Java retrospective #2 – best tools, frameworks and features of 2019
Which Java tool, framework and/or feature thrilled you in 2019 and why? Definitely Quarkus. The community has developed a great tool to optimize common Java paradigms...
Ten Must-Read Crime Books Set in the American West
“The conventional Western,” writes novelist John Williams in a 1961 essay, “involves an elemental conflict between the personified forces of Good and Evil”: Cowboy v. Cattle...
Be Quiet’s Pure Base 500 PC Case Looks Slick and Gets the Job Done
The land of PC cases is a fascinating one, considering they’re all basically elaborate boxes. There are cases with sophisticated cooling systems, eye-searing RGB, unconventional shapes,...
How to Turn Your Unwanted Gift Cards into Cash
It’s the beginning of a new decade, yet you’ve grown cold with the passage of time. Accomplishments, failures—those are just words now. How else should someone...
How to Set Up All Your New Holiday Gadgets
It’s the holidays, which means new gadgets for everyone! Whether you’re rocking a new PC or trying to get a handle on what the Amazon Echo...
How AI has the power to save the world from identity theft
While climate change is set to disproportionately affect the world’s poorest people, there is another crisis brewing that is set to hit those of us in...
The year of the French unicorns
In September 2019, President Emmanuel Macron was about to wrap up a speech on late-stage investment in France. According to a press briefing and some discussions...
Introduction to Architectural Katas
Everyone wants a good architecture, so most of us learned all about design patterns, microservices and all the other important things. But with the raise of...
Lubaina Himid: Labor and the Art of Becoming
This past summer, fifteen new paintings and an installation by the British artist Lubaina Himid were on display at the New Museum in an exhibition called...
Geek Trivia: What Iconic 1980s Toy Was Introduced At None Other Than The Iconic Studio 54 Nightclub?
Simon Rubik’s Cube Twister Lite Bright Think You Know the Answer? Source : Geek Trivia: What Iconic 1980s Toy Was Introduced At None Other Than The...
