Java VM Options You Should Always Use in Production

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This post is a cheatsheet with enumeration of options, which should be always used to configure Java Virtual Machine for Web-oriented server applications (i.e. Web Front-End) in production or production-like environments. For lazy readers full listing is…

3 April 2015

Show HN: Fast autocomplete service written in Go and JavaScript

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Download autocompeter.min.css and autocompeter.min.js and insert into your site. Submit your page information to like this: curl -X POST -H "Auth-Key: yoursecurekey" -d url=/some/url -d title="Some Title" https://autocompeter.com/v1 Or by…

3 April 2015

Instagram gives Apple Watch developers a hand

Macworld

With the Apple Watch set for release on April 24, third-party application developers are rushing to write extensions that can run on the device. Now Instagram is sharing some code it wrote for its own app to help others. The Facebook-owned company has…

3 April 2015

Scaleway: Bare metal SSD ARM servers

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Object Storage is now available in the Paris FR-PAR region. Discover it now 🇫🇷 By clicking or navigating this website site, you agree to allow our collection of information on Scaleway to offer you an optimal user experience and to keep track of…

2 April 2015

Hello World in EC2 Container Service

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EC2 Container Service (ECS) is a new AWS deployment option for Docker containers. It was launched at the AWS Re-Invent conference in November 2014. Its still in a limited preview and its not yet in the AWS web console so you have to use the AWS CLI. The…

2 April 2015

Simple Script for Getting a Device’s UDID

Neglected Potential

When I need to grab a device’s UDID, it has always felt heavy to me to have to launch iTunes or Xcode just to get a simple 40-character string. After years of sighing about it, I finally did something. Below is a simple bash script that uses OS X’s…

27 March 2015

Why is this song used in so many GoPro videos?

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February 23rd, 2012. Electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling uploads the official music video for "Crystallize" to YouTube. Two days later, user "riley lux" uploads a video titled "DH long boarding on a windy day." In it, a group of friends enjoy some…

19 March 2015

Companies with a flat structure are weird

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Specifically, companies with a flat structure (no managers at all) are weird. Decades of management tradition tell us that Someone must be in charge and make sure everyone’s doing their work. Otherwise, everyone will goof off, right? And yet, somehow…

15 March 2015