Get what you deserve: What cloud jobs pay

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3218727/cloud-computing/get-what-you-deserve-what-cloud-jobs-pay.html
Salaries of cloud professionals. Probably slightly skewed by Silicon Valley.

Laracon US 2017

https://streamacon.com/videos
Laracon 2017 conference videos.

You Can Now Pedal Along the Railroad Tracks Through the Adirondacks

http://www.countryliving.com/life/news/a44427/pedal-along-the-railroad-tracks-through-the-adirondacks/
For old train guys: a chance to pedal along train tracks.

Try R

https://www.codeschool.com/courses/try-r
A free introduction to the R programming language.

Protecting passwords with Argon2 in PHP 7.2

https://framework.zend.com/blog/2017-08-17-php72-argon2-hash-password.html
State of the art password encryption comes to PHP 7.2

Behind-the-Scenes: How We’re Automating Acceptance Testing

https://deliciousbrains.com/how-were-automating-acceptance-testing/
Automating acceptance tests with Docker and scripts. 

Application logic done right

http://www.marco-bunge.com/2017/08/05/application-logic-done-right/
Different than the MVC pattern, inspired by Domain-driven design.

SEO Guide for Blogs, Business and eCommerce Websites in 2017

https://www.fmeextensions.com/blog/seo-guide-business-ecommerce-websites-2017/
Good basics of SEO for blogs, and especially e-commerce websites. 

Vali Admin A free, modular and easy to customize dashboard theme built using Bootstrap, SASS and Pug JS.

http://pratikborsadiya.in/blog/vali-admin/
Interesting dashboard built on Bootstrap and other JS components. 

TensorFire runs neural networks in the browser using WebGL.

https://tenso.rs/
How many layers deep are we? This runs neural networks in the browser using WebGL. 

SVG can do THAT?!

http://slides.com/sdrasner/svg-can-do-that#/
Nice examples of SVG files, animations and effects.

the great 78 project

http://great78.archive.org/
digitally archiving ancient 78 rpm records.

Amazon Seller Services

https://sellerstrategies.com/
Tools to help Amazon sellers.

The Artistry Of 'Samurai Jack'

http://digg.com/video/artistry-samurai-jack-design
The artistry of samurai jack.

Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/03/541411275/vermont-medical-school-says-goodbye-to-lectures
Interesting study in learning methods. Active learning is better.

MIT team whips up new city school bus routes

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/herald_bulldog/2017/07/mit_team_whips_up_new_city_school_bus_routes
The traveling salesman problem becomes the traveling schoolbus problem.

A high performance, open-source universal RPC framework

https://grpc.io/
REST and GraphQL are all the rage, but there's still some use for RPC out there. 

A tool to automatically rerun PHPUnit tests when source code changes

https://murze.be/2017/08/tool-automatically-rerun-phpunit-tests-source-code-changes/
An automated testing tool to re-run PHPunit tests when the source code changes. 

Generate Pdfs With Google Chrome on a Forge Provisioned Server

https://sebastiandedeyne.com/posts/2017/generate-pdfs-with-google-chrome-on-a-forge-provisioned-server
Google Chrome browser as cli webpage-to-pdf converver

Open ZFS vs. Btrfs… and every other file system for that matter

https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/open-zfs-vs-btrfs/
The ecosystem around high performance open source file systems: OpenZFS in particular. 

First steps with Laravel and Continuous Delivery

https://buddy.works/guides/first-steps-with-laravel-and-continuous-delivery
Hints on setting up tooling for CI/CD and Laravel. 

The Surprising Statistics About Online Shopping 2017 [Infographic]

https://www.fmeextensions.com/blog/online-shopping-statistics-infographic/
Infographic about online shopping, but not too surprising. 

Investors poured millions into a storage network that doesn’t exist yet

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/investors-poured-millions-into-a-storage-network-that-doesnt-exist/
A blockchain-based file storage system? ok, but who's going to pay for the proof-of-work? 

The Model 3 Is Further Proof of Tesla's Asymmetric War Against the Auto Industry

http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/13058/the-model-3-is-further-proof-of-teslas-asymmetric-war-against-the-auto-industry
This reminds me of the fight between Nokia and the iPhone: The Auto Industry vs. Tesla. 

Does Anyone Use Social Sharing Buttons on Mobile?

https://www.moovweb.com/anyone-use-social-sharing-buttons-mobile/
Does anyone use social share buttons on moble? Tl;Dr - no. 

Aussie brothers raise $9m for training startup A Cloud Guru after less than two years Read more: http://www.afr.com/technology/aussie-brothers-raise-9m-for-training-startup-a-cloud-guru-after-less-than-two-years-20170725-gxi2g1#ixzz4ob76z3F0 Follow us: @FinancialReview on Twitter | financialreview on Facebook

http://www.afr.com/technology/aussie-brothers-raise-9m-for-training-startup-a-cloud-guru-after-less-than-two-years-20170725-gxi2g1
I've loved the ACloudGuru tutorials for a year now. The owners get $9M in funding to expand. Will the regret it?

Citrix brings virtual desktops and more to Google Cloud

https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/20/citrix-brings-virtual-desktops-and-more-to-google-cloud/
Google cloud brings virtual desktops via Citrix.

How to Stop a DDoS Attack in Its Tracks (Case Study)

https://kinsta.com/blog/ddos-attack/
Case study on how to mitigate a DDoS attack on a WordPress site.

OPTIMIZE YOUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN ... based on data of thousands of successful crowdfunding campaigns Project name or URL

https://predictify.co/
Add-on to Kickstarter that claims to use BigData to help a campaign succeed.

Bitcoin splits in two amid feud

https://www.cnet.com/news/bitcoin-cash-splits-in-two-in-blockchain-feud/
The ongoing Bitcoin feud finally boils over into a hard work into BitCoin Cash. But will people use it?

Hackers can turn Amazon Echo into a covert listening device

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/08/01/amazon-echo-covert-listening/
Hackers demonstrate taking of Amazon Echo. If they have physical access.

A New Explanation for One of the Strangest Occurrences in Nature—Ball Lightning

http://nautil.us/blog/-a-new-explanation-for-one-of-the-strangest-occurrences-in-natureball-lightning
New explanation for Ball Lightning.