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Pi-hole in the Sky
Ads are an ever-present nuisance on the modern web. Recently, I’ve gotten frustrated enough that I looked into setting up a Pi-hole to block ads before my devices ever load them. But I don’t have a Raspberry Pi at home and I didn’t want to order one either. Instead, I looked into setting up Pi-hole on Amazon Web Services.
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Programming Best Practices: Constants
The purpose of using a constant is to eliminate the use of magic numbers, also known as unnamed numerical constants. The problems with using a magic number in your code are manifold:
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July 2014 New York Tech Meetup (Part 3)
In part two of this series, I described the startups that presented in the second segment of July’s New York Tech Meetup: a licensable marketplace, digital photoframes, and peer-to-peer marketing for non-profits. This post will discuss the Hack of the Month and the final three startups that presented in the final segment of July’s NYTM.
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July 2014 New York Tech Meetup (Part 2)
In part one of this series, I described the startups that presented in the first segment of July’s New York Tech Meetup: augmented reality for consumer products, Google street view for retailers, and co-worker personality rating. This post will discuss the three startups that presented in the second segment.
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July 2014 New York Tech Meetup (Part 1)
The other day, I attended July’s New York Tech Meetup (NYTM). The meetup was split into several segments: two groups of three startups doing a short 3-minute demo of their products followed by Q&A, a “Hack of the Month” showcase, and finally three longer format demos. In this post, I talk about the startups that demoed their products in the first segment.
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