100 Times Faster Natural Language Processing in Python

https://medium.com/huggingface/100-times-faster-natural-language-processing-in-python-ee32033bdced
Scary-fast language processing in Python.

Why businesses fail at machine learning

https://hackernoon.com/why-businesses-fail-at-machine-learning-fbff41c4d5db
Good analogy of why businesses fail at machine learning.

Dante: the Audio Networking Standard for the Professional AV Industry

https://www.audinate.com/
The Dante Mothership

What You Need to Know About Dante

http://blog.shure.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-dante/
By most accounts, the Dante digital interconnect standard is just short of magic.

How To Suck Less At Things

https://artplusmarketing.com/how-to-suck-less-at-things-42f96fd2e7d7
Deliberate learning and practice. 

Use ‘Metaphorical Scaffolding’ to Learn Hard Stuff

https://medium.com/the-polymath-project/use-metaphorical-scaffolding-to-learn-hard-stuff-850b5225a0f0
Using metaphors to anchor learning. 

UX Design Tools for 2018 (For Mac AND PC)

https://blog.prototypr.io/ux-design-tools-for-2018-for-mac-and-pc-320a7be230c9
Current best-of-breed UX design tools.

PHP Frameworks Guide & Top 10 Best PHP Framework 2019 (Prediction)

https://appinventiv.com/blog/best-php-frameworks
The current direction of PHP frameworks. 

How I Turned A Cold Email Into A $2.5M Seed Round

https://blog.usejournal.com/how-i-turned-a-cold-email-into-a-2-5m-seed-round-c33bd80f5590
The hardest of the hard emailmarketing: Cold email how-to.

have i been pwned?

https://haveibeenpwned.com/
check your email address to see if you were part of a data breach.

The LackRack

https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack
The cheap 19" DIN rackmount from IKEA?!?

Want to Improve Your Memory? Science Tells Us the Key (and It Can Actually Be Fun)

https://medium.com/swlh/want-to-improve-your-memory-science-tells-us-the-key-and-it-can-actually-be-fun-99a9c9b95d5b
Neurochemical kick to help you remember.

ReactJS vs Angular5 vs Vue.js — What to choose in 2018?

https://medium.com/@TechMagic/reactjs-vs-angular5-vs-vue-js-what-to-choose-in-2018-b91e028fa91d
The pros and cons of the 3 major front-end JavaScript frameworks. 

6 things I’ve learned in my first 6 months using serverless

https://read.acloud.guru/six-months-of-serverless-lessons-learned-f6da86a73526
Excellent lessons from going serverless.

The Ugly Pie, Marc Andreessen, and the Most Important Lesson for Small-Town Entrepreneurs

https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/the-ugly-pie-marc-andreessen-and-the-most-important-lesson-for-small-town-entrepreneurs-9365a3ed56b1
Lessons from a small town startup.

Data Science for Startups: Deep Learning

https://towardsdatascience.com/data-science-for-startups-deep-learning-40d4d8af8009
What deep learning is and how startups can apply it.

In Defense of Being Irrational

https://medium.com/personal-growth/in-defense-of-being-irrational-2e4f26143bc7
Sometimes you need to listen to that little voice.

The main pillars of learning programming — and why beginners should master them.

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-main-pillars-of-learning-programming-and-why-beginners-should-master-them-e04245c17c56
Nothing new here, but good to have them reiterated periodically.

Build beautiful native apps in record time

https://flutter.io/
Google's SDK for building andriod (and IOs, sorta) mobile apps.

Using API Gateway with Serverless & OpenWhisk

https://akrabat.com/using-api-gateway-with-serverless-openwhisk/
setting up api routes

Creating a decent Laravel deploy script

https://sampo.co.uk/blog/creating-a-decent-laravel-deploy-script
Automatically deploying Laravel.

Apache vs Nginx Performance: Optimization Techniques

https://www.sitepoint.com/apache-vs-nginx-performance-optimization-techniques/
Apache and Nginx performance tweaks. 

Ways to think about machine learning

https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2018/06/22/ways-to-think-about-machine-learning-8nefy
Good high-level, no-hype overview of machine learning

Microservices, events, and upside-down databases

https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/microservices-events-and-upside-down-databases
How unraveling a traditional database into its associated parts can yield greater insights.

Hey Boss, You Don’t Want Your Employees to Meditate

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/sunday/meditation-productivity-work-mindfulness.html
A surprising study that links mindfulness to lower motivation. Yeah, whenever.

Serverless Impacts on Business, Process and Culture

https://thenewstack.io/serverless-impacts-on-business-process-and-culture
The mindshift that accompanies serverless.

Data Science for Startups: Blog -> Book

https://medium.com/@bgweber/data-science-for-startups-blog-book-bf53f86ca4d5
Again, one of the capstones in content marketing is writing a book: physical or ebook.

The Science of ‘Aha Moments’

https://medium.com/taking-note/the-science-of-aha-moments-dfd7960c40d8
What neuroscience says about flashes of insight.

Netflix-onomics

https://taimur.me/netflix/
The current state of Netflix's economics: sources of programming and costs.

What exactly can you do with Python? Here are Python’s 3 main applications.

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-can-you-do-with-python-the-3-main-applications-518db9a68a78
The types of applications where people are using python right now.

VCA, OPTO, VARI-MU, FET COMPRESSORS… WHEN TO USE WHICH ?

http://quantum-music.ca/wordpress/index.php/2015/07/29/vca-opto-vari-mu-fet-compressors-when-to-use-which/
The best article I've seen on compressor types and which to use when.

Instead of ‘finding your passion,’ try developing it, Stanford scholars say

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/18/find-passion-may-bad-advice/
I like this advice: instead of following your passion, develop it. 

Definitive List of 50 Books to Understand Everything in the Universe

https://medium.com/swlh/definitive-list-of-50-books-to-understand-everything-in-the-universe-6d04f1a08533
Interesting breakout or classification of essential books. 

The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results

https://lifehacker.com/the-tiny-essential-google-tricks-for-way-better-search-1826791031
They've been listed before, but here's some good Google power-searching tips.

Why 4 a.m. Is the Most Productive Hour

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-4-a-m-is-the-most-productive-hour-1471971861
Early, early rising

The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You

https://medium.com/personal-growth/the-most-important-skill-nobody-taught-you-9b162377ab77
The value of being quiet. 

People’s egos get bigger after meditation and yoga, says a new study

https://qz.com/1307380/yoga-and-meditation-boost-your-ego-say-psychology-researchers/
Yoga and meditation: maybe you're doing them wrong. 

PDO vs. MySQLi: The Battle of PHP Database APIs

https://websitebeaver.com/php-pdo-vs-mysqli
PDO and MySQLi in PHP. This author says go with PDO.

Data Science for Startups: Business Intelligence

https://towardsdatascience.com/data-science-for-startups-business-intelligence-f4a2ba728e75
The part data science should play in a startup.

Multi-Class Text Classification with Scikit-Learn

https://towardsdatascience.com/multi-class-text-classification-with-scikit-learn-12f1e60e0a9f
Some pretty stiff text classification in Python.

What I’m Telling Business People About Why Relational Databases Are So Bad

https://codeburst.io/what-im-telling-business-people-about-why-relational-databases-are-so-bad-6f38d3d6c995
Truth-teller about the ugly of relational databases.

How to Break Bad Habits and Set Yourself Up For Success According to Research

https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-break-bad-habits-and-set-yourself-up-for-success-according-to-research-66c5420aa060
How to break a bad habit cycle.

PODCASTING FOR DUMMIES (BY DUMMIES)

https://www.mimblewimble.in/blog/podcasting-for-dummies
Good basics of podcasting from the trenches.

Data Science for Startups: R -> Python

https://towardsdatascience.com/data-science-for-startups-r-python-2ca2cd149c5c
Setting up basic Python for data science. 

26 Top Rated Online Courses In Personal Development

https://medium.com/personal-growth/26-top-rated-online-courses-in-personal-development-e15bd9c471c3
A fair number of these seem to be rooted in modern neuroscience. 

How you can improve your workflow using the JavaScript console

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-you-can-improve-your-workflow-using-the-javascript-console-bdd7823a9472
I'll admit, I had no idea the lowly JavaScript console could do so much.

11 Javascript Utility Libraries You Should Know In 2018

https://blog.bitsrc.io/11-javascript-utility-libraries-you-should-know-in-2018-3646fb31ade
Some visual, some add-ons to make JavaScript a better development platform. 

Modern JavaScript features which you should be using every day for better development and what problems do they solve.

https://medium.com/@tkwebdev/modern-javascript-features-which-you-should-be-using-every-day-for-better-development-and-what-66d74633e896
JavaScript's slowly evolving into a better language. Here's some new features as examples. 

20 Useful Laravel Packages Available on CodeCanyon

https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/20-useful-laravel-packages-available-on-codecanyon--cms-25334
Some interesting Laravel packages on CodeCanyon. 

Serverless Laravel

 http://mnapoli.fr/serverless-laravel/
How to get laravel to go serverless. 

Using Composer with Serverless & OpenWhisk

https://akrabat.com/using-composer-with-serverless-openwhisk/
How to use composer packages with serverless PHP 

The Stanford Prison Experiment was massively influential. We just learned it was a fraud.

https://www.vox.com/2018/6/13/17449118/stanford-prison-experiment-fraud-psychology-replication
The infamous Stanford Prison Experiment was actually coached or treated as an improv exercise? 

Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html
I like these people, but their website seems broken. 

GitHub, Glitch and the Future of Social Coding

https://medium.com/glitch/github-glitch-and-the-future-of-social-coding-5e6faa45c8f2
The folks at Fog City built a layer on top of Git: Glitch. Not convinced yet.

Building a responsive image

https://medium.com/9elements/building-a-responsive-image-e4c6229fa1f6
Tour-de-force on SVG and media queries. 

There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless

https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
A bit of a simplistic premise: there are many more than two ways to read, but still good advice.

You don't know Bash: An introduction to Bash arrays

https://opensource.com/article/18/5/you-dont-know-bash-intro-bash-arrays
I don't use bash arrays often (like AT ALL) but here's an article about them.

What Your Startup Can Learn from Astronauts, The Daily Show, and the Coach of the Boston Celtics

http://firstround.com/review/what-your-startup-can-learn-from-astronauts-the-daily-show-and-the-coach-of-the-boston-celtics/
Excellent counter-intuitive advice on building an excellent team. 

9 Sources for midcentury modern sheds — prefab, DIY kits, and plans

https://retrorenovation.com/2014/07/15/sources-midcentury-modern-sheds/
Some of these would make great studio/offices

Developers Should Abandon Agile

https://ronjeffries.com/articles/018-01ff/abandon-1/
One of the authors of the Agile Manifesto says it's time to abandon it. 

10 Books for Coders of All levels - Must Read Best of Lot Read more: http://www.java67.com/2018/01/10-must-read-books-for-coders-of-all-level.html#ixzz5Hs2raag8

http://www.java67.com/2018/01/10-must-read-books-for-coders-of-all-level.html
another listicle of books about coding. hopefully language-neutral. 

Build, deploy, and manage modern web projects

https://www.netlify.com/
Free/low-cost website deployer.

Python for Data Science: 8 Concepts You May Have Forgotten

https://towardsdatascience.com/python-for-data-science-8-concepts-you-may-have-forgotten-i-did-825966908393
From simple comprehensions to the dreaded pivot table.

Serverless and PHP: Bref

http://mnapoli.fr/serverless-php/
A new framework to make serverless PHP less painful.

Why Do People Sign Yearbooks?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/why-do-people-sign-yearbooks/561851/
A history of signing yearbooks.

What’s the best way to avoid regrets?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/01/best-way-avoid-regrets-oliver-burkeman
We regret what we don't do, but are these the "should" or the "want" tos?

Pirates Are Valuable Customers, Not The Enemy

https://torrentfreak.com/pirates-are-valuable-customers-not-the-enemy-180606/
More confirmation on what we've known all along: those that pirate media are actually the best customers.

Microsoft acquiring GitHub is a good thing. Here’s why.

https://medium.com/@ow/microsoft-acquiring-github-is-a-good-thing-heres-why-6a6a57eb83ac
Why Microsoft buying GitHub is a Good Thing. 

How to price your side-project

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-price-your-side-project-f4e0f86dbfde
how much to charge for your sideproject.

Books that changed my life

https://medium.com/the-polymath-project/books-that-changed-my-life-f78aa1cfe3fc
Reading Advice, mostly on how to think. 

Become a More Productive Learner

https://hbr.org/2018/06/become-a-more-productive-learner
long on the what, short of the how. 

Microsoft’s most vulnerable monopoly

https://medium.com/swlh/microsofts-most-vulnerable-monopoly-55eaefd8ba34
Microsoft's cash cow is no longer Windows but Office. But How and Why is this so?

An iOS Developer on React Native

https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/an-ios-developer-on-react-native-1f24786c29f0
It was hard to switch from Swift, but this developer has learned to embrace React Native. 

A Bitter Guide To Open Source

https://medium.com/@ken_wheeler/a-bitter-guide-to-open-source-a8e3b6a3c1c4
Yes, to participate in open source communities you have to develop a bit of thick skin. 

Custom mechanical keyboards.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/
Custom mechanical keyboards. And they DO mean CUSTOM!!

11 Best Programming Fonts

https://itnext.io/11-best-programming-fonts-724283a9ed57
Good terminal fonts. I'm giving Hack a try.

Ten Years of Vim

https://matthias-endler.de/2018/ten-years-of-Vim/
Very similar to my own journey.

Daily knowledge devs and designers need to get ahead of the game

https://versioning.substack.com/
I've just put this in my browser bookmark bar. It's that good.

Bye, Chrome: Why I’m switching to Firefox and you should too

https://www.fastcodesign.com/90174010/bye-chrome-why-im-switching-to-firefox-and-you-should-too
A cogent argument for dumping Chrome in favor of Firefox. 

The Problem With Buying Cheap Stuff Online

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/wish-china-cheap-stuff/560861/
Ever hear of wish.com? Bigger than Macy's, JCP and Sears combined.

FCC asks Amazon and eBay to stop selling fake pay TV boxes

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/29/fcc-asks-amazon-and-ebay-to-stop-selling-fake-pay-tv-boxes/
Should be interesting since one of the best IPTV devices is the Amazon FireStick.

Prometheus vs. Grafana vs. Graphite - A Feature Comparison

https://www.loomsystems.com/blog/single-post/2017/06/07/prometheus-vs-grafana-vs-graphite-a-feature-comparison
What's a time series, and what are good tools to generate them?

What is Fluentd?

https://www.fluentd.org/architecture
People are doing some pretty amazing stuff with fluentd. ETL, beyond logging.

The first cyberattack took place nearly 200 years ago in France

https://boingboing.net/2018/05/28/paleohackers.html
I love this kind of history that shows there's nothing new under the sun.

How raising a $2+M Seed Round really, actually went

https://medium.com/@emilybest/how-raising-a-2-m-seed-round-really-actually-went-b1c53ff9096a
The harrowing tale of how fundraising actually goes.

The Books I read in 2017 to Master The Best of What Other People Have Figured Out

https://medium.com/the-mission/the-books-i-read-in-2017-to-master-the-best-of-what-other-people-have-figured-out-77bfe6605fda
Wish I had time to read a bunch of these.

The Science of High Performance

https://medium.com/the-mission/the-science-of-high-performance-642f3fbbd93e
part of the equation: eliminate the needless.

Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get

https://bothsidesofthetable.com/why-you-should-never-have-a-data-room-the-most-counter-intuitive-fund-raising-advice-youll-ever-9380172366ea
In dealing with VCs, sometimes common sense doesn't work.

Dependency injection for beginners

https://www.stitcher.io/blog/dependency-injection-for-beginners
Really good explanation of dependency injection.

Yoko Kanno: The Greatest Composer You’ve Never Heard Of

https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/yoko-kanno-the-greatest-composer-youve-never-heard-of-b452f64acc72
Truly beautiful music.

ArchDaily the worlds most visited architecture website

https://www.archdaily.com/
beautiful architecture. Not computer architecture