Stop Overlooking These Essential Skills

https://medium.com/@JohnMashni/stop-overlooking-these-essential-skills-b39714033602
Simple, basic lessons we all need.

Using Unsupervised Learning to plan a vacation to Paris: Geo-location clustering

https://towardsdatascience.com/using-unsupervised-learning-to-plan-a-paris-vacation-geo-location-clustering-d0337b4210de
Interesting (though maybe not totally successful) exercise in geographic clustering.

Secure Email Based in Switzerland

https://protonmail.com/
Interesting alternative to Gmail.

Apache Superset (incubating)

https://superset.incubator.apache.org/index.html
New visualization tool from Apache. Interesting one-table limitation.

Google Academy for Ads

https://academy.exceedlms.com/student/catalog
Google's latest training partner. Hopefully this goes better.

7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

https://medium.com/s/story/7-counterintuitive-rules-for-growing-your-business-super-fast-9dcdc2bfc649
Some interesting ideas here, though I dislike the term "blitzscaling"

Why every Data Scientist should use Dask?

https://towardsdatascience.com/why-every-data-scientist-should-use-dask-81b2b850e15b
Does Dask fill some of the same space as Databricks?

Basic Time Series Manipulation with Pandas

https://towardsdatascience.com/basic-time-series-manipulation-with-pandas-4432afee64ea
Time series with Pandas in Python

Learning How to be Original

https://medium.com/swlh/originals-how-non-conformists-move-the-world-adam-grant-4b3baa55780
You're more creative than you think: just get stuff out there.

Modern PHP Developer - Iterator

https://www.startutorial.com/articles/view/modern-php-developer-iterator
Good introduction to an under-used pattern: The php Iterator class.

e107 v2 Bootstrap CMS

https://e107.org/
Yet another open source PHP CMS. This one actually has plugins and themes. 

How I’ve Attracted The First 500 Paid Users For My SaaS That Costs $5/mo

https://blog.inkdrop.info/how-ive-attracted-the-first-500-paid-users-for-my-saas-that-costs-5-mo-7a5b94b8e820
How to bootstrap your SaaS startup.

Reusable Vue / Vuetify components

https://medium.com/@nickp34/reusable-vue-vuetify-components-79c4d2f8b130
A new way to reuse vue components.

Secure your web application with these HTTP headers

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/secure-your-web-application-with-these-http-headers-fd66e0367628
Security headers, some old, some new.

Jupyter Magics with SQL

https://towardsdatascience.com/jupyter-magics-with-sql-921370099589
Cool intro to using SQL magics in Jupyter notebook. 

A Big Tech Company Is Working to Free the Internet from Big Tech Companies

https://medium.com/mit-technology-review/a-big-tech-company-is-working-to-free-the-internet-from-big-tech-companies-df2d8aceee47
We'll see if the Interplanetary File System gets critical mass.

2018 State of Progressive Web Apps

https://medium.com/progressive-web-apps/2018-state-of-progressive-web-apps-f7517d43ba70
Between app and web page, progressive web apps are the way to go, imho.

Take Control 2018 Survey Results

https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/blog/take-control-2018-survey-results
Survey results on what kind of technical books Mac users want.

Unit testing your API in Laravel

https://medium.com/@mscherrenberg/unit-testing-your-api-in-laravel-5-6-7172bcdc593d
Unit testing an API in laravel. I need this.

Open Source Audio PROJECTS

http://www.electronics-lab.com/projectcategory/projects/audio/
kinda uneven site, but some useful projects here.

The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/14/the-lost-art-of-concentration-being-distracted-in-a-digital-world
tl;dr: what? 

1 Super Rare Sign That Proves You Are Meant to Lead People (But It May Cause a Gag Reflex for Most)

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/this-rarely-seen-leadership-practice-is-now-linked-to-happier-workplaces-motivated-employees-says-research.html
tl:dr: Be Kind

Top 5 Contemporary Software Engineering Books

https://medium.com/ki-labs-engineering/top-5-contemporary-software-engineering-books-8b5ca6a28e83
I've put a couple of these on my amazon wish list.

Combobox

https://vuetifyjs.com/en/components/combobox
this is the vue.js combo box i want to use on an upcoming project. 

The Ultimate Guide to Making Smart Decisions

https://fs.blog/smart-decisions/
How to make better decisions

Systems Monitoring: top vs Htop vs Glances

http://tech.marksblogg.com/top-htop-glances.html
Opensource python tool claims to give better view than htop

Circular Audio Wave — JS Library for Audio Visualization in Circular Waveform

https://medium.com/@kelvinau4413/circular-audio-wave-js-library-for-audio-visualization-in-circular-waveform-49afe0aa87a
Interesting visualization of audio.

Using Request and Response Macros

https://pineco.de/using-request-and-response-macros/
Using macros in Laravel. I've never done it, but it could be useful.

The 8-dimensional space that must be searched for alien life

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612232/the-8-dimensional-space-that-must-be-searched-for-alien-life/
Has SETI failed, or not quite started?

The high-risk, high-reward world of selling stuff on Amazon

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/09/tech/amazon-sellers-marketplace/index.html
Selling on Amazon? Is Amazon really your partner?