The Overflow #179: Brag about your code
Welcome to ISSUE #179 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: chatting about OWASP ZAP, computing with rolling stones, and jQuery lives. From the blog Keep ‘em separated: Get better maintainability in web projects using
Read moreInstant classic
“Instant classic” is, of course, an oxymoron. A classic is something that has passed the test of time, and by definition that cannot happen instantly. But how long should the test of time last? In his book Love What Lasts, Joshua Gibbs argues that 100 years after the death of
Read moreHow the creator of Angular is dehydrating the web (Ep. 574)
Miško Hevery, creator of Angular and longtime Googler, tells Ben about building the future of web applications in his new role as CTO of Builder.io. Episode notes: Angular is an open-source web framework used by millions of developers. Explore the Angular community. Miško is currently CTO at Builder, an API-driven,
Read moreOccupancy problem distribution
Suppose you have a random number generator that returns numbers between 1 and N. The birthday problem asks how many random numbers would you have to output before there’s a 50-50 chance that you’ll repeat a number. The coupon collector problem asks how many numbers you expect to generate before
Read moreAccelerating the Cloud: Transitioning to Cloud Native
In this third article in our Accelerating the Cloud series, we explore a checklist of items to consider before redeploying applications. Continue reading Accelerating the Cloud: Transitioning to Cloud Native on SitePoint.
Read moreHow to use marketing techniques to build a better resume
Between the Great Resignation and the recent spate of layoffs, you may be thinking about your resume a bit more than usual in the last few months. Even if it’s been spruced up and you’re following the best advice out there, you might get more out of your resume by
Read moreResponsive CSS Layout Grids without Media Queries
Discover how both Flexbox and Grid provide ways to create fluidly responsive layout grids without media queries. Continue reading Responsive CSS Layout Grids without Media Queries on SitePoint.
Read moreHypergeometric distribution symmetry
One of these days I’d like to read Feller’s probability book slowly. He often says clever things in passing that are easy to miss. Here’s an example from Feller [1] that I overlooked until I saw it cited elsewhere. Suppose an urn contains n marbles, n1 red and n2 black.
Read moreAM over GM
Suppose you take the arithmetic mean and the geometric mean of the first n integers. The ratio of these two means converges to e/2 as n grows [1]. In symbols, Now suppose we wanted to visualize the convergence by plotting the expression on the left side for a sequence of
Read more5 Tips for Choosing an Angular Components Library
We explore five things to consider when choosing an Angular component library, and why a commercial library like Kendo UI is a good option. Continue reading 5 Tips for Choosing an Angular Components Library on SitePoint.
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