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“Here’s the story of the creation of ARPANET, the groundbreaking precursor to the internet—as told by the people who were there. When I visited UCLA’s… Read More »50 years ago today, the internet was born in Room 3420

“Every week I come across another headline about how someone got hacked and within moments many of their online accounts had become compromised. These aren’t… Read More »Getting started with security keys

“Data is useless without the ability to visualize and act on it. The success of future industries will couple advanced data collection with a better… Read More »Design better data tables

“It is indeed supremely difficult to effectively refute the claim that John von Neumann is likely the most intelligent person who has ever lived. By… Read More »The Unparalleled Genius of John von Neumann

“The saying that “good design is obvious” is pretty damn old, and I am sure it took different shapes in the previous centuries. It referred… Read More »10 Small Design Mistakes We Still Make

“Some time ago we published an article with a comparison of Angular and React. In that article, we showed the pros and cons of these frameworks and… Read More »React vs Angular vs Vue.js — What to choose in 2019?

“Hobby projects are very important for me. They give me the freedom to do what I want, how I want it and also they help… Read More »How to return to the flow faster

“A year ago, I started working full-time at Bloomberg. That’s when I imagined writing this post. I imagined myself to be full of ideas that… Read More »Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer

“Listen Notes is a podcast search engine and database. The technology behind Listen Notes is actually very very boring. No AI, no deep learning, no… Read More »The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company

“On the benefits of performant software, and how it affects user perception of engineering quality and overall usability. I love fast software. That is, software speedy both… Read More »Fast Software, the Best Software