Authentication Explained: When to Use Basic, Bearer, OAuth2, JWT & SSO
Modern apps donât just check passwordsâthey rely on **API tokens**, **OAuth**, and **Single Sign-On (SSO)** to know whoâs knocking before they open the door...
Modern apps donât just check passwordsâthey rely on **API tokens**, **OAuth**, and **Single Sign-On (SSO)** to know whoâs knocking before they open the door...
One dev rewired their Slack setup by **engagement frequency**ânot subject. Channels got sorted into tiers like âRead Nowâ and âRead Hourly,â cutting through noise and saving brainpower. It riffs off the **Eisenhower Matrix**, letting priorities shift with projects, not burn people out...
A fresh guide gives old Python friends a second lookâturns out, tools like **itertools.groupby**, **zip**, **bisect**, and **heapq** arenât just standard; theyâre slick solutions to real problems. Think run-length encoding, matrix transposes, or fast, sorted inserts without bringing in another depen..
Modern apps burst with features most people never touch. Users stick to their favorite 20%. The rest? Frustration, bloat, ignored edge cases. Tools like **VS Code**, **Slack**, and **Notion** nail it by staying lean at the core and letting users stack what they need. Extensions, plug-ins, integrati..
A developer rolled out a fully working **Go load balancer** with a clean **Round Robin** setupâand hooks for dropping in smarter strategies like **Least Connection** or **IP Hash**. Backend servers live in a custom server pool. Swapping balancing logic? Just plug into the interface...
Netflix faced challenges like data loss, system entropy, updates across partitions, and reliable retries. To address these, they built a generic Write-Ahead Log (WAL) system serving a variety of use cases like delayed queues, generic cross-region replication, and multi-partition mutations. WAL abstr..
A two-container setup using **acme.sh** gets Let's Encrypt certs running on a Synology NASâthanks, Docker. No built-in Certbot support? No problem. Cloudflare DNS API token handles auth. Scheduled tasks handle renewal...
Hugging Face just rolled out a sharp set of free AI courses. Real topics, real toolsâthink **AI agents, LLMs, diffusion models, deep RL**, and more. Itâs hands-on from the jump, packed with frameworks like LangGraph, Diffusers, and Stable Baselines3. You donât just read about modelsâyou build âem i..
A July 2025 METR trial dropped a twist: seasoned devs using Cursor with Claude 3.5/3.7 moved **19% slower** - while thinking they were **20% faster**. Chalk it up to AI-induced confidence inflation. Faros AI tracked over **10,000 developers**. More AI didnât mean more done. It meant more juggling, ..
To land a big career role like Mistral, mix efficient **tactical** moves (like LeetCode practice) with **strategic** ups, like building a powerful portfolio and a solid network. Balance is key; aim to impress and prepare well without overlooking the power of strategy in shaping a successful career...