Meet The Father Of The Auto 'Skateboard' Chassis Used By Tesla: Chris Borroni-Bird

https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2016/05/23/the-father-of-the-skateboard-chassis-dr-chris-borroni-bird/4/#4b12d43c6d00

GM's electric skateboard was a great idea, but fuel cells weren't the right powersource. 

openmotors

https://www.openmotors.co/
rebranding from OSVehicle to OpenMotors.

Welcome to the era of open source cars

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/09/open-source-design-is-changing-the-way-we-make-cars/
open source cars aren't as far along as I'd like.

350 Animated Videos That Will Teach You Philosophy, from Ancient to Post-Modern

http://www.openculture.com/2017/12/learn-philosophy-from-the-ancients-to-the-moderns-with-350-animated-videos.html
I took too much philosophy in college, here's some more in bite-sized chunks.

Vim plugins for a complete and powerful PHP IDE

http://web-techno.net/vim-php-ide/
plugins to turn Vim into a PHP IDE

Decentralize your application with Google Cloud Platform

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/decentralize-your-application-with-google-cloud-platform-7149ec6d0255
Creating microservices in Google Cloud

A Javascript quirk that will catch you out

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-javascript-quirk-that-will-catch-you-out-7895dfbae657
In JavaScript object copy by Reference, not Value

A Response to REST is the new SOAP

https://philsturgeon.uk/api/2017/12/18/rest-confusion-explained/
Is REST the new SOAP? a critical look

How to Find a Niche in the WordPress Ecosystem

https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-find-niche-in-wordpress-ecosystem/
Similar to finding a niche in any digital ecosystem.

10 “Best of the Best” Growth Stocks to Buy for 2018

http://dailytradealert.com/2017/12/12/10-best-best-growth-stocks-buy-2018/
10 stocks for 2017

These 3 Funds Yield Over 7% and The Fed Just Made Them a “Buy”

http://dailytradealert.com/2017/11/25/3-funds-yield-7-fed-just-made-buy/
three short-term debt funds

A Real-World Comparison of Front-End Frameworks with Benchmarks

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-real-world-comparison-of-front-end-frameworks-with-benchmarks-e1cb62fd526c
Unfortunately, didn't include Vue.js. tl;dr: Angular is fast but big. 

Why side projects are so damn important

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-side-projects-are-so-damn-important-239ba37209e
Why side projects are important to developers. 

Online resources for geometrical acoustics based room acoustics modeling

https://euracoustics.org/technical-committees/tc-on-room-and-building-acoustics-rba/online-resources-for-geometry-based-room-acoustics-modeling
Opensource software for geometric acoustics and room modeling

The Best JavaScript and CSS Libraries for 2017

https://tutorialzine.com/2017/12/the-best-javascript-and-css-libraries-for-2017
Somewhat opinionated list of the best JavaScript and CSS libraries for 2017

Decryptionary

https://decryptionary.com/
dictionary of cryptocurrency terms.

Top 5 open source tools for MySQL administrators

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3241730/database/top-5-open-source-tools-for-mysql-administrators.html
The standard phpmyadmin and 4 others.

Podcast-focused media company HowStuffWorks spins out with $15M in new funding

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/31/howstuffworks-spins-out/
The latest on HowStuffWorks.com, refocused on podcasting

Let’s evolve a neural network with a genetic algorithm—code included

https://blog.coast.ai/lets-evolve-a-neural-network-with-a-genetic-algorithm-code-included-8809bece164
Example of training neural net with genetic algorithm with code in Python. 

Atomic commits: Telling stories with Git

https://frederickvanbrabant.com/2017/12/07/atomic-commits.html
Atomic commits = Making LOTS of little commits in git.

Creating Your Own PHP Helpers in a Laravel Project

https://laravel-news.com/creating-helpers
Tutorial on creating helpers in Laravel.

SOLID Principles made easy

https://dev.to/dhurimkelmendi/solid-principles-made-easy-1pg
the classic SOLID principles explained. 

This Game Teaches You How to Build a Quantum Computer

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3jkya/quantum-game-physics-computer-puzzle
Educational, probably. Fun?

6 Decision-Making Techniques all Product Managers Should Know

https://builttoadapt.io/6-decision-making-techniques-all-product-managers-should-know-429fe4d13654
How to move things along.

How To Tell If An Industry Is Ripe For Disruption

https://medium.com/swlh/4-ways-to-tell-if-an-industry-is-ripe-for-disruption-b599f657c788
There are a couple of industries that hit all of these criteria. 

1.4 Billion Clear Text Credentials Discovered in a Single Database

https://medium.com/4iqdelvedeep/1-4-billion-clear-text-credentials-discovered-in-a-single-database-3131d0a1ae14
First of all, any systems should never store passwords in cleartext. Those that do, this happens.

Robots Will Transform Fast Food

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/iron-chefs/546581
All 3 of my sons worked in fast food. Automating these tasks would be a good thing. 

A recap of front-end development in 2017

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/a-recap-of-front-end-development-in-2017-7072ce99e727
Current SOTA of front-end development as of the end of 2017

How we do Vue: one year later

https://about.gitlab.com/2017/11/09/gitlab-vue-one-year-later/
Recap of GitLab's first year of using Vue.js on the front end.

Blazing-fast static site generator for React

https://www.gatsbyjs.org/
Really odd: javascript to generate static websites from dynamic sources.

Comparative Audio Analysis With Wavenet, MFCCs, UMAP, t-SNE and PCA

https://medium.com/@LeonFedden/comparative-audio-analysis-with-wavenet-mfccs-umap-t-sne-and-pca-cb8237bfce2f
Is this article about audio? Encoding? Python? How about all of them. 

Google Academy for Ads

https://landing.google.com/academyforads/#?modal_active=none
Yet another iteration of Google Ad education. Hope it works and they stick with it.

There are 170,000 fewer retail jobs in 2017—and 75,000 more Amazon robots

https://qz.com/1107112/there-are-170000-fewer-retail-jobs-in-2017-and-75000-more-amazon-robots/
Is Amazon a destroyer of jobs? Not exactly. 

The secret to being a top developer is building things! Here’s a list of fun apps to build!

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-secret-to-being-a-top-developer-is-building-things-heres-a-list-of-fun-apps-to-build-aac61ac0736c
Good projects to hone your development skills.

React Native: Is It Worth It?

http://andydyer.org/blog/2017/11/27/react-native-is-it-worth-it/
React Native. Is it just a really fast way to develop really ugly apps?

Why CSS Grid is better than Bootstrap for creating layouts

https://hackernoon.com/how-css-grid-beats-bootstrap-85d5881cf163
Good take on why CSS Grids beat Bootstrap. The only problem is that Bootstrap's more than just a grid.

How Teams Get Microservices Wrong From the Start

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-teams-get-microservices-wrong-from-the-start-51777c99c059
Some common-sense approaches to microservices. No, it's not SOA.

Laravel 5.5 Facades Tutorial

https://appdividend.com/2017/12/02/laravel-5-5-facades-tutorial/
gentle introduction to facades in laravel.

x​Solver is a solver for engineering and scientific equations.

https://www.fxsolver.com/
common science and engineering equation solver

Interview with Luis Pabón: Creator of PHPDocker.io

https://www.shiphp.com/blog/2017/luis-pabon-phpdockerio
Interesting project to create a customized docker file for php projects. 

Debugging the dreaded "Class log does not exist" error in Laravel

https://sebastiandedeyne.com/posts/2017/debugging-the-dreaded-class-log-does-not-exist-error-in-laravel
How to debug Laravel if it dies before creating the log class. 

Happier HTML5 Form Validation

https://daverupert.com/2017/11/happier-html5-forms/
Technique for lightweight, simple client-side HTML5 form validation.

How to Refactor Your Legacy Code: A Decision Matrix

https://qafoo.com/blog/112_refactoring_matrix.html
When and If and How to refactor legacy code. 

23 Development Tools for Boosting Website Performance

https://www.sitepoint.com/23-development-tools-boosting-website-performance/
Not so much boosting as instrumenting so you know how to boost it. 

Why I love Vim: It’s the lesser-known features that make it so amazing

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/learn-linux-vim-basic-features-19134461ab85
Some lesser-known features of VIM. I've honestly never come across the tabs interface. 

Using Laravel and WordPress to build a fast and flexible API

https://www.adampatterson.ca/2017/building-an-api-using-laravel-and-wordpress-part-1/
Mixing Laravel for a REST API with a WordPress admin backend. First question: WHY?!?!

Podcast Guides: 26 of The Best Podcasting Resources

https://www.buzzsprout.com/blog/podcast-guides
Pretty good listicle on podcasting resources.

The Best Animated Films of the 21st Century Ranked, From ‘Anomalisa’ to ‘Spirited Away’

http://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/best-animated-movies-21st-century-pixar-studio-ghibli-1201895863/
Many of these I've seen, some I haven't. Got some catching up to do.

State of GraphQL PHP libraries and Symfony integrations in 2017

https://symfony.fi/entry/state-of-graphql-php-libraries-and-symfony-integrations-in-2017
There are currently two usable GraphQL libraries for PHP.

Gates and Policies in Laravel

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/gates-and-policies-in-laravel--cms-29780
How to handle user permissions in Laravel.

PHP Tutorials

https://www.cybrhome.com/topic/php-tutorials
Some of the better online PHP tutorials around. 

19 Things About Life You Should Know Before You Turn 29

https://medium.com/personal-growth/19-things-about-life-you-should-know-before-you-turn-29-40997347a6a1
Good life advice for those just starting out.

Alibaba’s AI Fashion Consultant Helps Achieve Record-Setting Sales

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609452/alibabas-ai-fashion-consultant-helps-achieve-record-setting-sales/
Interesting application of AI to hybrid ecommerce and brick-and-mortar stores. 

50 best superhero movies of all time

http://superheroes.theringer.com/
pretty good list of superhero movies. 

How to Shape a Story, According to Famous Writers

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-shape-a-story-according-to-famous-writers-1820410250
how to form a story arc. 

Bank Admits Fiat Currencies Are Failing and Cryptocurrencies May Replace Them

http://theantimedia.org/bank-fiat-currency-cryptocurrencies/
The uneasy relationship of banks and cryptocurrencies.

Here’s What Happens When People Let Algorithms Design A Concert Hall

https://www.boredpanda.com/algorithms-design-concert-hall-elbphilharmonie-hamburg-germany/
Incredible new concert hall.

Start here to learn R!

https://www.r-exercises.com/start-here-to-learn-r/
whole website of R exercises. 

Tutorials for learning R

https://www.r-bloggers.com/how-to-learn-r-2/
Learning path for R

How to create reports with R Markdown in RStudio

https://www.r-bloggers.com/how-to-create-reports-with-r-markdown-in-rstudio/
Gentle intro to making reports in R markdown. 

React Native vs Real Native Apps

https://codeburst.io/react-native-vs-real-native-apps-ad890986f1f
Comparing Native Mobile apps to React. 

2017 Laravel Survey

https://laravel-news.com/2017-survey
All organizations should have this enthusiastic users. 

A beautiful webapp to fetch dns records

https://murze.be/2017/11/beautiful-webapp-fetch-dns-records/
Open source PHP webapp to display DNS records. Nothing nslookup can't do.

Getting Started with Machine Learning— Fall ‘17

https://techburst.io/getting-started-with-machine-learning-fall-17-af5a71204c8b
Starting points for digging into machine learning.

I’ve seen heaven. And it’s written in JavaScript.

https://medium.com/@mobitar/ive-seen-heaven-and-it-s-written-in-javascript-7476ba2f8c
Waxing rhapsodic about React Native.

How To Create Charts In PHP By Fetching Data From MongoDB

https://www.fusioncharts.com/blog/creating-charts-using-php-mongodb/
making PHP fusioncharts and MongoDB play together. 

How to Optimize MySQL: Indexes, Slow Queries, Configuration

https://www.sitepoint.com/optimize-mysql-indexes-slow-queries-configuration/
Another article on MySQL optimization from the percona folks. 

Continuous Performance Monitoring for PHP - The tale of Blackfire at trivago

http://tech.trivago.com/2017/10/27/continuous-performance-monitoring-for-php---the-tale-of-blackfire-at-trivago/
Interesting new stage in CI/CD from trivago: performing performance profiling on build.

Web Typography: Designing Tables to be Read, Not Looked At

https://alistapart.com/article/web-typography-tables
As with all alistapart stuff, this is really good. A couople of tricks on table typography I didn't know. 

Conditional Operators in PHP

https://www.shiphp.com/blog/2017/php-conditional-operators
PHP conditionals, from the basics to the new Null Coalesce operator in PHP7. 

Injectables vs. Newables

https://qafoo.com/blog/111_injectables_newables.html
One of the more cogent explanations of Injectibles vs. Newables in PHP I've ever read.

How to connect ELK with Monolog

https://pehapkari.cz/blog/2017/10/22/connecting-monolog-with-ELK/
Interesting case study of sending logging events from Monolog to an ELK stack, using RabbitMQ in the middle so as not to lose anything. 

15 Interesting JavaScript and CSS Libraries for October 2017

https://tutorialzine.com/2017/10/15-interesting-javascript-and-css-libraries-for-october-2017
Draggable from the Shopify folks looks particularly interesting.

Getting Started With GraphQL

https://tutorialzine.com/2017/10/getting-started-with-graphql
Compendium of GraphQL tutorials from beginner through..

R tutorial: Learn to crunch big data with R

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3233263/application-development/r-tutorial-learn-to-crunch-big-data-with-r.html?nsdr=true
High-level, not step-by-step tutorial for R.

Managing from Afar: How to Run a Remote Team

https://zapier.com/blog/remote-team-management/
From the folks at zapier it boils down to team, tools, and process.

Introduction to web scraping with Python

https://datawhatnow.com/introduction-web-scraping-python/
letting lxml package do the heavy lifting.

Why Bitcoin Matters More Than Blockchain

https://www.forbes.com/sites/briankelly/2017/10/24/why-bitcoin-matters-more-than-blockchain/#687debaf37ac
Interesting thesis: what email did to the post office, and amazon did to retail, so bitcoin will do to banks.

Google search console optimizations made easy

https://pageoutil.com/
Turn Google Search console into actionable items. 

The Impressive Growth of R

https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/10/10/impressive-growth-r/
Story about the R programming language.

Consumer prices, household debt

http://lenkiefer.com/2017/05/21/consumer-prices-household-debt/
nice graphs of household income and debt, complete with R source code

How I Socially Engineer Myself Into High Security Facilities

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv34zb/how-i-socially-engineer-myself-into-high-security-facilities
Good walkthrough on getting into physical facilities.

8 New Google Calendar Features You Should Start Using Now

https://zapier.com/blog/google-calendar-schedule/
The folks at Zapier come through again with an in-depth review of new Google Calendar features.

Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide

https://axesslab.com/alt-texts/
A comprehensive guide to the lowly alt attribute.

Free Open-Source Invoicing

https://www.invoiceninja.org/
opensource invoicing platform built on Laravel

Find The Perfect RV Rental

https://rvshare.com/
Rent an RV from indivituals.

Node.js tutorial: Get started with Node.js

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3233190/node-js/nodejs-tutorial-get-started-with-nodejs.html
Brief introduction to Node.js

Wi-Fi WPA2 security cracked: Android & Linux most vulnerable, but iOS and macOS too [U]

https://9to5mac.com/2017/10/16/wifi-wpa2-hacked/
The Linux and Android versions of this are particularly troubling. 

The beauty of Go

https://hackernoon.com/the-beauty-of-go-98057e3f0a7d
A good case made for the Go language

7 Critical Mistakes That Can Kill Your Business

https://medium.com/@IrrfanAk/7-critical-mistakes-that-can-kill-your-business-4aab4cce882e
Some interesting takes here, like not being a solopreneur. 

Play This Paperclip Manufacturing Game, It's Your Life Now

http://digg.com/2017/paperclip-game
I'm not much of a gamer, but this looks interesting

Eloquent Relationships Cheat Sheet

https://hackernoon.com/eloquent-relationships-cheat-sheet-5155498c209
Eloquent ORM relationships illustrated and implemented. 

Event-Driven Architecture

https://herbertograca.com/2017/10/05/event-driven-architecture/
When to use event-driven architecture. Just as important: when NOT to. 

Style Guide

https://vuejs.org/v2/style-guide/
Official, well, beta anyway, style guide for Vue.js

15 Essential Packages For Extending Laravel

https://tutorialzine.com/2017/10/15-essential-packages-for-extending-laravel
Don't know about essential, but they're good Laravel Packages.

Free MIT Course Teaches You to Watch Movies Like a Critic: Watch Lectures from The Film Experience

http://www.openculture.com/2016/04/free-mit-course-teaches-you-to-watch-movies-like-a-critic-watch-lectures-from-the-film-experience.html
pointer to free MIT course on film criticism. 

Free Open-Source Invoicing

https://www.invoiceninja.org/
Looks like a viable opensource alternative to freshbooks, et al.

Persisting state between AWS EC2 spot instances

https://peteris.rocks/blog/persisting-state-between-aws-ec2-spot-instances/
AWS spot instances are really cheap, but how to persist state when they get unceremoniously blown away?

Sorting Visualizations

https://imgur.com/gallery/RM3wl
Unusual sorting algorithm visualization using color spectrum pixels. The usual suspects for algorithms.

Free Accounting Software

https://akaunting.com/
Open Source accounting software based on Laravel. Could be interesting.

Stripe Payments in Laravel: The Ultimate Guide

https://quickadminpanel.com/blog/stripe-payments-in-laravel-the-ultimate-guide/
Don't know about the ultimate part, but certainly an adequate introduction to dropping stripe in laravel.

Awless tutorial: Try a smarter CLI for AWS

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3230547/cloud-computing/awless-tutorial-try-a-smarter-cli-for-aws.html
An alternative to the Amazon-supplied AWS CLI. Looks promising. How's it stack up to Terraform?

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.

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. 

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. 

A Beginner's Guide To Ethereum, The Next Bitcoin

http://digg.com/2017/what-is-ethereum
Introduction to Ethereum, and why it's more than a BitCoin clone. 

Kinetica raises $50 million to provide GPU-powered data insights

https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/29/kinetica-raises-50-million-to-provide-gpu-powered-data-insights/
Machine learning and GPU startup raises $50M

Fighting for jobs in America’s former ‘Sock Capital of the World’

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fighting-jobs-americas-former-sock-capital-world-heesun-wee
Having grown up in "the clothing center of the South", this article hits close to home. 

Linus Torvalds Explains How Linux Still Surprises and Motivates Him

https://www.linux.com/blog/event/lc3-china/20176/6/linus-torvalds-explains-how-linux-still-surprises-and-motivates-him
General interview with Linus about Linux, community and the surprising popularity of git. 

‘I’m a Bitcoin Millionaire’

https://melmagazine.com/im-a-bitcoin-millionaire-2672ca1d1ab7
Interview with a self-proclaimed bitcon millionaire. About what you'd expect: bought early and mined. 

Your first GraphQL API - Pagination

https://www.startutorial.com/articles/view/your-first-graphql-api-pagination
Introduction to GraphQL and pagination.

Create a Contact Form in Laravel that Sends You an Email

https://www.cloudways.com/blog/laravel-contact-form/
Very basic Laravel tutorial on creating a contact form. 

How to Choose a DDoS Protection Service for Your Websites

https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-choose-a-ddos-protection-service-for-your-websites/
About time! Actual DDoS solutions are on the market. Some hints on choosing one. 

This ring could unlock your car, buy you stuff, and log into your laptop

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15879792/token-ring-release-announcement-authenticator
So IBM isn't protecting "token ring" anymore? Interesting Type II authentication.

Chaos Makes the Multiverse Unnecessary

http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/chaos-makes-the-multiverse-unnecessary
Claims that Chaos makes the multiverse unnecessary. We'll see. 

How to Easily Edit Video: A Simple Guide

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-easily-edit-video-simple-guide/
Some hints on using hitfilm express to make videos. 

Ancient wisdom from the neural network

http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/162097037117/ancient-wisdom-from-the-neural-network
Might need to do some more training on this neural network before the unseen wisdom of the ages pours forth.

Who Americans spend their time with

https://www.theatlas.com/charts/HJFYm4uQ-
All's well till the last heartwrenching graph.

One Ethereum trader just made $1,142,400 in seconds, thanks to an epic glitch

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/one-ethereum-trader-just-made-1-140-000-in-seconds-thanks-to-an-epic-glitch-48af7e0ffe49
A very lucky Ethereum trader scored $1M on a trade.

The Great Serverless Showdown

https://headmelted.com/serverless-showdown-4a771ca561d2
Price and features comparison of the major serverless platforms. Hint: Price is very close.

Coding for a serverless future

https://headmelted.com/coding-for-a-serverless-future-f34ae86c6c2
Hints on portability and the serverless future. 

What Would Happen If You Never Used An Alarm Clock?

http://digg.com/2017/never-use-alarm-clock
I don't generally use an alarm clock. Good to hear I'm doing the right thing. 

What Is Snapshot Testing, and Is It Viable in PHP?

https://www.sitepoint.com/snapshot-testing-viable-php/
Interesting take on testing: Snapshot testing, borrowed from the React world. 

Chiropractors are bullshit

https://theoutline.com/post/1617/chiropractors-are-bullshit
Apparently, I'm not the only one with a dim view of Chiropractors.

Laravel Bootstrap Components

https://medium.com/appstract/laravel-bootstrap-components-9b6e9a259a9e
Library to make it easy to use Bootstrap components with Laravel. 

PHP 5.6 Vs PHP 7 – Performance Benchmarks With Laravel 5

https://www.cloudways.com/blog/laravel-5-benchmarks-php-5-6-and-7/
As if enough benchmarks between PHP 5 and PHP 7 haven't been run, another with Laravel. 

Deploying your PHP / apache webapp in under a minute with Hasura

https://blog.hasura.io/deploying-your-php-apache-webapp-in-under-a-minute-with-hasura-16b8d5212117
Sorta like Heroku, we'll see how it runs. 

Exakat PHP code analyzer

https://www.exakat.io/
Exakat is a PHP static code analyzer with both opensource and commercial versions. 

Hello, Laravel? Communicating with PHP through Phone Calls!

https://www.sitepoint.com/hello-laravel-communicating-php-phone-calls/
Remarkable integration between Laravel and Twilio SIP trunks: talking to Laravel. 

How to build your own CMS, and why you shouldn't

https://blog.intracto.com/how-to-write-your-own-cms-and-why-you-shouldnt
These days most people who decide they need to invent their own CMS are crazy. Case in point: 

Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities

https://axesslab.com/accessibility-according-to-pwd/
Interesting collection of tweets from persons with disabilities on their pet peeves of webdesign. 

Plugable Digital USB Microscope with Observation Stand

http://plugable.com/products/usb2-micro-250x/#drivers
home page for the plugable digital microscope

The NSA has open-sourced dozens of security tools

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-nsa-has-open-sourced-dozens-of-security-tools-7af99cfe422
OpenSource NSA security tools. I like the Raspberry PI VPN. 

Drop jQuery From Your Bootstrap Project (and Replace it With Vue.js!)

https://dzone.com/articles/drop-jquery-from-your-bootstrap-project-and-replac
Nice intro to replacing JQuery with Vue.js Bootstrap. 

A tiny requestAnimationFrame powered 60+fps lightweight parallax hover tilt effect for jQuery.

http://gijsroge.github.io/tilt.js/
Nice tilt package for JQuery. I may use this in my next class.

How do you draw a circle? We analyzed 100,000 drawings to show how culture shapes our instincts

https://qz.com/994486/the-way-you-draw-circles-says-a-lot-about-you/
Drawing basic shapes and how culture relates, though it may be more about written language. 

The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math'

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/the-myth-of-im-bad-at-math/280914/
Basic competency in math is more about work than natural ability. Surprise!

The Best Mockup & Wireframing Design Tools & Apps for UI/UX Designers

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-best-mockup-wireframing-design-tools-apps-for-ui-ux-designers-752edf980486
Listicle of wireframing tools: some desktop, some web-based.

The 20 best wireframe tools

http://www.creativebloq.com/wireframes/top-wireframing-tools-11121302
Listicle of 20 top wireframing tools.

How we got 1,500 GitHub stars by mixing time-tested technology with a fresh UI

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-we-got-1-500-github-stars-by-mixing-time-tested-technology-with-a-fresh-ui-b310551cba22
Interesting case study of revamping and refreshing a codebase with fresh UI.

Programmers who use spaces 'paid more'

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40302410
I've always been a "tabs" kinda guy. Could I have been wrong for fiduciary reasons?

How to join the digital currency industry

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-to-join-the-digital-currency-industry-fe8508bc5d64
Ways to join the digital currency industry.  Not just mining BitCoin.

Predictive Analytics = Awesome

https://medium.com/iotforall/predictive-analytics-awesome-25e7ffbac835
Case studies in Predictive Analytics for the IoT. 

First-of-its-kind trial goes plaintiff's way; Winn-Dixie ordered to update website for the blind

http://legalnewsline.com/stories/511127037-first-of-its-kind-trial-goes-plaintiff-s-way-winn-dixie-ordered-to-update-website-for-the-blind
How far does the Americans with Disabilities Act go? Ecommerce sites? Ask Winn-Dixie? 

Podcast Statistics 2017: Will Android Continue To Gain Market Share While Apple Slips?

https://powerpresspodcast.com/2017/06/14/podcast-statistics-ns-2017/
What type of devices do people listen to podcasts on? Some historical perspective.

Who is the Warren Buffett of the Meme Economy?

https://priceonomics.com/who-is-the-warren-buffett-of-the-meme-economy/
Interesting market simulation using memes. 

10 Best PHP URL Shortener Scripts

https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-best-php-url-shortener-scripts--cms-28675
Collection of good URL shortners written in PHP. Most I've never heard of. 

Family CRMs, Guzzle Wrappers and PHP Machine Learning? Sourcehunt!

https://www.sitepoint.com/family-crms-guzzle-wrappers-php-machine-learning/
Mixed-bag of PHP open source tools: machine learning, guzzle wrapper, CRM, etc.

Five Tips to Improve Your Unit Testing

https://qafoo.com/blog/105_five_tips_improve_unit_testing.html
Tips to improve unit testing.  Language-agnostic read.

Developing a CI Process for Laravel with Codeship and Forge

https://laravel-news.com/ci-process-codeship-forge
How to set up a CI process for laravel with Codeship and laravel forge. 

Read and write Google Sheets from PHP

http://www.phillipshipley.com/2017/05/read-and-write-google-sheets-from-php/
Read and write Google Sheets via PHP

Here's How Much Businesses Pay To Get On Those Big Blue Exit Signs

http://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-businesses-pay-to-get-on-those-big-blue-1795338950
How much does it cost businesses to be on the blue exit signs? About $1k per year? 

Up and running exakat in 15 mins

https://www.exakat.io/up-and-running-with-exakat/
Static PHP code analysis via Exakat. Shame that it uses Java, though. 

JSON feed: fail

http://cweiske.de/tagebuch/jsonfeed.htm
The technical failings of the new JSON feed proposal.

The Laravel platform CMS

https://pyrocms.com/
CMS built on top of Laravel. 

A new, approachable way to create Web applications

https://mavo.io/
New opensource reactive JavaScript library that's easier to implement. 

All-in-one ecommerce, point of sale, inventory and fulfilment

https://www.neto.com.au/
Australian e-commerce SaaS startup: POS, mobile, channels, etc. 

What are top 3 free web resources for R references and howtos?

https://www.quora.com/What-are-top-3-free-web-resources-for-R-references-and-howtos
Online resources for learning R. 

Serverless CI: Part 1 – Getting started with AWS CodeBuild

https://cloudncode.blog/2017/06/13/serverless-ci-part-1-getting-started-with-aws-codebuild/
Interesting: instead of a dedicated CI machine like Jenkins: go serverless CI with AWS. 

Unlicensed LTE Explained

https://medium.com/iotforall/unlicensed-lte-explained-98cebda13a8e
The new flavors of LTE explained. Do I really trust the unlicensed 5GHz spectrum? 

Analyze your site’s speed and make it faster.

https://gtmetrix.com/
Unifies Google Page Speed and YSlow in one website performance page. 

How Dropbox, Airbnb, Groupon And Others Acquired Their First Users.

https://medium.com/@SoldOutSupplier/how-dropbox-airbnb-groupon-and-others-acquired-their-first-users-ae9fd6372e0d
How dropbox, quora, reddit, groupon, etc got their first customers. 

Your Ultimate Guide for Learning Any Skill Faster and Better

https://themission.co/your-ultimate-guide-for-learning-anything-faster-and-better-abceb81327b8
Hints on learning anything better: Focus and take notes? 

104 Facts You Don’t Know About Mobile Marketing

https://websitebuilder.org/resources/104-facts-you-dont-know-about-mobile-marketing/
Not sure about the count, but an infographic about mobile marketing. Hint: tough to convert. 

Mezzanine is a powerful, consistent, and flexible content management platform.

http://mezzanine.jupo.org/
Open Source CMS built in Python Django. Like the MIT license.

The Best Website Builders in the Market 2017

https://websitebuilder.org/
Review site for the point-and-click website builders out there. 

How to scrape websites with Python and BeautifulSoup

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-to-scrape-websites-with-python-and-beautifulsoup-5946935d93fe
Cool Python library to scrape websites. 

Malware Uses Obscure Intel CPU Feature to Steal Data and Avoid Firewalls

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-uses-obscure-intel-cpu-feature-to-steal-data-and-avoid-firewalls/
Really sophisticated attack on Intel chipsets: Serial over Lan?!?

Websites built by freelance developers are plagued with security failures

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/06/08/website-security/
From the no-surprise-here department: hiring a cut-rate web developer yields apps with major security issues. 

The Impossible Mathematics of the Real World

http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/the-impossible-mathematics-of-the-real-world
Interesting take on the so-close-but-not-quite problems in math. 

Marketing Made Simple Maximizing open rates automatically with Artificial Intelligence, Hyper-personalization, Predictive analysis for email, SMS, Web Push, SMTP

https://sendpulse.com/
Representative of what I'll call "3rd generation" bulk email providers: SMS, email, push, etc. 

What is the best bulk email sender for mass emails?

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-bulk-email-sender-for-mass-emails
Quora discussion of best mass email providers. A couple being mentioned do indeed look like 3rd gen providers. 

Twitter Data Mining: A Guide to Big Data Analytics Using Python

https://www.toptal.com/python/twitter-data-mining-using-python
Brief intro to data mining using Python and Twitter. 

Going Serverless: how to run your first AWS Lambda function in the cloud

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/going-serverless-how-to-run-your-first-aws-lambda-function-in-the-cloud-d866a9b51536
AWS serverless tutorial, unfortunately via Node. 

25 Minute Design School The Ultimate Crash Course in Digital Product Design

https://medium.muz.li/23-minute-design-school-6c938dd97f2b
A methodology for digital product design. Looks reasonable. 

Diving Laravel A deep dive into laravel core, packages, and technologies.

https://divinglaravel.com/
A new Laravel tutorial site. Looks kinda thin at the moment. 

The State of CSS

http://ryanogles.by/css/javascript/2017/05/25/the-state-of-css.html
Summer 2017 state of CSS. Pretty good, IF you're using the latest browsers. 

Single Page App Backends: Where Laravel Beats Node.js

http://vuejsdevelopers.com/2017/06/04/vue-js-backend-laravel-beats-node/
Comparison of Laravel vs Node as backends for Single Page Applications. Hint if you want a real framework... 

Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design

https://medium.com/@cdixon/crypto-tokens-a-breakthrough-in-open-network-design-e600975be2ef
Will cryptocurrencies (or tokens) finally enable micropayments?

The reason Bitcoin & Ethereum are surging

https://medium.com/product-hunt/the-reason-bitcoin-ethereum-are-surging-33665c52d7a9
Why Bitcoin and Ethereum prices are rising. Is it a bubble? 

Generate a JSON Feed with Laravel

https://laravel-news.com/generate-a-json-feed-with-laravel
How to generate the new JSON-formatted RSS feed in Laravel. 

The best Data Science courses on the internet, ranked by your reviews

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-best-data-science-courses-on-the-internet-ranked-by-your-reviews-6dc5b910ea40
Some of the best data science courses on the Internet, ranked by students. 

Breaker adds support for JSON Feed

https://medium.com/breakeraudio/breaker-adds-support-for-json-feed-eddbd4afd0f3
Another platform starts supporting RSS over JSON. 

what's up with css?

https://medium.com/@vyaron/there-is-an-amazing-raise-in-web-technologies-usage-and-good-frontend-developers-are-one-of-the-c80dda82ed8f
a handful of useful CSS tutorials. 

Thoughts on Tokens

https://medium.com/@balajis/thoughts-on-tokens-436109aabcbe
Cryptocurrency coins are now generically known as tokens. Here's some current perspective. 

Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?

https://theconversation.com/are-solar-and-wind-really-killing-coal-nuclear-and-grid-reliability-76741
The shifting landscape of energy production. It's not just renewals that are killing coal. 

7 Lessons From 100+ Failed Startups

https://thinkgrowth.org/7-lessons-from-100-failed-startups-2db31984867a
Great lessons from failed startups. hint: there's gotta be a market. 

1 things I learned reading the flexbox spec

https://medium.com/@david.gilbertson/11-things-i-learned-reading-the-flexbox-spec-5f0c799c776b
Good perspective and hints on Flexbox CSS.

Study finds mushrooms are the safest recreational drug

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/23/study-hallucinogenic-mushrooms-safest-recreational-drug-lsd
No reason Magic Mushrooms should be a Schedule 1 drug. 

Announcing JSON Feed

https://jsonfeed.org/
Trying to replace the XML-based RSS feed with a JSON feed. We'll see if they get any traction. Standards bodies, anyone?

Gimme Vending Keeps Your Favorite Snacks In Stock With IoT Connection

https://hypepotamus.com/companies/gimme-vending/
A near-perfect use-case for the IoT. Hopefully the business model will match.

Majestic Million CSV now free for all, daily.

https://blog.majestic.com/development/majestic-million-csv-daily/
The majestic million is an alternative to the Alexa top million websites.

22 Books That Expand Your Mind and Change The Way You Live

https://medium.com/art-of-practicality/22-books-that-expand-your-mind-and-change-the-way-you-live-47da380eaf3d
Another list of must-read books. Such generally say more about the article writer. 

The steady rise of GraphQL

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-steady-rise-of-graphql-27b14e938164
Github says their next-gen API will use GraphQL. 

Why you should totally switch to Kotlin

https://medium.com/@magnus.chatt/why-you-should-totally-switch-to-kotlin-c7bbde9e10d5
Enthusiastic piece about the features of Kotlin. We'll see if an ecosystem evolves for it. 

A Primer on IOTA (with Presentation)

https://blog.iota.org/a-primer-on-iota-with-presentation-e0a6eb2cc621
Interesting blockchain-inspired software to record transactions from the IoT on the cheap. 

Find and Connect to the World’s Top APIs.

https://rapidapi.com/
Mashable's API marketplace has been absorbed by RapidAPI. Good. Never liked Mashable. 

Ethereum Could Be Worth More Than Bitcoin Very Soon

https://www.inc.com/brian-d-evans/ethereum-ether-could-be-worth-more-than-bitcoin-very-soon.html
Ethereum doesn't have BitCoin's political infighting or technological bottlenecks, so it's gaining ground fast. 

The Language that Stole Android Developers’ Hearts

https://backchannel.com/the-language-that-stole-android-developers-hearts-807fdbf07c2a
Google scores major points by supporing Kotlin as a 1st class Android development language. 

5 reasons to try out mini.css

https://hackernoon.com/5-reasons-to-try-out-mini-css-62ddb47b9370
Yet another CSS framework. This one is small and has Flexbox support. 

How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10

https://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/
Yes, you can run Ubuntu under Windows without a VM. 

10 JavaScript concepts every Node.js programmer must master

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3196070/application-development/10-javascript-concepts-nodejs-programmers-must-master.html
Is is my imagination, or do most of these essential Node.js techniques feel like work-arounds? 

Kotlin is like TypeScript

https://gi-no.github.io/kotlin-is-like-typescript/
Is Kotlin like Tpescript? About as much as many other languages, but here's a head-to-head comparison.

30-Second Video View Costs on Facebook vs. YouTube

https://medium.com/@NateyBakes/30-second-video-view-costs-on-facebook-vs-youtube-cc1c8d7df230
Comparing Facebook vs YouTube video advertising. Like apples and oranges, but there are some clear takeaways. 

Google’s AI Invents Sounds Humans Have Never Heard Before

https://www.wired.com/2017/05/google-uses-ai-create-1000s-new-musical-instruments/
new sounds from google AI. really not all that different from '70s synths. 

Convert your subscribers into customers with ready-to-use email templates. No more pain.

http://www.getmailto.com/
commercial collection of transactional email templates. claims to work with all clients. 

Supercharge Your Laravel Tinker Workflow

https://blog.tighten.co/supercharge-your-laravel-tinker-workflow
I had no idea Laravel's Tinker could do this much. 

How to implement scrollytelling with six different libraries

https://pudding.cool/process/how-to-implement-scrollytelling/
Neologism of the day: scrollytelling. See how to implement.

A practical guide to fetch(), reduce() and formatting data from an external API

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/a-practical-guide-to-fetch-reduce-and-formatting-data-from-an-external-api-283ddd9bfdcb
Some not-so-common JavaScript calls: fetch and reduce and their use for calling APIs. 

The Death of the Agency And How You Can Avoid It

https://medium.com/the-imperfectionist/the-death-of-the-agency-c6a451130d14
What I've seen coming for years: the traditional design agency is a dinosaur. 

The MP3 Is Officially Dead, According To Its Creators

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/11/527829909/the-mp3-is-officially-dead-according-to-its-creators
Remember the revolution that mp3 audio brought? It's time to move on to AAC or others. 

Florence Nightingale Was Born 197 Years Ago, and Her Infographics Were Better Than Most of the Internet’s

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/florence-nightingale-infographic
Florence Nightingale's infographics stand the test of time. 

IoT For All

https://iot-for-all.com/
New magazine-style website for the IoT space.

Introducing Lit — Lightweight Lightning Network Software

https://medium.com/mit-media-lab-digital-currency-initiative/introducing-lit-lightweight-lightning-network-software-2e1078f26368
Interesting new twist on DLT blockchain software from MIT. Claims to be faster than BitCoin, etc.

Image Recognition Demystified

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/image-recognition-demystified-fc9c89b894ce
Gentle introduction to image recognition. In python, of course.

"I need a free developer for my brilliant idea"

https://calbucci.com/i-need-a-free-developer-for-my-brilliant-idea-6c5be271f3e5
Sanity check for the would-be entrepreneurs who want developers to work for free.

Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?

https://pudding.cool/2017/05/song-repetition/
Amazing web page about the complexity of pop lyrics through several decades. 

Pretty Good Setup (PGS)

https://medium.com/@uzakov/pretty-good-setup-pgs-4d3b58b4341a
A staring setup for anyone interested in security and privacy on the internet. tl;dr: ditch Windows. 

What? Why Would Someone Hack My Small Business Website?

https://www.sitepoint.com/someone-hack-small-business-website/
A question I get asked a lot: why do hackers attack small business websites? 

How to use Facebook Advertising to generate leads & sales for small local businesses

https://icecube.asia/facebook-advertising-to-generate-leads-sales-for-small-businesses/
Good primer on setting up Facebook ads. 

Google’s “Fuchsia” smartphone OS dumps Linux, has a wild new UI

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/googles-fuchsia-smartphone-os-dumps-linux-has-a-wild-new-ui/
Is Google's next Smartphone OS a home-grown, non-Android, non-Linux one? 

The Things Network: Building a global internet of things network together.

https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/
Community-based LoRanWAN gateways for the IoT. Check if there's one near you!

Periodic Table of DevOps Tools

https://xebialabs.com/periodic-table-of-devops-tools/
Fun catagorization of DevOps tools, some slightly outdated, but useful nonetheless. 

Expressive Code & Real Time Facades

https://medium.com/@taylorotwell/expressive-code-real-time-facades-41c442914291
What are real-time facades in Laravel and how to use them. 

How to not suck at design, a 5 minute guide for the non-designer.

https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-to-not-suck-at-design-a-5-minute-guide-for-the-non-designer-291efac43037
Some basics of app design for the non-designer. 

Pi-hole™: A black hole for Internet advertisements

https://pi-hole.net/
Interesting use of a R-Pi: use it as DNS or DHCP server and block LOTS of ad services.

Dear Writer,

https://medium.com/personal-growth/dear-writer-773ebd74cdfb
Is the whole "content-marketing" thing taking writing in the wrong direction?

Introducing Bootstrap Studio A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.

https://bootstrapstudio.io/
Yet another Bootstrap editor. Not free, but reasonably-priced. 

Weex - a framework for cross-platform mobile UIs

https://weex.apache.org/
Certainly the best-looking website I've seen for an Apache project. An interesting take on cross-platform apps. 

Lightweight UI components for Vue.js based on Bulma

https://buefy.github.io/#/
Bulma meets Vue.js in this framework. 

Bulma A modern CSS framework based on Flexbox

http://bulma.io/
Interesting CSS framework built on Flexbox. 

How to Build a Recurring Revenue Service for IoT Products

https://medium.com/iotforall/how-to-build-a-recurring-revenue-service-for-iot-products-9af6f9d1006f
IoT isn't just about products, you have to have a revenue model. Here's a classic SaaS model brought to IoT. 

Advanced Git log

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/git-log
I knew Git could produce fearsome logs, but never knew how. Good tutorial. 

Why Companies Are Not Startups

https://medium.com/startup-grind/why-companies-are-not-startups-41e5785e0b4e
Good, basic explanation of the differences in motivation between startups and most companies. Most, not all. 

SEO Secrets: Reverse-Engineering Google’s Algorithm

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/seo-secrets-reverse-engineering-googles-algorithm-92fad4f5a39
SEO hints, very much similar to others, with a couple of new tweaks. 

PHP Traits…a wonderful home for shared Laravel Relationships

https://medium.com/@jeffkilroy/php-traits-a-wonderful-home-for-shared-laravel-relationships-12d2fdd71aef
PHP traits are getting good press. Here's some use cases for Laravel. 

A progressive Web application with Vue JS, Webpack & Material Design

https://blog.sicara.com/a-progressive-web-application-with-vue-js-webpack-material-design-part-1-c243e2e6e402
First part of a tutorial on building a progressive web app using Vue.js. Sweet. 

How to build your own Alzheimer’s light treatment relay with Arduino/Espruino

https://blog.cinqmarsmedia.com/alzheimers-52aabbfbdbfd
Can flashing lights ward off Alzheimers? Try this arduino project and see. 

5 Keys to IoT Product Development

https://iot-for-all.com/5-keys-to-iot-product-development-10a2a71f236e
Some from-the-trenches lessons on IoT products. No, you can't count on Wi-Fi. 

You Should Learn Functional Programming in 2017

http://coderoncode.com/functional-programming/2017/04/23/you-should-learn-functional-programming-in-2017.html
Interesting piece on why functional programming is coming into its own. I agree with many points. 

loopy, a tool for thinking in systems

http://ncase.me/loopy/
interesting, fun little visual feedback simulation tool. 

Kint - a modern and powerful PHP debugging helper

https://kint-php.github.io/kint/
Knit is a PHP debugger not as powerful as Xdebug or hard to set up, but better than print_r()

PHPDocker.io is a tool that will help you build a typical PHP development environment based on Docker

https://phpdocker.io/
PHPDocker, a project to help get a Docker running PHP up and running quickly.

Introduction to Elixir

http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/introduction.html
Introduction to the functional programming language Elixir

Analyze your site’s speed and make it faster.

https://gtmetrix.com/
Site to analyze website speed. Mine come in about 83%. 

PHP-FPM

https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PHP-FPM
Ugly site about great software: speeding up PHP via PHP-FPM. 

A Vue.js introduction for people who know just enough jQuery to get by

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/vue-js-introduction-for-people-who-know-just-enough-jquery-to-get-by-eab5aa193d77
Good tutorial on transitioning from JQuery to Vue. 

10 Excellent Pieces of Expert Advice for Entrepreneurs from VCs

https://medium.com/marketing-and-entrepreneurship/10-excellent-pieces-of-expert-advice-for-entrepreneurs-from-vcs-8c000895940a
What VCs look for in startups. 

Functional Programming is taking over UIs with Pure Views.

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-revolution-of-pure-views-aed339db7da4
At last front-end programming seems to be going in a sane direction with Functional programming and Pure Views.