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code-for-a-living April 21, 2022

The robots are coming for (the boring parts of) your job

Are the robots coming for your job? You’ve heard this question before. But in 2022, with AI increasingly ubiquitous in the lives of most coders, the issue feels more pressing.

Eira May Content Writer

stackoverflowknows April 20, 2022

New data: Do developers think Web3 will build a better internet?

Are blockchain and Web3 the future or are they just a fad? We asked the developer community about Web3, blockchain, crypto, and whether they are all hype or truly the future of the internet.

David Gibson Staff, Data Analytics and Insights

code-for-a-living April 14, 2022

The Authorization Code grant (in excruciating detail) Part 2 of 2

Previously, I examined OAuth at a high level, including the standards and the grants outlined in the specifications. If you haven’t you may want to read that article. In this post, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of integrating OAuth to protect resources like APIs. While there are a number of different ways to do…

Dan Moore

code-for-a-living April 13, 2022

Will chatbots ever live up to the hype?

Chatbots held so much promise as a software tool. But near-future NLP advances will bring them more in line with their hype.

Sylvain Perron

code-for-a-living April 11, 2022

The complete guide to protecting your APIs with OAuth2 (part 1)

OAuth2 is one of the most popular specifications for API authentication today, though wrapping your head around it can be a challenge.

Dan Moore

code-for-a-living April 7, 2022

You should be reading academic computer science papers

You read documentation and tutorials to become a better programmer, but if you really want to be cutting-edge, academic research is where it's at.

Ryan Donovan

code-for-a-living April 6, 2022

Use Git tactically

How you can use micro-commits to effectively apply the Strangler Fig pattern.

Mark Seeman

code-for-a-living April 4, 2022

Comparing Go vs. C in embedded applications

Impossibly tight deadlines, unrealistic schedules, and constant pressure to develop and release applications on time, while at the same time achieving excellent quality. Sound familiar?

Marcin Pasinski

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March 31, 2022

Time to get on trend

Question: who's got a new lewk? Answer: Oh, you know

Ben Popper and Ryan Donovan

code-for-a-living March 30, 2022

Best practices to increase the speed for Next.js apps

Next.js is a powerful yet simple framework, though developers still struggle to increase the speed of their applications. Here's how you can make those apps faster.

Imran Alam

code-for-a-living March 28, 2022

Picture perfect images with the modern <img> element

You may not think about images as part of your web dev work, but they can affect your web app's performance more than any other part of your code.

Addy Osmani