Breach Safe Harbor

In the context of medical data, Safe Harbor typically refers to the Safe Harbor provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule explained here. Breach Safe Harbor is a little different. It basically means you’re off the hook if you breach encrypted health data. I’m not a lawyer, so this isn’t legal

MD5 hash collision example

Marc Stevens gave an example of two alphanumeric strings that differ by only one byte that have the same MD5 hash value. It may seem like beating a dead horse to demonstrate weaknesses in MD5, but it’s instructive to study the flaws of broken methods. And despite the fact that

Logging Made Easy: A Beginner’s Guide to Winston in Node.js

Learn how to set up Winston for logging in a Node.js project on Vultr Compute server and configure different logging levels. Continue reading Logging Made Easy: A Beginner’s Guide to Winston in Node.js on SitePoint.

Psychology and UX: Decoding the Science Behind User Clicks

Explore the relationship between psychology and UX design, including the impact of psychological principles on shaping user behavior. Continue reading Psychology and UX: Decoding the Science Behind User Clicks on SitePoint.

How to become a better software engineer: A guide for all levels

Becoming a better software engineer requires more than mastering algorithms or learning new programming languages. It’s about evolving into a more well-rounded professional who can tackle different aspects of the engineering craft. But there are many ways to get there, and that can make the journey confusing.  Should you become

10 Vital Python Concepts for Data Science

Why the creator of Node.js® created a new JavaScript runtime

Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js and Deno, tells us about his journey into software development and the creation of Node.js. He explains why he started Deno, a new JavaScript runtime. Ryan also introduces JSR, an alternative to NPM, and emphasizes the importance of security in the JavaScript ecosystem. Plus: Thoughts

Build a Full-stack App with Node.js and htmx

Learn how to craft a full-stack CRUD application using Node and Express for the backend and htmx for the frontend. Continue reading Build a Full-stack App with Node.js and htmx on SitePoint.

Chris’ Corner: Cool Ideas

Lossy compression can be good. For something like a JPG, that naturally uses compression that can be adjusted, that compression leads to lost image data. In a good way. The image may end up being much smaller, which is good for performance. Sometimes the lost image data just isn’t a

Exploring what inspired folks to start coding

Users have been sharing the spark that started them on their journey as computer programmers. From IRC to Minecraft, users found a passion that became a career.