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If your host is connected to the Internet, it's likely under attack. Not theoretically... right now. Short of disallowing remote access entirely, it's wise to secure your SSH server.

It's all about knowing how to build an open source community -- plus experience running applications in Linux containers, which Google invented

Infographics: operation cost in cycles (from

“MYSYM — a phone design to make you question all others” is published by Leo.

Rabble-rousing politicians may be uniquely benefitting from the Information Age.

An interactive network graph showing the connections of programming languages based on their influences with language and language paradigm highlighting rendered with sigma.js and preprocessed with Gephi.

“Being able to see visible connections between pages seems to me absolutely fundamental.”

Phil from Adafruit sez, “Adafruit released and shipped one of the only maker/hacker subscription boxes.”

Sarah Prevette, founder of Future Design School, describes one key method for inspiring creativity in your business.

“Uh, it’s off Airport Road. You should be able to get there from Umstead. I think or, or maybe go up to Estes?” I paused again. I was confusing the person asking me for directions more than I was c…

In 1949, Earl Bakken and his brother-in-law Palmer Hermundslie started a medical device repair shop in Palmer's garage. It was a terrible place to work – freezing in the winter, stifling in the summer. We used a garden hose to spray water on the roof in a not especially successful attemp…

The real story of how weak NoSQL systems allowed users to make money out of the thin air and brought down two Bitcoin exchanges, one permanently.

The whole DevOps movement has been missing an important piece, according to HashiCorp, with too much emphasis on the tools and not enough on the overall workflows that require developers, operations and security teams to work together as part of an application delivery process. “[Releasing software faster] is more than just focusing on Agile and making…

As developers, we know there are two truths in making great software on this Internet: The answer is out there somewhere. We need it now. Today, we’re

It’s a scary, scary world out there. Looming crisis in North Korea. Donald Trump gaining in the polls. David Cameron leaving us all alone. So what you need,

Mapping the Disciplines of User Experience Design is an uber-complex Venn Diagram. The original concept by Dan Saffer at KickerStudio was given a clean DataViz overhaul by Thomas Gläser who was with  envis precisely  at the time. An infographic approach to visualize

Use this instructional tutorial to interact with Keystone and invoke its core operational capabilities.

Become familiar with various ways to design technical methods that minimize the risk of having a class of users who must be trusted—of their own volition—to behave within a set of rules in order to safeguard privacy.

In-depth technical articles for developers who want to deliver more business value

This post used to contain an early version of the introduction to my previous book, The Programmer’s Guide to a Sane Workweek. I’m now working on an updated iteration.