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8 Beginner Bitcoin Questions Answered

24.12.2020
I asked some friends who were Bitcoin noobies what they wanted to know about Bitcoin, and was ready with some answers. Here’s what we came up with. Common Questions about Bitcoin, Answered How does mining work? Mining is a key component of the Bitcoin system. It helps secure the network,...

Want to get better at code? Teach someone CSS.

28.7.2020
A friend of mine recently asked me to teach her to code. She was an absolute beginner, having no idea what coding really involves. I decided to start where I started: HTML and CSS. Using CodePen, we started forking Pens and altering them. Soon, a learning path started to unravel. The aim of this...

How I Used Brotli to Get Even Smaller CSS and JavaScript Files at CDN Scale

5.6.2020
This article is about my experience using Brotli at production scale. Despite being really expensive and a truly unfeasible method for on-the-fly compression, Brotli is actually very economical and saves cost on many fronts, especially when compared with gzip or lower compression levels...

The Beginner’s Guide to Buying Goods on the Darknet

5.3.2020
Darknet markets (DNMs) supply all manner of goods, some legal, others less so, but all purchasable with cryptocurrency and delivered to your door. Indeed, many people’s first exposure to bitcoin is when they have the need to purchase something off the darknet. For shopping of last resort,...

How to Buy Bitcoin – 5 Quick and Simple Ways to Get Started

11.2.2020
If you’re one of the many people looking to get into bitcoin for the first time, it doesn’t have to be hard. There are more than a few easy routes to acquiring cryptocurrency and this article aims to outline five of them. By way of these simple avenues for purchasing bitcoin you can...

How To Buy Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Using Paypal

4.2.2020
These days there are myriad ways people can purchase cryptocurrencies, and the payment platform Paypal is a popular choice. Multiple crypto brokerage services and exchanges allow people to buy digital currencies with the payment option. The following post is a simple guide and list of exchanges...

How To Start Using Bitcoin: Buying, Storing, and Spending Crypto for a Total Newb

30.1.2020
For the already initiated, there is a little spoken of land outside of crypto world where legions of normal people hear about Bitcoin and are interested, but don’t know where to begin. This is a problem considering the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, designed it as a peer-to-peer...

How to Animate on the Web With Greensock

13.1.2020
There are truly thousands of ways to animate on the web. We’ve covered a comparison of different animation technologies here before. Today, we’re going to dive into a step-by-step guide of one of my favorite ways to get it done: using GreenSock. (They don’t pay me or anything, I just really enjoy...

Emcee Tips for a Conference or Meetup

21.11.2019
There are some great resources out there to help conference speakers give better talks, but fewer for people who are preparing to take on the role of emcee at meetup or conference. I've been fortunate enough to emcee conferences more than 20 times now, most recently JAMstack_conf which I help...

Let’s Make a Fancy, but Uncomplicated Page Loader

15.10.2019
It’s pretty common to see a loading state on sites these days, particularly as progressive web apps and reactive sites are on the rise. It’s one way to improve "perceived" performance — that is, making it feel as though the site is loading faster than it actually is. There’s no shortage of ways...

A Beginner's Guide to Crypto APIs

10.10.2019
Crypto APIs have become increasingly popular for experienced crypto traders that use trading software or algorithmic trading bots. In this guide, you will be introduced to what crypto APIs are, who uses them, and what to look for when choosing one. What are crypto APIs? API stands for application...

Trading Bitcoin Is Hard — 10 Things Every Beginner Trader Must Know

10.9.2019
Crypto is every beginner trader’s nightmare

A Beginner’s Journey to Launching a Website

22.7.2019
In September 2018, I was just a few months into my journey of learning web development. As I'm sure is the case with many new developers, it was a big task for me to learn not only the basic skills required, but also keeping current with the fast-moving industry. Just as I was getting to the level...

Hey, let’s create a functional calendar app with the JAMstack

3.7.2019
Hey, let's create a functional calendar app with the JAMstack I’ve always wondered how dynamic scheduling worked so I decided to do extensive research, learn new things, and write about the technical part of the journey. It’s only fair to warn you: everything I cover here is three weeks of research...