I watched a team at a recent hackathon build a functional app in 18 hours. Not a mockup or proof-of-concept—a working application with AI-powered fraud detection, real-time transaction processing, and a polished responsive interface. Three people, one very long day, and nearly production-ready code.

I’ve been fascinated by home automation since the late 90s, back when X10 devices used your electrical outlets to communicate. Rolling home automation out to those with unique needs was an aspect of my consulting company at the time and watching a customer’s face light up when opening blinds became effortless rather than a daily struggle — that moment convinced me that smart home technology represents something profound about human enablement.

When we think about things that impact our environment, our computer software rarely comes to mind. Unlike manufacturing or transportation, code doesn’t seem to have a physical presence—but the reality tells a different story.

As part of my migration from my old blogging software to new, I needed a way to snag all of the images. However, the old system stored the images as extension-less numbers, making it tedious to match article slug to image quickly. I pulled down a database extract with photo ID and slug, but needed a way to pull down the images and rename them from /{id} to /{slug}.{proper_extension} accordingly.

Looking to optimize your development pipeline? Having as much information as possible before you start developing could save you an entire iteration.

By now, we are all aware that social media has had a tremendous impact on our culture, in business, on the world-at-large. Social media websites are some of the most popular haunts on the Internet…

Security and web performance are very closely entwined, as evidenced by these insights from Radware’s annual Global Application & Network Security Report.

Are certifications becoming a think of the past in development shops and startup companies? What does it really take for a developer to stay on track for growth and job success?