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What’s the Best Projector for Your Home Entertainment Needs?
23.2.2021
I’ll always remember the first time I saw someone use a projector in place of a TV. I went to a friend’s apartment in college for a little gaming party and discovered that my bud had no proper screen in his apartment. Instead, he was just projecting everything onto a gigantic wall. Here I was,...
Mistakes I’ve Made as an Engineering Manager
18.2.2021
I’ve been a manager for many years at companies of different scale. Through these experiences, I’ve done my share of learning, and made some mistakes along that way that were important lessons for me. I want to share those with …
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Apple's Snazzy, Pricey MagSafe iPhone Charger Is $5 off Today on Amazon
16.2.2021
Apple MagSafe Charger | $34 | AmazonRead more
Bitcoin is a 'masterpiece of monetary engineering' Michael Saylor tells Austin Davis
10.2.2021
Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, applies his training in thermodynamics to Bitcoin in an exclusive interview with Bitcoin pioneer and futurist Austin Davis
Horizon Zero Dawn Can Run In 72p And It Looks Beautiful
9.2.2021
While most folks will gravitate towards the top end of the graphics settings for a game, there’s something to be said for heading for the bottom, just to see what it looks like. Especially when a modern blockbuster 4K game can be played at a resolution of just 256x144.Read more
Tune Out the World With $70 off a Pair of Refurbished Jabra Elite 75t True Wireless Earbuds
28.1.2021
Jabra Elite 75t | $80 | NeweggRead more
Intel and Nvidia Are Probably Not Colluding to Keep AMD Out of Gaming Laptops
21.1.2021
If you’ve visited the AMD subreddit, the Linus Tech Tips forums, or elsewhere over the last several months, you might have come across a conspiracy theory that Intel and Nvidia struck a secret deal with one another to keep higher-end GPUs out of AMD Ryzen 4000-series laptops. If you looked at...
Analyst Lyn Alden Says Ethereum Is Still an ‘Unfinished Project’
20.1.2021
A bitcoin (BTC) strategist and investor remain skeptical towards the Ethereum protocol, considering it an “unfinished product.” Lyn Alden, an advisor for the dollar cost averaging BTC investing app Swan Bitcoin, believes the network lacks a concrete model, “other than just...
Ripple is Hiring Director of Engineering for RippleX Platform
17.1.2021
The planned new hire along with a recent expansion show Ripple does not seem deterred by legal troubles in the U.S
XRP tumbles despite former Amazon exec joining Ripple as engineering lead
12.1.2021
“Ripple’s all-star engineering team continues to grow,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said of the firm’s new senior VP
Major Latin American University Launches Specialization Featuring Crypto-Related Topics
18.12.2020
One of the biggest and most laureate universities in Latin America approved the launch of a Financial Engineering specialization course, whose modules cover crypto and blockchain-related subjects, marking it a historic landmark across the region’s educational sector. Mexico’s Biggest...
How to Detect the Default Branch in a git Repository
28.9.2020
Over the past few years, many engineering teams have switched their default git branch name from master to a different, potentially less offensive term. I’m all for choosing to name your default branch whatever you’d like, but not having a universal default branch name can complicate...
Never Build a CSV Importer Again
20.8.2020
(This is a sponsored post.)
CSV import as a process is broken. Messy customer data, edge cases, encoding formats, error messages, non-technical users: importing data into applications is a huge pain! Ingesting data has been long neglected as a software product experience, leading to customer...
Coinbase Snags Lyft Engineering Executive Manish Gupta
10.8.2020
Gupta will help Coinbase 'through the next phase of company growth.'
Building Custom Data Importers: What Engineers Need to Know
6.8.2020
Importing data is a common pain-point for engineering teams. Whether its importing CRM data, inventory SKUs, or customer details, importing data into various applications and building a solution for this is a frustrating experience nearly every engineer can relate to. Data import, as a critical...
Social Engineering: A Plague on Crypto and Twitter, Unlikely to Stop
5.8.2020
The SIM swapping community entered the spotlight after helping the Twitter hacker breach the social media platform, but these threat actors have been going after the crypto community for years
Twitter Hack: ‘Social Engineering Attack’ on Employee Admin Panels
16.7.2020
Hackers were able to get away with posting fake Bitcoin giveaways on various Twitter accounts thanks to high level internal admin access
Twitter Says ‘Coordinated Social Engineering’ Attack Caused Bitcoin Scam
16.7.2020
Twitter says "a coordinated social engineering attack" against an employee caused Wednesday's massive takeover
How (some) good corporate engineering blogs are written
18.4.2020
Interesting research from Dan Luu:
… it’s pretty common for my personal blog to get more traffic than the entire corp eng blog for a company with a nine to ten figure valuation and it’s not uncommon for my blog to get an order of magnitude more traffic.
I think this is...
Consistent Backends and UX: What Can Go Wrong?
12.3.2020
Article Series
Why should you care?
What can go wrong?
What are the barriers to adoption? (Coming soon)
How do new algorithms help? (Coming soon)
In the previous article, we explained what strong (vs. eventual) consistency is. This article is the second part of a series where we explain how...