Machine Learning
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I’ve been a fan of neural networks since my friend’s computer scientist dad first explained them to me when I was in elementary school.
Technology
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Hyper-VVV on Windows
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It took me a little trial and error to set up, but this weekend I managed to port my entire WordPress development stack not just to a new machine, but also to a new virtualization provider – Hyper-V.
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What is your Digital Footprint?
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Applications that used to fit in a few megabytes now consume a gigabyte – or more – to do essentially the same thing. I find this development a bit disturbing.
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Client-side Productivity Tools with Node
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I’ve been a fan of Node since we were first introduced in 2011. Unfortunately, it’s taken me a few years to come up with a compelling business use for Node.
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Differentiation and Diversity
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I’d rather learn something new and struggler at it than be at the top of my game with nowhere to go but down.
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PHP, Security, and Lambdas
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If you’re writing PHP code and you want to use lambda functions, don’t use PHP’s create_function() method. It’s insecure, and will be flagged as such by security software and analysts.
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Monkeys in the Machine
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Not everyone could be at JSConf BR, so I wanted to give you all a glimpse of the awesomeness that is the worker API.
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Remote and Secure
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A “virtual private network” is a way to keep your data secure, whether your on a dedicated 4G tether or connected to Starbuck’s free wireless. Traffic from your machine is encrypted at the machine, sent to a remote (trusted) server, decrypted, and proxied to the real network target.
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Network Dependency
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I’ve been without reliable Internet for 2 days; it’s been a hugely revealing experience.
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Smallest Unit of Work
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Whenever I try to explain unit testing to another developer, I refer to the “smallest unit of work” that’s possible to test.