Wednesday, March 25, 2020

CS 253 web security

https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs253/
Stanford web security class

Inside the whimsical but surprisingly dark world of Rube Goldberg machines

https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/22/8381963/rube-goldberg-machine-contest-history-ideas
The oft-imitated Rube Goldberg machines

Finding a problem at the bottom of the Google stack

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/sre-keeps-digging-to-prevent-problems

Building a more accurate time service at Facebook scale

 https://engineering.fb.com/production-engineering/ntp-service/
So maybe chrony is better than NTP?

How to Create a Magazine Site on Joomla (Detailed Guideline)

https://www.joomshaper.com/blog/how-to-create-a-magazine-site-on-joomla

Livewire is a full-stack framework for Laravel that makes building dynamic interfaces simple, without leaving the comfort of Laravel.

https://laravel-livewire.com/
AJAX with laravel without Vue

The best IPTV service provider according to Binge!

https://iptvtune.com/

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Step-by-step guide to modern & secure CI setup

https://devforth.io/blog/step-by-step-guide-to-modern-secure-ci-setup
CI/CD using Drone

Laravel Migration Generator Online

https://laravelarticle.com/laravel-migration-generator-online
Laravel migration generator for those of us who are fluent in SQL

6 Quotes By Buddha That Will Change How You See The World And Yourself

https://medium.com/mind-cafe/6-quotes-by-buddha-that-will-change-how-you-see-the-world-and-yourself-32b237944edf
Wish all religions had this degree of humility and common sense. 

railroad simulator

https://store.trainzportal.com/
railroad simulator

Astronomy - Telescopes For Beginners

https://www.spaceracetoday.com/post/astronomy-telescopes-for-beginners
Good piece about basic telescopes. 

Design Models Interactively With Laravel Schematics

https://laravel-news.com/design-models-interactively-with-laravel-schematics
Drag and drop way to create Laravel Models and migrations. 

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

‘Light Is My New Drug’ The actually convincing science of light therapy.

https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/does-light-therapy-work.html
There's some evidence for this. 

The Spirit of Sauntering: Thoreau on the Art of Walking and the Perils of a Sedentary Lifestyle

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/17/thoreau-walking/
Thoreau is right again. 

The Beer Drinker’s Guide to SAML

https://duo.com/blog/the-beer-drinkers-guide-to-saml
I don't drink beer, but this is a great illustration.

Discovering the useful Laravel pipelines

https://www.hackdoor.io/articles/lOQ9MvQB/discovering-the-useful-laravel-pipelines
One of the things that makes Laravel code so elegant

Why we can’t build small homes anymore

https://www.curbed.com/2020/3/10/21168519/homes-for-sale-american-home-suburbs
I've long said it's time for a change. 

How to implement the perfect failover strategy using Amazon Route53

https://medium.com/dazn-tech/how-to-implement-the-perfect-failover-strategy-using-amazon-route53-1cc4b19fa9c7
Not as obvious as one would think

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

FizzBuzz 2.0: Pragmatic Programming Questions for Software Engineers

https://triplebyte.com/blog/fizzbuzz-2-0-pragmatic-programming-questions-for-software-engineers
five simple multiple-choice questions to separate wheat from chaff

Find SaaS apps with great affiliate schemes A curated a list of SaaS companies with the most generous affiliate programs.

https://saasmoney.me/
just like the title says, SaaS platforms with affiliate programs

In depth guide to running Elasticsearch in production

https://facinating.tech/2020/02/22/in-depth-guide-to-running-elasticsearch-in-production/
more like intro

Colors & Fonts. A curated library of colors, fonts and resources for web developers & digital designers.

https://www.colorsandfonts.com/index.html
A lot more color than font at the moment

FizzBuzz 2.0: Pragmatic Programming Questions for Software Engineers

https://triplebyte.com/blog/fizzbuzz-2-0-pragmatic-programming-questions-for-software-engineers
are you a software engineer? 5 easy questions

Smithsonian Open Access

https://www.si.edu/openaccess
lots of material from the Smithsonian. Coloring book stuff?

Parenting Doesn’t Matter

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/parenting-doesn-t-matter
Comforting, I guess

First class emails at the least cost

https://mailbluster.com/
This is probably the lowest-cost email marketing platform I've seen. Not very full-featured, but you get what you pay for. 

31 Ways to Improve Your Life in Just a Month

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/31-ways-to-improve-your-life-in-just-a-month
slow down and be grateful

Georgia Tech’s entrepreneurship program CREATE-X reaches milestone of first exit

https://coe.gatech.edu/news/2020/02/georgia-techs-entrepreneurship-program-create-x-reaches-milestone-first-exit
Wonder when it'll be available?

Behind the scenes of Flare (or How to structure big Laravel applications)

https://freek.dev/1585-behind-the-scenes-of-flare-or-how-to-structure-big-laravel-applications
How to do a BIG laravel deploy

UTM Parameters: A Complete Guide for Traffic Attribution

https://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/utm-parameters-a-complete-guide-for-traffic-attribution-02288456
Everyone knows the mechanics of UTM tags, this shows the various ways of organizing them.