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2 years ago 4 min read

Use your own user @ domain for Mastodon discoverability with the WebFinger Protocol without hosting a server

Mastodon is a free, open-source social networking service that is decentralized and distributed. It was created in 2016 as an alternative to centralized social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. One of the key features of Mastodon is the use of the WebFinger protocol, which allows users to discover and access information about other users on the Mastodon network. WebFinger is a simple HTTP-based protocol that enables a user to discover information about other users or resources on the...

2 years ago 2 min read

I got tired

I have been blogging here for the last 20 years. Every Tuesday and Thursday, quite consistently, for two decades. But last year, without planning it, I got tired and stopped. Not sure why. It didn't correspond with any life events. Nothing interesting or notable happened. I just stopped. I did find joy on TikTok and amassed a small group of like-minded followers there. I enjoy my YouTube as well, and my weekly podcast is going strong with nearly 900 (!) episodes of interviews with cool people. I...

2 years ago

How to Support a Million Users on Your Website: A Success Story

In October, at the “Dream Hollywood” hotel in, Los Angeles, California, developer Nadia Odunayo told the inspiring story of how she’d built her site and garnered over 1 million registered accounts — almost single-handedly — in just 29 months.

2 years ago

Op-Ed: The Rise of AI Content Generators Is an Affront to Creativity

I’m going to preface this by saying I have a dog in this race. You see, as you probably understand, I’m a writer. I not only write about technology, but I’m also a writer of fiction. I’ve been writing for thirty years now and have published over fifty novels.

2 years ago

Why Stack Is Faster Than Heap

Today I will cover why stack is faster than heap. The main reason is that memory is allocated and deallocated much more efficiently due to the the simplicity of the algorithm. When an item is added to the stack, it is simply added to the top of the stack in constant time, O(1).

2 years ago

Hybrid Data Collection from the IoT Edge with MQTT and Kafka

Data collection is one of the biggest challenges when working with databases. If you can’t get data into the database, then nothing else works. While this is true for any use case, one area that can be particularly challenging is IoT.

2 years ago

Veteran Cybersec Researcher Urges Work with Govt, Regulators

The cybersecurity community needs to stop “arming” and normalizing cybercriminals, and accept a bigger role for government and regulation, veteran researcher Daniel Cuthbert told the audience at the recent Black Hat Europe conference.

2 years ago

Organize your AWS Serverless code to prevent merge conflicts

How do you prevent the most common merge conflicts when your team is working on a Serverless application? How do you make sure that your team stays productive and avoids large merge issues while trying to update the same crucial files simultaneously? –The answer to both questions is code organizat

2 years ago

Apache Flink for Unbounded Data Streams

Unless you’re a serious data developer, chances are you haven’t heard of Apache Flink. But I can guarantee that you’ve interacted with it. Booking.com, Pinterest, Stripe, Alibaba and Goldman Sachs are just a few of the companies that rely on Flink.

2 years ago

Why the Edge for Applications Is a Trend Heading into 2023

The edge is in vogue right now. In 2023, there’s a good chance every website and application will have a little bit of edge in its wardrobe.

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Use your own user @ domain for Mastodon discoverability with the WebFinger Protocol without hosting a server

I got tired

How to Support a Million Users on Your Website: A Success Story

Op-Ed: The Rise of AI Content Generators Is an Affront to Creativity

Why Stack Is Faster Than Heap

Hybrid Data Collection from the IoT Edge with MQTT and Kafka

Veteran Cybersec Researcher Urges Work with Govt, Regulators

Organize your AWS Serverless code to prevent merge conflicts

Apache Flink for Unbounded Data Streams

Why the Edge for Applications Is a Trend Heading into 2023

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