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. 

How we fine-tuned HAProxy to achieve 2,000,000 concurrent SSL connections

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/how-we-fine-tuned-haproxy-to-achieve-2-000-000-concurrent-ssl-connections-d017e61a4d27
Tour-de-force of front-end proxying via HA Proxy. 

Why Freelancers Should Be Flocking To Joomla (From WordPress & Drupal)

http://www.pathofthefreelancer.com/blog/insights/56-joomla-cms
Blog post I wrote for Jason Montoya about the merits of Joomla. 

Color Is a Dance Between Your Brain and the World

http://nautil.us/blog/color-is-a-dance-between-your-brain-and-the-world
As the dress photo showed, color is an interaction between your brain and the world around you. 

Joomla Extensions

https://www.tassos.gr/joomla-extensions
Cool Joomla extensions. The Google Structured Markup comes recommended. 

Moving from PHP (Laravel) to Go

https://dannyvankooten.com/laravel-to-golang/
Migrating an application from Laravel/PHP to Go. Went better than expected.

New Linux SSH server shows off Golang's infrastructure power

http://infoworld.com/article/3189668/open-source-tools/new-linux-ssh-server-shows-off-golangs-infrastructure-power.html
Are we ready for server daemons in Linux to be written in languages other than C? Like Go?

21 hot programming trends—and 21 going cold

http://infoworld.com/article/3188464/application-development/21-hot-programming-trends-and-21-going-cold.html
A take on what's hot and not in programming right now. By and large, I'd agree. 

What does “Minimum Viable Product” actually mean, anyway?

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/what-the-hell-does-minimum-viable-product-actually-mean-anyway-7d8f6a110f38
Some different takes on the startup dictum of the Minimum Viable Product. What is it, really? 

How We Built r/Place

https://redditblog.com/2017/04/13/how-we-built-rplace/
In-depth technical description about building a massive, shared graphical playscape for Reddit.

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 introduction to Vue.js for those who have had exposure to JQuery. 

Building a Social Network with Laravel and Stream? Easy!

https://www.sitepoint.com/building-social-network-laravel-stream-easy/
Tutorial on building a twitter-like social network with Laravel.

A Library of Foundation UI Components. These HTML, CSS and JS snippets can be plugged into any Foundation project to build faster.

http://foundation.zurb.com/building-blocks/
Zurb is making its play to unseat Bootstrap by providing a larger set of building blocks/widgets/components.

Over the air digital TV mapping service

http://www.tvfool.com
Can we pick up good digital TV?

The League of Extraordinary Packages is a group of developers who have banded together to build solid, well tested PHP packages using modern coding standards.

http://thephpleague.com/
The league of extraordinary PHP packages. Eclectic bunch here, but some real utility. 

How Hackers Hijacked a Bank’s Entire Online Operation

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/hackers-hijacked-banks-entire-online-operation/
How a DNS hijack stole a bank's user portal. 

Learn Webpack in 15 Minutes

http://tutorialzine.com/2017/04/learn-webpack-in-15-minutes/
Webpack tutorial

How to build a pre-rendered, SEO-friendly Vue.js app

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/vue-js-tutorial-a-prerendered-seo-friendly-example-live-demo-771e974e909c
Vue.js tutorial. 

Sound up your Raspberry Pi Create amazing sound on an awesome platform. HiFiBerry brings you elegant, easy-to-install, high-fidelity playback.

https://www.hifiberry.com/
HiFi Berry: High quality DAC for Raspberry PI. 

The League of Extraordinary Packages

http://thephpleague.com/
a collection of great PHP packages by great programmers Ben talked on the OAuth2 client at ATLPHP.

My giant JavaScript Basics course is now live on YouTube. And it’s 100% free.

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/my-giant-javascript-basics-course-is-now-live-on-youtube-and-its-100-free-9020a21bbc27
Free JavaScript video tutorials. Looks ok. 

Hacker Archetypes

http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7478#more-7478
Hacker archetypes. Complete list? 

Hacking blamed for emergency sirens blaring across Dallas early Saturday

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2017/04/08/emergency-sirens-blare-across-dallas-county-despite-clear-weather
Hackers trigger weather sirens. 

FBI Arrests Hacker Who Hacked No One

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/31/fbi-arrests-hacker-who-hacked-no-one.html
The FBI arrests a hacker who didn't hack anyone. Is the creation of tools illegal? I don't think so. 

You create. We connect. The secure, scalable, simple platform for your internet of things

https://soracom.io/en/
data backend for the IoT

This is the commercial future of the blockchain

https://medium.com/startup-grind/commercial-future-of-the-blockchain-86052574a463
Commercial blockchain is starting to gain some traction. 

How to run a Raspberry Pi cluster with Docker Swarm

https://howchoo.com/g/njy4zdm3mwy/how-to-run-a-raspberry-pi-cluster-with-docker-swarm
Very attractive write-up on how to create a docker swarm on a tiny stack of raspberry pis. 

Jannis Hermanns Menu LEGO Macintosh Classic with e‑paper display

https://jann.is/lego-macintosh-classic/
really remarkable build: raspberry pi with e-ink display in a logo body to make a tiny Mac classic model. 

Setting up Gulp and Sass

http://front-end-development.net/setting-gulp-sass/
Intro to setting up Gulp and Sass. 

Some of my Favourite stuff by nebezial

https://imgur.com/gallery/00wQU
great superhero takeoffs

PHP Coding Standards Fixer

http://cs.sensiolabs.org/
I'm not overly-pedantic, even with my mild OCS. But for those that are, this fixer is for you: 

theNNT, Explained

http://www.thennt.com/thennt-explained/
Prescription drugs don't work on everyone equally. Ask about the NTT

The 10 GitHub repos new developers mention the most

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-10-github-repos-people-mention-the-most-in-freecodecamps-main-chat-room-189750600fa4
Good GitHub repos for new developers. 

IT pros agree: Security is better in the cloud

http://infoworld.com/article/3185757/cloud-security/it-pros-agree-security-is-better-in-the-cloud.html
Cloud computing more secure? Some reasons, but physical security is strangely not mentioned. 

Best Practices for Cards

https://uxplanet.org/best-practices-for-cards-fa45e3ad94dd
Cards are hot in the web design world. Here's some common-sense guidelines.

How deep learning will transform automation

http://infoworld.com/article/3184837/analytics/how-deep-learning-will-transform-automation.html
Interesting take on applying computer learning to... computers: networks, security, SysOps, etc. 

What Writers Earn Money? A Look at the Author Earnings Report on Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing Sales

https://electricliterature.com/what-writers-earn-money-c109bfb04d3d
Show me the money!!! in being a writer of books. 

How A Company Raised $1M In 7 Days On Kickstarter

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jiawertz/2017/03/30/how-a-company-raised-1mm-in-7-days-on-kickstarter/#48f280f41566
Hints on how a Kickstarter raised $1M in a week:

Simulation suggests 68 percent of the universe may not actually exist

http://newatlas.com/dark-energy-existence-questioned/48708/
The unsatisfying dark-energy theory may not be needed after all. 

IOTA Development Roadmap

https://medium.com/iotatangle/iota-development-roadmap-74741f37ed01
State of the IOTA ecosystem to enable the IoT.