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Which Method of Iteration in JavaScript is Fastest?
Nov 08, 2019 by Lane WagnerThere are many ways to traverse an array in Javascript. In this benchmark, we will look at five different ways and the pros and cons of each.
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Nov 04, 2019 by Lane WagnerSingletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming. Let’s take a look at what they are, when to (maybe) use them, and when not to.
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How to Create Constant Maps, Slices, & Arrays in Golang
Oct 21, 2019 by Lane WagnerThe quick answer is that Go does not support constant arrays, maps or slices. However, there are some great workarounds.
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Systems and Processes that Aren't in Code are Terrifying
Oct 03, 2019 by Lane WagnerMy worst enemy is processes that a developer spun up years ago on a server everyone has forgotten about.
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The Proper Use of Pointers in Go (Golang)
Sep 25, 2019 by Lane WagnerGo has become increasingly popular in recent years, especially in my local area. It has been consistently displacing other backend languages like Ruby, Python, C# and Java.
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How to Recursively Traverse JSON Objects
Sep 22, 2019 by Lane WagnerI’ve found that it’s pretty rare that I need recursion in application code, but every once in a while I need to write a function that operates on a tree of unknown depth, such as a JSON object, and that’s often best solved recursively.
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How to Secure Your Bitcoin
Aug 30, 2019 by Lane WagnerIf you’re new to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, you may have heard the common phrase not your keys not your coins.
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Security in Dependencies
Aug 21, 2019 by Lane WagnerChoosing the right dependencies is a difficult task. Assuming the developer of an application is the best programmer in the world, the “best” thing to do would be to write the entire codebase alone.
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Encoding vs Encryption - They Aren't the Same
Aug 14, 2019 by Lane WagnerWhile encryption does involve various methods of encoding data, the two are absolutely not interchangeable. In fact, if you get them mixed up it can result in serious data breaches and security vulnerabilities.
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Automatic Cross-Platform Deployments with Electron
Aug 08, 2019 by Lane WagnerThis is a tutorial on how to set up an Electron app on Travis CI, so that new versions are deployed to GitHub Releases with a simple pull request.
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Creating and Remembering a Strong Passphrase
Aug 03, 2019 by Lane WagnerWe all have hundreds of online accounts. Ideally, as many of those accounts as possible have unique passwords.
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BIP 32 Watch-Only Wallets
Jul 25, 2019 by Lane WagnerBitcoin improvement proposal 32 is, in my opinion, one of the most important BIPs we have.
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Trustworthy vs Trustless Apps
Jul 23, 2019 by Lane WagnerIn the wake of the hearings about Facebook’s new Libra blockchain, it is more important than ever that we all understand the difference between trustworthy and trustless apps.
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Secure Random Numbers in Node.js
Jul 03, 2019 by Lane WagnerQuick answer: use crypto.randomBytes() for cryptographically secure randomness in Node.js. const { randomBytes } = await import('node:crypto'); const buf = randomBytes(256); console.
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