Google Chrome stop supporting HTTP/2 and SPDY.

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[Editor – This post has been updated to reflect changes to browser support for NPN and to OS support for ALPN since the original publication in June 2016 as “Supporting HTTP/2 for Google Chrome Users”. The information is current as of September 2017.] …

18 June 2016

JSON Web Tokens vs. Sessions

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In essence it's a signed piece of data in JSON format. Because it's signed the recipient can verify its authenticity. Because it's JSON it weights very little. If you are after the formal definition, it's in the RFC 7519. This article was featured on…

18 June 2016

Tensorflow Image Recognition Tutorial

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This page is part of the documentation for the Machine Learning Database. It is a static snapshot of a Notebook which you can play with interactively by trying MLDB online now. It's free and takes 30 seconds to get going. This tutorial shows how we can…

17 June 2016

What Google Learned from Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team

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Imagine you have been invited to join one of two groups. Team A is composed of people who are all exceptionally smart and successful. When you watch a video of this group working, you see professionals who wait until a topic arises in which they are…

16 June 2016

Osm-p2p: a peer-to-peer distributed OpenStreetMap database

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This is a more technical post by our lead programmer, James Halliday, about the core technology that powers OpenStreetMap Without Servers osm-p2p is a decentralized peer-to-peer database for storing and editing OpenStreetMap nodes, ways, and relations. It…

15 June 2016

WWDC: Apple announces Apple Design Awards

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Apple has announced its 2016 Apple Design Awards for this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference. The awards honor the most innovative macOS and iOS apps as well as the best and most creative uses of Apple's products — at least as determined by Apple.

14 June 2016

Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what?

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I recently joined a startup as their CTO and I'm hating it. They've been around a few years and have product market fit and now need technical leadership to grow the team and product. It's my first senior management position, having been heavily code…

13 June 2016

Show HN: TCP/UDP over sound

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This is a binding for libquiet to lwip. This binding can be used to create TCP and UDP connections over an audio channel. This channel may be speaker-to-mic ("over the air") or through a wired connection. This binding provides an abstract version which…

13 June 2016

Learn X in Y: ZFS

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ZFS is a rethinking of the storage stack, combining traditional file systems as well as volume managers into one cohesive tool. ZFS has some specific terminology that sets it apart from more traditional storage systems, however it has a great set of…

6 June 2016