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My Favorite Books from 2022
As an avid reader, I am always eager to share a good book once I’m finished with it. In 2022, I enjoyed several good ones, but these are the books that stood out from the pack.
WordPress vs a Custom-Made Website
There are valid reasons for choosing WordPress to power your website, but there are also many good reasons for creating a custom-made website. In this article, we will explore some of them.
Why Changing an Interface Too Often Is Bad for Users
Despite what a lot of application developers think, changing a user interface too often is bad for users. It confuses users and generally generates distrust in your product.
Is Software as a Service a Good Idea?
Whether you like it or not, software as a service (SaaS) has become extremely popular amongst both individuals and companies. But how good of an idea is it?
Debugging Node.js Remotely with Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a tool with many talents. Among those is the ability to not just debug Node.js applications, but also to debug them remotely.
Using Modern Technology to Upgrade Retro Computers
The internet is rife with tutorials of people upgrading old computers with modern technology. How much sense does that make and is it reasonable?
Windows 95 as an Electron App
An operating system that was released 25 years ago and required an entire computer to run can now instead be run in a browser window with an interpreted language.
Coping with Long Meetings at Work
Meetings have always been the worst part about any job for me. They make me anxious and stress me out so I have developed strategies for coping with them.
Using Redis Sentinel with Docker and Marathon: 2020 Edition
Using Redis Sentinel with Docker and Marathon is a relatively complex procedure that requires every instance of Redis to be able to communicate with all other instances.
Using Redis Sentinel with Docker Compose: 2020 Edition
This article describes how to create a failover solution using Redis Sentinel and Docker Compose.
Picking a Programming Language
With so many different programming languages available, it is not always easy to choose the right one for a project. In this article, we will explore some basic criteria for picking the right one.
Retro Software: BeOS
In the early-1990s, a lesser-known operating system was born named BeOS. It was an operating system that was ahead of its time, but was never able to gather much support.