What Happened To The Music Visualizer?

http://digg.com/2019/spotify-music-visualizer
My feelings exactly!

The Problem With Passwords…

https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/the-problem-with-passwords-b555dbab07f4
A simple hash won't cut it any more.

The 2019 DevOps RoadMap

https://hackernoon.com/the-2018-devops-roadmap-31588d8670cb
Not really what the url says, but OK.

Let’s Talk About SWOT Analysis

https://medium.com/s/how-to-build-a-brand/lets-talk-about-swot-analysis-a49f825406fa
Not really about branding, but about positioning.

AudioPhile Linux quality audio on linux

https://www.ap-linux.com/
Claims to be audiophile quality. DACs? Lossless streaming?

Your website, closer to your code

https://github.dev/
How to build a website and host it for free on GitHub. 

Y Combinator Resources for Developers

https://ycombinator.dev/
List of developer resources from the well-known Y-Combinator. With a bit of boosterism thrown in.

Terraform Remote Backend Demystified

https://medium.com/devopslinks/terraform-remote-backend-demystified-cb4132b95057
How to keep state in S3 or such in Terraform.

Georgia Tech Is Creating the Next in Education

https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/georgia-techs-bid-be-leader-university-innovation-opinion
Ga Tech's online masters is getting some buzz.

The Best Nootropics for Productivity, Focus, and Cognitive Performance

https://betterhumans.coach.me/the-best-nootropics-for-productivity-according-to-two-nootropics-experts-394fb888596a
No, all brain supplements don't have to be illegal, or prescription. 

Don’t Pick A Career — Create One

https://medium.com/darius-foroux/dont-pick-a-career-create-one-931a8d3c548d
 Good, counter-intuitive career advice. 

8 PHP frameworks to look out for in 2019

https://dev.to/megha78217241/8-php-frameworks-to-look-out-for-in-2019-2hjp
The usual suspects show up here, but there are some shiny new faces. 

Building a Vue SPA with Laravel

https://laravel-news.com/using-vue-router-laravel
Just like the title says.

A modern, ultra lightweight and rocket fast Content Management System for SQLite, MSSQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

https://redaxscript.com/
Another open-source PHP CMS this time with LOTS of db back-ends instead of flat-files

Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612974/once-hailed-as-unhackable-blockchains-are-now-getting-hacked/
Yes, all it takes is 51% of a blockchain's network and you can get rich, too!

Jordan Peterson

https://jordanbpeterson.com/
Thought leader in modern applied psychology.

OPNsense YOUR NEXT OPEN SOURCE FIREWALL

https://opnsense.org/
fork on pfsense firewall. BSD-based. Looks pretty good.

How to Sound Pretty Good on a Podcast: Useful Advice for Beginners

https://medium.com/kickstarter/how-to-sound-pretty-good-on-a-podcast-useful-advice-for-beginners-c40c64649227
Hints on recording podcasts.

Send mass email campaigns inside Gmail

https://www.gmass.co
Interesting email marketing solution as Chrome extension and Gmail API client.

Choosing an eCommerce Platform: Shopify vs. WooCommerce

https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/choosing-an-ecommerce-platform-shopify-vs-woocommerce--cms-32556
or hosted vs. self-hosted in general

Adiantum: The New Standard For Smart Phone and Disk Encryption?

https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/adiantum-the-new-standard-for-smart-phone-and-disk-encryption-f0ea89402c09
Some intelligent tweaks to existing technologies to make them more suitable for block storage devices.

Does Piracy Create Online Word-of-Mouth? An Empirical Analysis in Movie Industry

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3308905
We've seen this before: piracy creates buzz which results in more sales.

Only 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical, Survey Says

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/02/09/83-of-consumers-believe-personalized-ads-are-morally-wrong-survey-says/#d8e52719f54b
Morality and advertising are always ill-at-ease with each other.

this person does not exist

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
the latest in generative adversarial networks

Getting Started with the ESP8266

https://medium.com/@aallan/getting-started-with-the-esp8266-270e30feb4d1
Really cheap IoT transmitter. $2?

The Best Screen Recording Software in 2019

https://zapier.com/blog/best-screen-recording-software/
Good updated list. Most of the usual suspects haven't been dislodged.

A Beginner’s Guide to GraphQL

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-beginners-guide-to-graphql-86f849ce1bec
Yet another post espousing the advantages of GraphQL

What Do You Wish You Had Known Before Launching Your Kickstarter Project?

https://medium.com/kickstarter/what-do-you-wish-you-had-known-before-launching-your-kickstarter-project-3a493cf12437
Hard-fought lessons learned from running a kickstarter project.

Music Created by Artificial Intelligence Is Better Than You Think

https://medium.com/s/story/music-created-by-artificial-intelligence-is-better-than-you-think-ce73631e2ec5
Seems AI is pretty good at doing background-type soundtracks.

The Problem Is Not Your Website Or Your Product.

https://medium.com/swlh/the-problem-is-not-your-website-or-your-product-18b8ed1fe835
One of the consistent lessons learned by watching Bar Rescue.

Tettra is a knowledge management system for high-performance teams

https://tettra.co/
Interesting slack-as-wiki.

8 open source music players for Linux

https://opensource.com/article/19/2/audio-players-linux
But can they stream audiophile-quality streams?

The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Past 25 Years

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/01/25-best-movie-scenes?verso=true
Interesting list of best scenes, not whole movies.

TYPEMILL MODERN WEB PUBLISHING FOR WRITERS

https://typemill.net/
Yet another open-source flatfile CMS.

23 great Pandas codes for Data Scientists

https://towardsdatascience.com/23-great-pandas-codes-for-data-scientists-cca5ed9d8a38
Nice collection of Pandas snippets.

Digital Media: What Went Wrong

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/business/media/buzzfeed-digital-media-wrong.html
Yeah, new digital media companies are struggling.

How to Breakthrough the Old Monolith Using the Strangler Pattern

https://dev.to/kylegalbraith/how-to-breakthrough-the-old-monolith-using-the-strangler-pattern-63e
Interesting way to break up a monolithic codebase.

Turn any Google sheet into an API instantly, for free.

https://sheety.co/
Interesting project: turn a Google sheet into an API.

gmaster now supports PHP

http://blog.gmaster.io/2019/02/gmaster-now-supports-php.html?m=1
Appears to be a nice visual Git client. Too bad it appears to be Windows-only.

Do we still need JavaScript frameworks?

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/do-we-still-need-javascript-frameworks-42576735949b
With more standard DOMs and better language support, do we need Angular, React, etc.?

It’s Time to Ditch Google Analytics

https://medium.com/fast-company/its-time-to-ditch-google-analytics-189af52d30d2
If you're concerned about privacy, maybe these analytics platforms are better for you.

What I Learned from Writing a Data Science Article Every Week for a Year

https://towardsdatascience.com/what-i-learned-from-writing-a-data-science-article-every-week-for-a-year-201c0357e0ce
The best way to learn something is to teach it.

Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet for more than $200 million. That’s a big deal for the podcasting world.

https://www.recode.net/2019/2/1/18207198/spotify-gimlet-podcast-acquisition
Podcasts are now worth something.

Everything you ever wanted to know about building a secure password reset feature

https://www.troyhunt.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know/
The flowchart, ins and outs of password reset.

A "gold standard" study finds deleting Facebook is great for your mental health

https://www.salon.com/2019/01/30/a-gold-standard-study-finds-deleting-facebook-is-great-for-your-mental-health/
Want to live a happier life? Delete Facebook.