Functional-navigational programming in Clojure with Specter
In February I open-sourced a library called Specter , and in my own work it has become by far my m...
Non-official MtGox investigation update and preliminary release
The official blog of WizSec, a group of bitcoin security specialists, and their investigation into MtGox.
Searching 20 GB/sec: Systems Engineering Before Algorithms (2014)
SentinelOne unifies AI-powered endpoint, cloud, identity, and data protection—enhanced by our Security Data Lake for seamless and efficient cybersecurity.
Discovering the Computer Science Behind Postgres Indexes
Optimize continuous delivery with these Jenkins best practices, including pipeline as code, parallel stages, scripted pipeline syntax, and more.
Building a professional design tool on the web using C++ and Emscripten
Our vision for the future of design tools is one where both the tool and the content are easily available to anyone, anywhere. That’s why…
Police Must Respect the Right of Citizens to Record Them
“I’m asking all the citizens of North Charleston to continue taping.” That is what Councilwoman Dorothy Williams said in response to the shooting death of Walter Scott. She and others recognize that the story would have been very different without the video showing that a white police officer shot...
Windows 10 is unfinished
Paying customers better get used to crowdsourced beta testing.
Is Social Rejection the Key to Creativity?
On the psychology of why rejection and loneliness may be necessary evils for the creative genius
AI-Powered Meeting Scheduler X.ai Raises $9.2M Series A
I invest in early-stage AI, ML, and data startups at FirstMark Capital, and I write about the space here
New Global Growth Projections Predict the Decade of India
Visualize global trade data and economic growth opportunities for every country.
Moving Forward with Firefox
Next month, Johnathan Nightingale will step down as a full time Mozillian after 8 years of distinguished service. We’d like to thank him for his countles
Is the Mill CPU real? (2014)
I’ve seen the Mill CPU come up a number of times — maybe because I subscribed to their updates and so I get emails about their talks. They’re getting a bunch of buzz, but every t…
They Took Our Myths
Back to: A product review, and some musing | Forward to: What's The Best Medium For A Storyteller In 2015 And Beyond?
Shutting Down a Service with 500M Requests per Month
This week I finished shutting down my app-detection service, iHasApp . I disabled the signup forms, grandfathered the current users on their plans, sent out emails, and updated the landing page with a message to any new visitors. After all of this, I thought it might be interesting to chronicle what it was, how it…