I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.
There are very few things that make you think of time and remind you how old you are like that email that I received another day. Red Hat Bugzilla sent me an automated email about the update on the bug in Fedora 3 (!!!) that I commented on … in November of 2004. Yeah, that’s good 13+ years ago.
This is so long ago, it’s almost unbelievable. Back in those days, I was working at PrimeTel and even had a slightly different spelling to my surname. Oh, boy.
I consider Tim O’Reilly to be one of the smartest people around. Whether you agree with that or not, or whether you worry about his education agenda being pushed too much, the “Networks and the Next Economy” slides are still worth the time. These are both current and futuristic at the same time.
Here are some very exciting news from the WordPress fronts: WordPress 5 will feature the built-in Gutenberg project. Gutenberg is a complete rebuilt of the WordPress administration and content publishing experience, with much faster and cleaner user interface and a whole array of new features, such as “page builder” functionality.
Here are a couple of links with more information on how to get yourself ready in time:
“Unit Testing – The Big Picture” is a super useful for those of us who need a refresher or an overview of what software testing is in general, and how unit testing relates to other types of testing in particular. It covers a bit of history of testing, different approaches, terminology, and more.
“Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Prevention Cheat Sheet” is a list of general recommendations and specific techniques to protect web applications against the CSRF attacks. That is, before the CSRF attacks will become obsolete.