A Laptop Ban Leaves Everyone Scared and No One Safer
WIRED In the rush to fetishize airplane attacks above all else, America’s distorted perception of risk ultimately leaves everyone more…
How to Execute a SQL Query Only If Another SQL Query Has No Results
DZone I stumbled upon an interesting question on Stack Overflow recently. A user wanted to query a table for a…
Ultra-Fast OLAP Analytics With Apache Hive and Druid (Part 1)
DZone Modern corporations are increasingly looking for near real-time analytics and insights to make actionable decisions. To fuel this, this…
Implementing Unit Testing: Leading Indicators (Part 1)
DZone Now that we’ve talked about what we want to achieve, we better spread out some sensors. After all, we’re…
Product Thinking, Part 1: Product vs. Project
DZone Recently I was engaged in a very long discussion about requirements and specifications. I was trying to guide the…
The Truncation Trap and Its Steely Implication
DZone Staring quizzically at her phone, she sees something wrong. The numbers: They can’t be right. Something is wrong here.…
How To Do Simple Geofencing With PostGIS
DZone The wide use of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) has led to a number of features, including geofencing. In this case, geofencing…
Managing Microservices on Kubernetes with Istio
DZone Last week IBM and Google announced Istio, an open platform to connect, manage, and secure microservices. Istio improves the visibility…
A Radical Proposal For Preventing Rare Genetic Diseases
WIRED Opinion: Prevention is the best cure, even for rare genetic diseases. The post A Radical Proposal For Preventing Rare…
Apple doling out jean jackets plus Metal, iMessage, six-color logo pins to WWDC attendees
APPLE INSIDER As part of the badge issuance at the 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple is giving out custom black…