Technology – Page 9 – Eric Mann's Blog

Jan 28

One of the most basic encryption schemes is the Caesar cipher. It’s weak in practice, but a great way to learn how crypto works.

2 min · Series: Basic cryptography, 1 of 3

Jan 27

Modulo arithmetic with numbers large enough to ensure cryptographic security is complicated, particularly in PHP. Let’s work around that…

2 min · cryptography · PHP

Jan 26

Modulo exponentiation lies at the core of most modern crypto. Learn three different ways to perform this calculation in PHP.

2 min · cryptography · PHP

Jan 25

Ethics is one of the more complicated concepts in tech. Everyone knows what it is, but ethics become frighteningly easy to ignore.

3 min · ethics · marketing

Jan 24

The youth of today will define tomorrow’s technology. The world forgets this fact at our own peril.

4 min · learning

Jan 23

Modulo arithmetic is at the core of most every secure asymmetric cryptography algorithm. Clock functions make it an easier topic to master.

2 min · cryptography

Jan 22

What tools do you use to stay current with technology? Here are some podcasts and reading materials I use to stay up on new trends.

3 min · career · learning

Jan 21

PHP doesn’t natively support passing associative arrays into array_map(). But there are ways to work around this limitation.

2 min · PHP

Jan 20

Hashing and encryption are two different things, even if they’re built upon the same cryptographic foundation.

3 min · cryptography

Jan 17

So you think PHP is a functional programming language? Let’s look at reasons why it is and why it isn’t.

2 min · PHP

Jan 14

Don’t let doubt hold you back. Anyone can become an expert by practicing in a field and building experience.

2 min · blogging · career

Jan 13

Of all the buzzwords in the web3 space today, “NFT” is one of the most common. But do you really understand what an NFT is?

4 min · blockchain