The URL shortener situation is out of control
I saw a URL today on Twitter to an article on Slate.com. It was a custom short ...
Firefox OS Shows Continued Global Growth
Firefox OS is now available on three continents with 12 smartphones offered by 13 operators in 24 countries. As the only truly open mobile operating system
A Comparison of Go Web Frameworks
The Corner is Square's technical blog covering software engineering, APIs, data, open source and more.
Meteor and Qt
Meteor, say hello to cross-platform native app-development. Qt, say hello to a modern, reactive web back-end. TL;DR You can write a nativ...
How we built our app in 2 weeks using Ionic Framework
Airport Parking Shop took on the challenge of building an app in 2 weeks with Ionic Framework. Find out more about how we did it!
Drupal 7 SQL Injection Vulnerability
SektionEins GmbH www.sektioneins.de -= Security Advisory =- Advisory: Drupal - pre Auth SQL Injection Vulnerability Release Date: 2014/10/15 Last
You might not need a WebSocket
Before I begin, I want to say that WebSockets are great. I’ve even implemented RFC 6455 myself in Zurl and Pushpin, which are used by Fanout Cloud.However, a...
Things which aren't magic – Flask and app.route
It's been a while since I've posted so figured it's about time I started a new series on my blog.
The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO
Okay, I’m calling it: if you’re using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you should probably stop. Why? Because over time it’s become a more and more spammy practice, …
Why I'm Done With Social Media Buttons
I removed social media buttons from my site in 2014 after noticing they got near-zero clicks. Here's what I learned—and why the share-button era ended.
How Does One Create A Gtk+ Application?
How does one go about creating a gtk+ working application? Is it even possible? Seriously. TL;DR: The Gtk+ ABI is broken so often that distribution-supplied binaries rarely work. * * * Imagine it is the time when Gtk+ 3.0 was released. You have a beautiful application with no bugs. For the sake of argument…
A more modern Gmail app for Android
Posted by Matthew Izatt, Product Manager Today, the Gmail app for Android is getting updated with a more modern style, sleeker transitions...
Responsive Web Design with DevTools' Device Mode
We all develop websites on our desktop and laptop machines, so we tend to initially develop for the desktop experience. But that's increasin...
OpenGL Is Broken
UPDATE (3/20/2015) If you read this, know that Vulkan has addressed every issue I raise in this article. See my postscript here .
GitHub Pages with a custom root domain is slow
GitHub Pages with a custom root domain is terribly slow. It will make 35% of your visitors go away.