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November 2, 2015

minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

Monday, November 02, 2015 Teklinks

The Big List of Naughty Strings is an evolving list of strings which have a high probability of causing issues when used as user-input data. This is intended for use in helping both automated and manual QA testing; useful for whenever your QA engineer walks into a bar.

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Angular 2 Preparation: Killing Controllers

Monday, November 02, 2015 Teklinks

Controllers are dying. The migration path doesn’t even make a reference of them. Once controllers were a cornerstone of Angular. Now we’re all trying to sweep them under the carpet. The question that bothers me is what can you do today to make your life easier once Angular 2 is out.

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November 1, 2015

Using PostCSS with BEM and SUIT Methodologies

Sunday, November 01, 2015 Teklinks

In this tutorial we’re going to learn how to use PostCSS to make development of BEM/SUIT style CSS easier and more efficient. These two methodologies lay out a naming convention for classes that makes it easier to keep your styles tightly function-oriented, and helps other developers recognize the purpose of various classes just from the way they’re named.

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Carrier DT Targets Startups After Europe Agrees Net Neutrality Rules

Sunday, November 01, 2015 Teklinks

Well that was quick. Europe’s controversial new net neutrality rules haven’t even come into force yet and German mobile carrier Deutsche Telekom is suggesting it intends to charge startups to boost the quality of their services under the new rules — as many in the tech industry had feared.

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Who Said FORTRAN is Dead?

Sunday, November 01, 2015 Teklinks

NASA has an urgent need for a FORTRAN developer to support the Voyager spacecraft. Popular Mechanics interviewed Voyager program manager [Suzanne Dodd] who is looking to fill [Larry Zottarell’s] shoes when he retires.

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October 31, 2015

Things To Avoid When Writing CSS — Medium

Saturday, October 31, 2015 Teklinks

Disclaimer: You may disagree with some of the things I’ve written in the ensuing article. That is okay. I do not claim to represent you, your company or your ideology so there’s really no reason to get upset. Just go ahead and disagree.

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