-config-and-after-scripts-for-even-better-laravel-app-creation
Lambo: for easier Laravel setup

Hackers compromised smart fish tank at casino

https://boingboing.net/2017/07/20/hackers-compromised-smart-fish.html
Hackers break into smart aquarium at casino and from there jump into internal network.

Soundcloud’s Fatal Mistake

https://medium.com/@decktonic/soundclouds-fatal-mistake-6c5bad763ab1
A history of SoundCloud's death spiral from a former Pro user.

Understanding the MVC pattern in Django

https://medium.com/shecodeafrica/understanding-the-mvc-pattern-in-django-edda05b9f43f
The MVC pattern in Django explained.

How to Find Your Open Source Goldilocks Zone

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/searching-for-your-goldilocks-issue-f23b3a718de
Solid advice on how to contribute to Open Source projects.

Monitoring and application analytics. Built specifically for Laravel.

https://eyewitness.io/
Laravel add-on for monitoring and analytics

Email Design Trends of 2017 (so far)

https://explore.reallygoodemails.com/2017-email-design-trends-5911f819e7b2
Strange design trends for email. Good design or just bandwagoning?

Micro frontends—a microservice approach to front-end web development

https://medium.com/@tomsoderlund/micro-frontends-a-microservice-approach-to-front-end-web-development-f325ebdadc16
Somewhat mis-named micro front-ends and the shared event bus. 

Bootstrap to CSS Grid

https://medium.com/@tallys/bootstrap-to-css-grid-87b3f5f830e4
Moving from Bootstrap to CSS grid. The why and wherefore.

How I used machine learning as inspiration for physical paintings

https://artplusmarketing.com/digital-processes-inspiring-analog-paintings-a358eb7801a0
Interesting way of making art via machine learning. 

A hacker stole $31M of Ether — how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-hacker-stole-31m-of-ether-how-it-happened-and-what-it-means-for-ethereum-9e5dc29e33ce
Hacker steals $31M of ethereum. Good-guys steal more. 

Server Admin for Programmers

https://serversforhackers.com/
A step toward devops: teaching developers about servers. 

10 Best CRM & Project Management PHP Scripts

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-best-crm-project-management-php-scripts--cms-28943
Good project management tools written in PHP, mostly for freelancers, none opensource. 

9 cutting-edge programming languages worth learning now

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2840235/application-development/9-cutting-edge-programming-languages-worth-learning-next.html
A group of up-and-coming programming languages. Kotlin and Go look interesting. 

Turn your Facebook page into a branded sales App within seconds

https://appv.co/public/website/
facebook page into an app? 

I Built a 3D Printed Curta Calculator

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/6ngibp/i_built_a_3d_printed_curta_calculator/?st=1Z141Z3&sh=d2a64b2f
Amazing 3d printed Curta calculator clone.

ZAPPA Serverless Python Web Services - Powered by AWS Lambda and API Gateway

https://www.zappa.io/
Serverless Python framework for AWS Lambda.

The Journal of Open Source Software

http://joss.theoj.org/
Curated list of open source software for scientific research.

5 ways to deploy PHP applications

https://buddy.works/guides/5-ways-to-deploy-php-applications
Various ways to build and deploy PHP code. We use #3.

Easily optimize images using PHP (and some binaries)

https://murze.be/2017/07/easily-optimize-images-using-php-binaries/
How to integrate image optimization tools into PHP projects (including Laravel)

How to Analyze Tweet Sentiments with PHP Machine Learning

https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-analyze-tweet-sentiments-with-php-machine-learning/
Yes, Python's the go-to language for machine learning, but it's still possible with PHP. 

Top 10 Magento Extensions that Every Magento Store Needs

https://www.fmeextensions.com/blog/top-10-magento-extensions-for-your-store/
Magento's great, but here are some good add-ons, mostly for the user side.

Automated Testing: 6 Open-Source Laravel Projects

http://laraveldaily.com/automated-testing-6-open-source-laravel-projects/
Tools to help with automated testing of Laravel projects. 

HTTP Tools Roundup

https://lornajane.net/posts/2017/http-tools-roundup
In an increasingly API-centric world, you need ways to interact with HTTP. Here are a handful. Postman is my favorite.

A Roundup of Laravel Testing Resources and Packages

https://laravel-news.com/laravel-testing-resources
Collection of Laravel testing resources, and one wildcard.

Deploy your WSGI apps on AWS Lambda

https://www.zappa.io/
Vendor-neutral Lambda functions for Python clouds.

Brand New Model F Keyboards

https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/
The venerable IBM model F keyboard returns.

Mastery learning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_learning
Contriversal learning theory.

Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility

https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/
Good intro to web accessibility guidelines, with github repo.

Easily convert webpages to images using PHP

https://murze.be/2017/07/easily-covert-webpages-to-images-using-php/
Interesting tutorial on using PHP to capture a web page image going through a headless Chrome browser. 

Build A Simple Chat With ReactPHP Socket: Server

http://seregazhuk.github.io/2017/06/22/reactphp-chat-server/
Example of using the ReactPHP library to build a chat server. 

8 Must Have PHP Quality Assurance Tools

https://www.sitepoint.com/8-must-have-php-quality-assurance-tools/
PHP QA and CI tools. 

What I Learned From Researching Coding Bootcamps

https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/what-i-learned-from-researching-coding-bootcamps-f594c15bd9e0
Some take-aways on how coding bootcamps are set up and run.

7 Jeff Bezos Quotes That Outline the Secret to Success

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/7-jeff-bezos-quotes-that-will-make-you-rethink-success.html
7 quotes from jeff bezos. not too snappy, but they reveal his mindset.

bserving and Photographing the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

http://www.astropix.com/html/i_astrop/2017_eclipse/Eclipse_2017.html
info on the 2017 solar eclipse

Strange Noise in Gravitational-Wave Data Sparks Debate

https://www.quantamagazine.org/strange-noise-in-gravitational-wave-data-sparks-debate-20170630/
LIGO's gravity wave discovery may have some issues with strange noise.

Make your Laravel App Fly with PHP OPcache

https://medium.com/appstract/make-your-laravel-app-fly-with-php-opcache-9948db2a5f93
how to enable and tune opcache for your laravel install

cinesift: the movie rating site

https://www.cinesift.com/
a movie meta-rating site that pulls in ratings from IMDB, RT, etc.

The Ultimate Collection of Google Font Pairings (Displayed Beautifully with Classic Art)

https://www.reliablepsd.com/ultimate-google-font-pairings/
Beautiful design examples of nicely-paired google fonts. 

Bitmovin Supports AV1 Encoding for VoD and Live and Joins the Alliance for Open Media

https://bitmovin.com/bitmovin-supports-av1-encoding-vod-live-joins-alliance-open-media/
Will anything come of the new AV1 video encoding efforts? 

You’re doing your weekend wrong

https://qz.com/1012585/the-best-weekend-activities-are-most-likely-not-the-ones-youre-currently-doing/
The best weekend activities are... active! 

Write your music scores online

https://flat.io/
online alternative to Sibelius or Finale?

Linux owns supercomputing

http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-owns-supercomputing/
except for a couple of ancient Chinese AIX boxes.