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Javascript from Joke to Joy to Juggernaut in 30 Years TL;DR – Standards + easy sharing. Here’s the short version of how JavaScript went from “toy” to a first-class platform, and who/what made it happen. 1995–2004: A scrappy beginning → standards 2008–2012: The engine arms race (speed made JS serious) 2009–2015: The language grows up … Read more
Benefits of HTTP/3 Protocol Benefits of HTTP/3 over HTTP/2 — When will you notice H3 the most?
SANDi Microsoft predecessor to Siri Alexa etc SANDI (Speech Application Natural Dialog Interface) was an early 2000s voice-driven platform developed by Microsoft, primarily aimed at enabling voice applications over the telephone network. It was part of Microsoft’s broader effort to integrate speech recognition and natural language processing into mainstream computing, and was tied closely to … Read more
Simple Good CAPTCHA for WP WPBRUISER WPBruiser (formerly “Goodbye Captcha”) is a non-CAPTCHA anti-spam plugin for WordPress that works by detecting bots before they can submit spam — without requiring any user interaction (like solving CAPTCHAs). It’s designed to stop spam on: 🔍 How WPBruiser Works WPBruiser uses a JavaScript-based behavioral analysis approach. Here’s what … Read more
Cookie Monster – Nonexistent Privacy Online, Osana Cookie Insano and Ilk Yes, the “They” have created yet another monster: Boundless privacy laws and cookie conundrums. Regard Their insanity — entire websites and online services tending to (and attempting profit from) the already boundless laws and verbiage about “privacy” and “cookies” and “consent”. Meanwhile, there is … Read more
Product Photog Lenses Focal Length Depth Field F Stop Focal Length Focal length is a core concept in optics and photography. It defines the distance (in millimeters) between the lens’s optical center and the camera sensor (or film) when the lens is focused at infinity. 🧠 Simple Definition: Focal length = the distance from the … Read more
Be at the Technical Crossroad Touchpoints to Make Sales Technical Marketing Strategy that Earns The average customer journey now has over 10 touchpoints, and you need to show up everywhere that matters: If you’re not visible in the moments that influence buying decisions, that’s revenue slipping through the cracks. Attribution is becoming messy – fit … Read more
Docker’s Two Modes of Bridge Networking In v28.2.x Docker tightened up network security, effectively breaking things that were working. TL;DR: They are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are complementary, but their relationship is subtle: Accurate Truth: Feature Purpose When It’s Used –opt com.docker.network.bridge.gateway_mode_ipv4=routed Tells Docker to set up this specific network in “routed mode” … Read more
ValKey is Redis open-sourced Redis company made itself irrelevant Valkey replaces Redis due to a licensing conflict and project governance change that caused Redis to no longer be fully open source. Why the Change Happened In March 2024, Redis Labs (the company behind Redis) changed the license of Redis from the permissive BSD license to … Read more
Madness? Suspect AppArmor FIRST AppArmor has caused silent, hard-to-diagnose issues for many people, and it’s even more frustrating because it’s often enabled by default without any loud warning or clear opt-out. So here’s the full story: who made it, where it came from, and how the hell it became default on systems like Debian and … Read more