TheZADevChat Podcast @ZADevChat
A panel discussion with topics around the ZA software developer community // Regular panelists are @lenwnc, @kennethkalmer and @kmckelvin zadevchat.io Johannesburg, South Africa Joined March 2015-
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Someone was just asking me for the actual NIST link/resource/verbiage that killed 20 years of painful password complexity and expiration. Here it is again, buried in 300 pages. pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800…
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@GarethStep Urgh, renewed SoundCloud sub might be the cause of that 🤦♂️ Not seeing the same in Overcast, which app are you using?
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Why is the “Save” button on MS Excel represented by the picture of vending machine? (with purchased drink at the bottom) — a question by young Japanese caught a buzz in Japan
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how I got better at debugging
Rage Against the Codebase: Programmers and Negativity
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Eventual Consistency
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🚨 WHAT?? 😮 There is an official #IWD @WomenTechmakers event happening in Johannesburg this year on the 23 March🤩🤩 Register at this link if you want to attend 👇 (RT to tell your friend) womentechmakers.com/iwd19 👭
Official Google Africa Blog: Announcing 10,000 Grow with Google Developer Scholarships with Pluralsight and Andela buff.ly/2z3Zicu
How to teach yourself hard things - Julia Evans buff.ly/2LONGP3
The Cost Of JavaScript In 2018 – @addyosmani buff.ly/2nj3Rug
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The hash-bang directive '#!' is actually processed by the kernel: when a file starts with 0x23, 0x21 (which is #!) the kernel will interpret what follows as the path to executable and attempt to run. The message from Dennis Ritchie that introduced '#!' in Research Unix, Jan 1980
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Compromised JavaScript Package Caught Stealing npm Credentials buff.ly/2zuBn9L
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Short computer history thread! - Year: 1968 - Problem: Non-computer specialists at RAND needed to compute but did not know how to type yet - Solution: A tablet, a stylus and an "iconic" programming environment (duh!)
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The #CFP is up and we are go for 2018. Consider this the call for sponsors: if you want to be involved reach out! goo.gl/5J2Zox
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