Humans are social and curious creatures — and so it is no surprise that when we browse the web, we are drawn to places like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord, TikTok, internet forums, and more (Threads?). Joining these communities is a…
One of the coolest features of git, and code hosting services in general (e.g. Github, Bitbucket, etc) is the concept of forking a repository of code. The idea is that you can go to a project that is open source…
On platforms like Reddit, users are free to create their own “subreddit” communities around a location, topic, idea, really anything (e.g. reddit.com/r/michigan, reddit.com/r/pics, etc), and as long as the community name in question is not taken, they can “claim” it.…
Wherever we have forums or communities, we have moderators. It seems a fact as old as the internet itself — whether you are on an old phpBB forum, a Subreddit, a Discord server, Hacker News, etc, moderators are the curators…
I’ve had a few requests to go over setting up a Wildcard SSL cert, especially as it relates to things like CDN’s, subdomains, etc. So I wanted to put a guide out there so people can get help for an issue…
One of the most common things I hear when talking to other programmers is that they struggle to finish their side projects. Many have multiple apps that have gotten about 50% of the way completed, and then were abandoned for…
I’ve been trying to add SSL to all my “major” rails websites in an effort to increase security, especially since Google will start taking HTTPS into account with page-ranks. Since most if not all of these apps run on Heroku,…
The common trend these days is to name your product a base word: Languages/Libraries/Frameworks: Swift Ember Backbone Go Django Services/Apps: Outbox Color Telegram Steam Seamless Vine Mint Clear Square Tinder I get it — it’s bucking the trend of the…
This is more on the lighter side of things — This past week I was looking for a new Macbook Pro on Craigslist, and was disappointed by the prices. Lately people don’t seem to understand the concept of “used” —…
Recently Verizon has been getting a lot of flack for supposedly slowing down Netflix. There has been a lot of press regarding the issue, and in general as a supporter of net neutrality I think it shows what ISPs/content providers will do unless…
