Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• JavaScript for hackers

  Published: 14 Jan, 2014 |  at  06:30 AM

  An exploration of JavaScript techniques for XSS filter evasion, emphasizing the importance of understanding these methods for improving web application security.

• How Software Companies Die

  Published: 6 Jan, 2014 |  at  10:26 AM

  A humorous and insightful look at how software companies thrive and eventually decline, based on Orson Scott Card's analogy of programmers as domesticated bees and the inevitable corporate shift from innovation to bureaucracy.

• The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection

  Published: 29 Aug, 2013 |  at  01:26 PM

  An in-depth look at the initial milliseconds of establishing an HTTPS connection, using Wireshark and a debug build of Firefox to analyze the SSL/TLS handshake and certificate verification process.

• Leaflet - An Open-Source JavaScript Library for Mobile-Friendly Interactive Maps

  Published: 14 Aug, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  An introduction to Leaflet, a lightweight open-source JavaScript library for creating mobile-friendly interactive maps, highlighting its features, performance, and usability.

• Visual Representation of SQL Joins

  Published: 14 Aug, 2013 |  at  11:16 AM

  A visual guide to understanding different types of SQL joins, including INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, and FULL OUTER JOIN, with visual aids to help grasp the concepts.

• Text to UML Diagrams - Online tools

  Published: 11 Jul, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  An introduction to text-based tools for creating UML diagrams, highlighting SVG-Sequence-Diagram, js-sequence-diagrams, and websequencediagrams.com, with an example of a request-poll-response style architecture.

• The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider

  Published: 26 Jun, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  Emphasizes the importance of simplicity in engineering, arguing that simpler code is more valuable to an organization and advocating for a focus on efficiency over complexity.

• Request-Acknowledge-Poll as a service design pattern

  Published: 10 Apr, 2013 |  at  03:40 PM

  An explanation of the Request/Acknowledge service design pattern, including variations like Request/Acknowledge/Poll and Request/Acknowledge/Callback, and their implementation in reducing temporal coupling.

• MongoDB - Geospatial Indexing and Advanced Queries

  Published: 7 Feb, 2013 |  at  02:00 PM

  An overview of MongoDB's geospatial indexing and advanced queries, highlighting its advantages over traditional MySQL algorithms for geospatial data.

• Twitter Bootstrap responsive design features problem YUI Compressor

  Published: 23 Jan, 2013 |  at  03:53 PM

  An overview of an issue with Twitter Bootstrap responsive design classes when using YUI Compressor, and a solution to fix the problem.