Technology Commentary

Explore the remarkable history of the PDF. This ubiquitous format, which has shaped the way we share and view documents, has a story as compelling as its widespread use. Discover why the PDF, often criticized yet universally used, continues to be a vital part of our digital world in 2023.

(Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash) The validation problem At some point, every developer writing user-facing code has asked themselves the question “How should I validate input?”

Code is read more than written, code is run more than read. I think this line of thought can be extended beyond code-writing, and used as a rule of thumb to identify problems and make decisions.

Once upon a time when I was a fledgling Linux systems administrator, the distribution you used Really Mattered. You used Gentoo or similar if you didn't

We need a holistic approach to DevOps, one that treats tools, workers who use them and the wider organizations as contributing parts of an interdependent whole.

Nostalgia is when you want things to stay the same. I know so many people staying in the same place. Jeanne Moreau Technology is becoming increasingly complex and is rapidly changing our lives. Eve…

Reduce the complexity and reap the value of migrating your applications to a hybrid cloud model with these strategies.

Just as DevSecOps enhances security of application development, SASE enhances security and efficiency within the realm of networking.

Tutorials

Tutorial on of how to write a DSL for vector operations in CL

A framework for thinking about AI.

We don’t need AI to destroy the world.

The board can keep running OpenAI forever if it wants, as a technical matter of controlling the relevant legal entities. But if everyone quits to join Sam Altman at Microsoft, then what is the point of continuing to control OpenAI?

The GitHub Security Lab examined the most popular open source software running on our home labs, with the aim of enhancing its security. Here's what we found and what you can do to better protect your own smart home.

Intelligent AI-driven automation and platform engineering can help extend DevOps automation to new workflows and use cases.

Pendulumania is a testament to addictive game design and Windows app portability.

In software architecture, there's a constant push-pull between highly opinionated systems and more flexible options. Wasm might help resolve that conflict.

Three open web trends for developers to consider as we head into the new year — including a social web renaissance and HTML web components.

Ben Schreiner, AWS Head of Business Innovation, envisions Amazon Q helping small and medium businesses get up to speed with the cloud service.

White whale (noun): The record you have spent a long time, sometimes years, searching for. In the record community, each collector has a white whale, one or two records they’ve been searching for yet cannot find. Unlike Captain Ahab, our white whales didn’t take half our leg, though. (I have no idea if other collectible communities use this term, but wouldn’t be surprised.) Thanks to Discogs, it’s not hard to find your white whale, so I would add “…at a reasonable cost” to the definition.

Jason Rodriguez is a slightly jaded, somewhat pessimistic—but ultimately hopeful—tech worker.

We have a tendency to think that making any one part of the workflow more efficient will make the overall workflow also more efficient and that’s just not true. Part of that is that not all parts of the workflow are on the critical path and improving something that isn’t currently a bottleneck won’t help the overall flow. But there’s a second reason that’s less obvious - sometimes optimizing for simple cases in the workflow, can make other parts of the workflow much worse.

There are advantages that make low code a valuable tool, but organizations should be realistic about how cost and vendor lock-in may create roadblocks.

The OpenTelemetry project contributors are developing a bridge for Go and associated modules.