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Jessica Brown

17 Subtle Rules of Software Engineering

List By: Miko Pawlikowski  Descriptions By: Jessica Brown Published: December 29, 2024 Software engineering is a discipline that balances technical precision, creativity, and collaboration. These 17 subtle rules provide insights to improve the quality of code, foster teamwork, and guide sustainable practices. 0. Stop Falling in Love with Your Own Code When you become too attached to your code, you may resist valuable feedback or overlook its flaws. Always prioritize the quality of the solution
Jessica Brown

📚 Recommended Programming Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Reconfigurable Processor Array a Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA) Author(s): A. Rushton Subject: programming The Breakthrough of Parallel Computing: A Review of A. Rushton's 'Reconfigurable Processor Array a Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)' In the ever-evolving world of technology, keeping up with the innovation and concepts that define the landscape can be a challenge. Yet, in his book, 'Reconfigurable Processor Array - A Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)', A. Rushton provides a solid f
Jessica Brown

Why Every SysAdmin Should Understand ISO/IEC 27001:2022

In today’s digital landscape, the role of a System Administrator (SysAdmin) extends far beyond server uptime and software updates. With cyber threats evolving daily, understanding key information security standards like ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is no longer optional, it’s essential. This international standard provides a robust framework for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS). For SysAdmins, mastering ISO/IEC 27001 isn’t
Jessica Brown

📚 Recommended Servers Books to Read for Jan. 31, 2025

Web Server Programming Author(s): Neil Gray Subject: servers 'Web Server Programming' Explored: An Enlightening Dive into Digital Engineering As someone deeply entrenched in the world of literature, there are books that unravel their mysteries instantly and others that unfold their knowledge meticulously. Falling gleefully into the latter category is Web Server Programming by Neil Gray. In this technologically intensive era, Gray masterfully deciphers the art of web server programming, venturing
Jessica Brown

Harden and Secure Linux Servers by Level (1 - 6)

Securing a Linux server is an ongoing challenge. Every day, bad actors attempt to penetrate systems worldwide, using VPNs, IP spoofing, and other evasion tactics to obscure their origins. The source of an attack is often the least of your concerns, what matters most is implementing strong security measures to deter threats and protect your infrastructure. Hardening your servers not only makes them more resilient but also forces attackers to either move on or, ideally, abandon their efforts altog
Linux Tips

How to Fingerprint Websites With WhatWeb - A Practical, Hands-On Guide

by: Hangga Aji Sayekti Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:59:33 +0530 This short guide will help you get started with WhatWeb, a simple tool for fingerprinting websites. It’s written for beginners who want clear steps, short explanations, and practical tips. By the end, you’ll know how to run WhatWeb with confidence. What is WhatWeb? Imagine you’re curious about what powers a website: the CMS, web server, frameworks, analytics tools, or plugins behind it. WhatWeb can tell you all that right from the Linux co
F.O.S.S

Looking for Open Source Kindle Alternatives? Build it Yourself

by: Pulkit Chandak Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:20:49 GMT The e-ink display technology arrived on the scene as the answer for a long list of issues and desires people had with digital book reading. The strain on the eyes, the distractions, the low battery life—all of it fixed in one swoop. While the most popular option that remains in the category is an Amazon Kindle, not everyone of us would want a DRM-restricted Big Tech ecosystem. As a Linux user and open source enthusiast, I wanted something mo
F.O.S.S

FOSS Weekly #25.42: Hyprland Controversy, German State with Open Source, New Flatpak App Center and a Lot More Linux Stuff

by: Abhishek Prakash Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:50:27 GMT In the previous newsletter, I asked what kind of advice someone looking to switch from Windows to Linux would have. I got so many responses that I am still replying to all the suggestions. I am also working on the 'Windows to Linux migration' page. Hopefully, we will have that up by next week. Hope to see more people coming to Linux as Windows 10 support has ended now. 💬 Let's see what you get in this edition: Mastering alias command. A bu
Programmer's Corner

Sequential linear() Animation With N Elements

by: Temani Afif Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:39:39 +0000 Let’s suppose you have N elements with the same animation that should animate sequentially. The first one, then the second one, and so on until we reach the last one, then we loop back to the beginning. I am sure you know what I am talking about, and you also know that it’s tricky to get such an effect. You need to define complex keyframes, calculate delays, make it work for a specific number of items, etc. Tell you what: with modern CSS, we c
Programmer's Corner

413: Still indie after all these years

by: Chris Coyier Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:52:25 +0000 We’re over 13 years old as a company now. We decide that we’re not a startup anymore (we’re a “small business” with big dreams) but we are still indie. We’ve seen trends come and go. We just do what we do, knowing the tradeoffs, and plan to keep getting better as long as we can. Links Timeline – Chris Coyier 115: Adam Argyle on Cracking the 2025 Web Dev Interview | Front-End Fire Time Jumps 00:05 Are we still an indie sta
Programmer's Corner

Chris’ Corner: Design (and you’re going to like it)

by: Chris Coyier Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:01:15 +0000 Damning opening words from Edwin Heathcote in Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world. The situation is, if you wanna make money doing design work, you’re probably going to be making it from some company hurting the world, making both you and them complicit. Kinda dark. But maybe it is course correction for designers thinking they are the world’s salvation, a swing too far in the other direction. This pairs very ni
Programmer's Corner

Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve

by: Saleh Mubashar Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:31:35 +0000 You’ve probably heard the buzz about CSS Masonry. You might even be current on the ongoing debate about how it should be built, with two big proposals on the table, one from the Chrome team and one from the WebKit team. The two competing proposals are interesting in their own right. Chrome posted about its implementation a while back, and WebKit followed it up with a detailed post stating their position (which evolved out of a third proposa
Programmer's Corner

Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve

by: Saleh Mubashar Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:31:35 +0000 You’ve probably heard the buzz about CSS Masonry. You might even be current on the ongoing debate about how it should be built, with two big proposals on the table, one from the Chrome team and one from the WebKit team. The two competing proposals are interesting in their own right. Chrome posted about its implementation a while back, and WebKit followed it up with a detailed post stating their position (which evolved out of a third proposa
F.O.S.S

The Affordable Pironman Alternative Mini PC Case for Raspberry Pi 5

by: Abhishek Prakash Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:48:52 GMT SunFounder's Pironman cases for Raspberry Pi are a huge hit. This bestselling device converts the naked Raspberry Pi board into a miniature tower PC. The RGB lighting, OLED display and glass casing make it look cool. Full HDMI ports, NVMe ports and active-passive cooling options enhance the functionality of the Pi 5. This great gadget is too expensive for some people to buy at $76 for the Pironman and $95 for the dual-NVMe NVMe Pironman Max
F.O.S.S

I Switched From Ollama And LM Studio To llama.cpp And Absolutely Loving It

by: Bhuwan Mishra Sat, 11 Oct 2025 02:26:37 GMT My interest in running AI models locally started as a side project with part curiosity and part irritation with cloud limits. There’s something satisfying about running everything on your own box. No API quotas, no censorship, no signups. That’s what pulled me toward local inference. My struggle with running local AI models My setup, being an AMD GPU on Windows, turned out to be the worst combination for most local AI stacks. The majority of A
Programmer's Corner

We Completely Missed width/height: stretch

by: Daniel Schwarz Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:03:52 +0000 The stretch keyword, which you can use with width and height (as well as min-width, max-width, min-height, and max-height, of course), was shipped in Chromium web browsers back in June 2025. But the value is actually a unification of the non-standard -webkit-fill-available and -moz-available values, the latter of which has been available to use in Firefox since 2008. The issue was that, before the @supports at-rule, there was no nice wa
Linux Tips

LHB Linux Digest #25.30: New Systemd Automation Course, LoggiFly, Docker Storage and More

by: Abhishek Prakash Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:36:22 +0530 Our latest course, Advanced Automation With Systemd, is available now. Believe it or not, systemd is the future of automation on Linux. Its automation framework lets you precisely schedule task, create complex, dependent workflows and sandbox risky jobs for security. You can even create containers with systemd. Advanced Automation with systemdTake Your Linux Automation Beyond CronLinux HandbookUmair KhurshidThe idea is to focus on small, ni
Programmer's Corner

412: 2.0 Embedded Pens

by: Chris Coyier Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:45:43 +0000 Or just “Embeds” as we more frequently refer to them as. Stephen and Chris talk about the fairly meaty project which was re-writing our Embeds for a CodePen 2.0 world. No longer can we assume Pens are just one HTML, CSS, and JavaScript “file”, so they needed a bit of a redesign, but doing as little as possible so that existing Embed Themes still work. This was plenty tricky as it was a re-write from Rails to Next.js, with everything needing to be
F.O.S.S

FOSS Weekly #25.41: Windows 11 Fiasco, Ubuntu 25.10 Releasing, Joplin Tips, NeoVim Journals and More Linux Stuff

by: Abhishek Prakash Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:35:13 GMT Microsoft is all set to kill existing methods to set up a local account on fresh Windows 11 installs. I am not really surprised. This is Microsoft being Microsoft. Microsoft Kills Windows 11 Local Account Setup Just as Windows 10 Reaches End of LifeLocal account workarounds removed just before Windows 10 goes dark.It's FOSS NewsSourav RudraAnd this comes just days before Windows 10 support is scheduled to end. And that is a pivotal moment f
Programmer's Corner

The thing about contrast-color

by: Geoff Graham Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:52:58 +0000 One of our favorites, Andy Clarke, on the one thing keeping the CSS contrast-color() function from true glory: Word. White and black are two very safe colors to create contrast with another color value. But the amount of contrast between a solid white/black and any other color, while offering the most contrast, may not be the best contrast ratio overall. This was true when added a dark color scheme to my personal website. The cont
Programmer's Corner

Getting Creative With shape-outside

by: Andy Clarke Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:45:40 +0000 Last time, I asked, “Why do so many long-form articles feel visually flat?” I explained that: Then, I touched on the expressive possibilities of CSS Shapes and how, by using shape-outside, you can wrap text around an image’s alpha channel to add energy to a design and keep it feeling lively. There are so many creative opportunities for using shape-outside that I’m surprised I see it used so rarely. So, how can you use it to add persona
Programmer's Corner

Chris’ Corner: Discontent

by: Chris Coyier Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:16:00 +0000 Nothing is above a little healthy criticism. Here’s Den Odell’s article We Keep Reinventing CSS, but Styling Was Never the Problem. If I can critique the critique, it makes some good and astute points, but pitting CSS evolution as the enemy up front doesn’t sit right. CSS itself, in my opinion, is doing great. It’s not the job of CSS to chase trends or bend toward fickle developer tooling trends. To be fair, Den also says it’s not re
F.O.S.S

Can't Recall the Syntax? Try These WYSIWYG Markdown Editors on Linux

by: Community Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:05:57 GMT From GitHub repositories to technical documentation, Markdown is an extremely popular lightweight markup language. Basically, markdown files are plain text, but they follow certain syntax and when they are rendered, you see a beautiful document with headings, bullet points, code boxes and more. There are many Markdown editors available for Linux users but mostly they are two paned editors where you write in Markdown syntax in left and it gets rend
F.O.S.S

How I am Using Git and Obsidian for Note Version Management

by: Sreenath Sun, 05 Oct 2025 07:22:20 GMT Git is a powerful tool that helps you keep track of changes in your files over time. While it is highly popular among the developer community, you can use Git as a note storage vault. In this case, the source files are Obsidian markdown files. When you use Obsidian for note-taking, Git can be very useful to manage different versions of your notes. You can easily go back to previous versions, undo mistakes, and even collaborate with others. In this

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