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Gotchas from Two Years with Node
Get started sending data from your Node.js servers to Segment and any destination using the Analytics Node.js library.
The Apple Watch
After one week wearing an Apple Watch, my big picture thoughts and observations. It all hinges on the Taptic Engine and digital touch communication.
JavaScript libraries to draw your own diagrams
Discover the power of JavaScript for your diagramming needs! Our comprehensive guide features over 20 top JavaScript libraries to create dynamic UML, ER, BPMN diagrams (or even your own types of models), and more, right in your browser.
The lack of HTTPS at Amazon: identifying items purchased via information leakage
If you were to browse Amazon right now and someone was eavesdropping on your connection, they could tell exactly what you were looking at. They could even tell what you've bought.
Let’s Build a Web Server. Part 1
Out for a walk one day, a woman came across a construction site and saw three men working. She asked the first man, “What are you doing?” Annoyed by the question, the first man barked, “Can’t you see that I’m laying bricks?” Not satisfied with the answer, she …
“The colored boxes indicate which CPU core performed layout for each node”
What's up with Servo for the weeks of 12 Mar- 2 April 2015
HTTPS Everywhere Version 5: Sixteen New Languages and Thousands of New Rules
This week we released the latest version of HTTPS Everywhere to all of our users. Compared to the previous major release, this version introduces thousands of new rules, translations of the interface into sixteen new languages, and support for "Block All HTTP Requests" in Chrome. If you already use...
Google pulling China CNNIC CA from its products
Posted by Adam Langley, Security Engineer On Friday, March 20th, we became aware of unauthorized digital certificates for several Google ...
Django 1.8 released
Posted by Tim Graham on April 1, 2015
The poor, misunderstood innerText
Few things are as misunderstood and misused on the web as innerText property. That quirky, non-standard way of element's text retrieval, [introduced by Inter...
How I could delete any video on YouTube
About Vulnerability Research Grants and a little story how I could delete any video on YouTube.
Firefox 37 Release Notes
We'd also like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox!
An API is only as good as its documentation
Your APIs are only as good as the documentation that comes with them. Invest time in getting docs right. — @rubenv on Twitter
Inventing Favicon.ico
In 1998, I was a junior Program Manager on the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft. My first project was shipping Internet Explorer 4 Plus, a CD-ROM with Internet Explorer 4.0 and a whole lot of tr…
Presentational and Container Components
You’ll find your components much easier to reuse and reason about if you divide them into two categories.