The “GitHub for X” model is a great way to bootstrap an open source project.

It can also be used as a sustainable business model, but it requires more effort than just setting up the infrastructure and letting people use it. I was recently asked about how I would monetize my ...

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I was a little disappointed by this book.

It's not that it wasn't good, but I had expected more from the author of The Martian. I read The Martian last year and loved it so much that I immediately bought all of Andy Weir's other books (The ...

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I’m a developer who’s interested in the intersection of technology and social justice.

I've worked on projects that have been used by millions of people, but also enjoy working with small teams to create tools for marginalized communities. I'm currently a software engineer at Patreon, ...

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I’m a software engineer, and I like to write about my life.

My name is Adam, and I am a software engineer at Google in Mountain View, CA. Before that, I was an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan studying Computer Science with minors in Mathema ...

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I’m a big fan of the idea that you can use your phone to control all sorts of things around your house, but I think this is one area where it’s just not practical.

The app is too slow and unreliable for me to recommend it. The Good: It works with a lot of different devices, including some less common ones like my Roku box. You can also set up "scenes" so that w ...

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– Limit the number of calls to your API.

5. Use secure communication channels The way you communicate with your APIs is just as important as how you protect them. You can use HTTPS or TLS for all communications between clients and servers, ...

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The main reason why we have so many different kinds of data structures is that they are designed to solve a specific problem and in most cases, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. 2. There's alwa ...

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Security is hard, but it’s even harder when you’re dealing with false positives.

Next Big Thing Newsletter Be in the know about smart cities, AI, Internet of Things, VR, autonomous driving, drones, robotics, and more of the coolest tech innovations https://t.co/dyhjMPqmTR ...

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