https://blog.timescale.com/why-sql-beating-nosql-what-this-means-for-future-of-data-time-series-database-348b777b847a
The problem with NoSQL databases is how to query them. The Answer: SQL!

Sponsored Find Newsletters you can advertise on. For free.

https://sponsored.tech/
Interesting twist on emailmarketing. Advertising on other people's newsletters.

The Cheapest, Easiest, Most Painful Way To Improve Your Podcast

https://www.asceticproductions.com/easily-improve-podcast/
best way to improve your podcast? Actually listen to yourself!

Laravel and Twilio: Group Video Chat

https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/09/laravel-and-twilio-group-video-chat.html
Video chat with Laravel and Twilio

An Introduction to Generators in PHP

http://blog.kelunik.com/2017/09/14/an-introduction-to-generators-in-php.html
I've bumped into generators before, but never really used them.

Build a Slack chatbot in Laravel with BotMan Studio 2.0

http://christoph-rumpel.com/2017/09/build-a-slack-chattbot-with-laravel-and-botman-studio/
implementing a slack chatbot in laravel

Measure Anything in Laravel with StatsD

https://laravel-news.com/measure-anything-laravel-statsd
how to instrument and profile laravel apps using StatsD

SMS admin in 8 lines of code

https://jason.pureconcepts.net/2017/09/nexmo-sms-admin-laravel/
adding SMS to laravel

Goodbye controllers, hello request handlers

https://jenssegers.com/85/goodbye-controllers-hello-request-handlers
interesting take on the evolution of the MVC pattern.

Project management: A surefire way to kill your software product

https://techbeacon.com/project-management-surefire-way-kill-your-software-product
Well-put analysis. I've seen for years that the structure of software development is a mis-match for project management.

data visualization project

http://datavizproject.com/
nice visual catalog of data representation. lacking a bit of structure, though.

Why you should stop using Git rebase

https://medium.com/@fredrikmorken/why-you-should-stop-using-git-rebase-5552bee4fed1
Thoughtful and cogent argument against rebasing git merges.

Open Source Security Secure networks start here.

https://www.pfsense.org/
PfSense seems to be one of the leading open source firewalls 

Check your PHP project for known security issues!

https://security.sensiolabs.org/
Checks your composer libraries for known bugs. 

PHPMD - PHP Mess Detector

https://phpmd.org/
A php mess detector. Interesting. 

My Simple Approach to using Docker and PHP

https://bitpress.io/simple-approach-using-docker-with-php/
Start-from-scratch setup of PHP development environment with Docker. 

The Best PHP Books 2017 and 2016

https://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/567-The-Best-PHP-Books-of-the-Year.html
I'm often asked for good PHP books. Here's a good a list as any. 

From PHP to JavaScript with Node.js

https://blog.matters.tech/migrating-from-php-to-javascript-with-node-js-155534498b58
Some tools and techniques for moving from php to JavaScript with Node.js

What the Commission found out about copyright infringement but ‘forgot’ to tell us

https://juliareda.eu/2017/09/secret-copyright-infringement-study/
EU report says piracy has almost no effect on copyright sales.

Idaho hopes to bring stargazers to first US dark sky reserve

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article173461901.html
Idaho wants to rope off a dark sky reserve. Don't we have a community like this in Georgia?

Setting up containers with systemd-nspawn

https://blog.mekansm.de/2017/09/16/setting-up-containers-with-systemd-nspawn/
systemd might actually be useful for something

Our nonprofit needed a cheaper way to send email blasts. So we engineered one.

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/our-nonprofit-needed-a-cheaper-way-to-send-email-blasts-so-we-engineered-one-167322e3f28e
Open source email frontend to AWS SES

This Morning Routine will Save You 20+ Hours Per Week

https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/this-morning-routine-will-save-you-20-hours-per-week-a05c68b8e73c
do more through shorter periods of higher focus

Opshell: DevOps Shell

https://blog.opszero.com/opshell-devops-shell-252acfef4aa
review and intro to the DevOps shell.

10 Tips to Get the Most out of Apple Notes on OS X

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-tips-get-apple-notes-os-x/
using apple notes. I've used evernote for a while, but might have to move

KXStudio is a collection of applications and plugins for professional audio production.

http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/
KXStudio is a collection of applications and plugins for professional audio production.

4 Recording Packages to Get Started with Home Recording

https://yhomerecording.blogspot.com/2017/01/4-recording-packages-to-get-started.html?m=1
basic podcasting equipment packages

The Newest Generation of Entrepreneurs? Podcasters

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/299980
entrepreneurship and podcasting

Scaling on AWS (Part 1): A Primer

https://medium.com/aws-activate-startup-blog/scaling-on-aws-part-1-a-primer-dbf1276ded5a
Basics of AWS Scaling, mostly EC2.

13 Headless CMSs to Put on Your Radar

http://www.cmswire.com/web-cms/13-headless-cmss-to-put-on-your-radar/
Is the future of CMSs headless, serverless or both?

3 Linux Smartphone Operating Systems You Can Install Today

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-smartphone-operating-systems/
3 versions of Linux that run on android platforms.

Free Photos, Vectors, Icons, Fonts and Videos

https://www.stockio.com/
Source for CC0 licensed artwork and photos

Extending Models in Eloquent

https://tighten.co/blog/extending-models-in-eloquent
Brief intro to extending Eloquent data models. 

Getting to Know the Laravel Tinker Shell

https://laravel-news.com/laravel-tinker
No, not tailor, soldier, spy. It's a helper shell for Laravel, follow-on to psysh.

The All-New Guide to CSS Support in Email

https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2017/09/all-new-guide-css-support-email/
Guide to which CSS elements work in which email clients. Still a sorry state of affairs.

The 50 best free online university courses according to data

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-50-best-free-online-university-courses-according-to-data-deb6fe34ef30
According to reviews, the best free online courses. 

Autonomous Cars: The Level 5 Fallacy

https://mondaynote.com/autonomous-cars-the-level-5-fallacy-247ae9614e14
Is the true Level-5 autonomous car really around the corner?

The Economy

http://www.core-econ.org/the-economy/book/text/0-3-contents.html
Open-sourced? Economics textbook. 

Yes, Some Questions Are Better Than Others

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/09/11/550151190/yes-some-questions-are-better-than-others
A bit vague, but still the point is we need to learn to ask good questions. 

Ruthless Optimization, Part 2: The Tools and Workflow We Use to Produce Zengineering Podcast (and Also Have Full-time Jobs.)

https://zengineeringpodcast.com/ruthless-optimization-part-2-the-tools-and-workflow-we-use-to-produce-zengineering-podcast-and-6fb85ceeb042
Some gritty nuts-and-bolts of podcast production. 

For the love of God, please tell me what your company does

https://hackernoon.com/for-the-love-of-god-please-tell-me-what-your-company-does-c2f0b835ab92
My feelings exactly. 

The Beautiful Nitrux Linux Distro Could Be a Contender

https://www.linux.com/learn/intro-to-linux/2017/9/beautiful-nitrux-linux-distro-could-be-contender
unfortunately, their servers are down now.

A certificate in Amazon's AWS cloud technology can boost your salary by 26%

http://www.businessinsider.in/A-certificate-in-Amazons-AWS-cloud-technology-can-boost-your-salary-by-26/articleshow/60439808.cms
AWS Certifications are in demand

Lessons Learned Scaling Airbnb 100X

https://medium.com/@jgolden/lessons-learned-scaling-airbnb-100x-b862364fb3a7
Lessons from the trenches of the early days of AirBnB

Why your API may be a better investment than your App

https://startupsventurecapital.com/why-your-api-may-be-a-better-investment-than-your-app-9277c2c1daed
Is you API more valuable than your app?

The Rule of 40% For a Healthy SaaS Company

https://feld.com/archives/2015/02/rule-40-healthy-saas-company.html
Interesting metric for SaaS companies: the 40% rule.

Burn Rate 101 for Startups: A 15-Min Introduction

https://medium.com/swlh/burn-rate-101-for-startups-a-15-min-introduction-6755936efc88
Burn rate and runway: finances for startups.

The College That Produces Founders at 5 Times the Rate of Stanford

https://blog.ledwards.com/the-college-that-produces-founders-at-3-times-the-rate-of-stanford-2c53ea44f91e
Want to be an entrepreneur? Consider this tiny college.

WHERE TO FIND A REMOTE JOB THAT LETS YOU WORK ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

https://www.austingrandt.com/writing/where-find-remote-job-lets-you-work-anywhere-world/
Online resources to find remote work.

5 Things You Should Know Before Update To Joomla 3.8

https://www.themexpert.com/blog/joomla-38-update
The new router finally appears in Joomla starting ing 3.8

Flat UI Elements Attract Less Attention and Cause Uncertainty

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-ui-less-attention-cause-uncertainty/
Flat UI elements are all the rage now, but don't make them too flat.

Isaac Newton’s Principia

http://www.kroneckerwallis.com/product/isaac-newtons-principia/
Beautiful edition of Newton's Principia Mathematica

The Last Auto Mechanic

https://medium.com/@tomprice_22461/the-last-auto-mechanic-841adec75498
Has the last auto mechanic been born?

Peaked?

https://m.signalvnoise.com/peaked-78ec0b147aeb
It the notion of being more productive early in life a myth? It may have more to do with volume than inspiration.

Build amazing iOS and Android apps with technology you already know

https://www.nativescript.org/
Interesting twist on cross-platform mobile development via javascript, not cordova. 

Want a Job in Silicon Valley? Keep Away From Coding Schools

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-12-06/want-a-job-in-silicon-valley-keep-away-from-coding-schools
Looks like the coding bootcamp movement is starting to fall apart. What's next?

Why Coding Bootcamps Don't Work

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/why-coding-bootcamps-dont-work.html
Opinion of why coding bootcamps don't work.

Reddit Changes Open Source Policy

https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/
The core of the code that runs Reddit.com will no longer be open source. Not sure if this is a Good Thing.

PHYSICISTS WANT TO REBUILD QUANTUM THEORY FROM SCRATCH

https://www.wired.com/story/physicists-want-to-rebuild-quantum-theory-from-scratch
I know some people have trouble with the complexity of QM, but is it worth rebuilding, or can it be done?

How I Went from Burn-out Entrepreneur to Automating my $4M Company and 10x my Productivity.

https://medium.com/@neocody/how-i-went-from-burn-out-entrepreneur-to-automating-my-4m-company-and-10x-my-productivity-45cefcbcac0c
Tools to help productivity.

How to browse Tor

https://thehiddenwiki.pw/how-to-browse-tor-everything-about-tor/
how to browse via tor

Rural America Is Building Its Own Internet Because No One Else Will

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/paax9n/rural-america-is-building-its-own-internet-because-no-one-else-will
Like rural electrification, there is now rural internetification.

ADHD Diagnosis Based on “Illogical Rhetoric,” Analysis Claims

https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/08/adhd-diagnosis-based-illogical-rhetoric/
is ADHD diagnosis based on circular reasoning? could be.