Two-Factor Authentication Takeaways
I attended a talk during All Things Open regarding two-factor authentication (2FA). There were some interesting takeaways.
Passwords win
It's interesting that passwords still have the best security tradeoffs. Google did a study about tradeoffs in different authentication methods. The main concerns in these tradeoffs are: . . .
Bullish on Flutter
I'm bullish on Flutter at the moment. After all the research I have done, the talks I've heard and the sample apps I have developed--once Flutter reaches 1.0, it will be the best cross-platform solution for mobile.
Once the Flutter team releases the Cupertino widgets and its version 1.0, then it will make its value . . .
Forking Visual Studio Code
I have been using Visual Studio Code for a few weeks now. I like how fast it is and its extensibility model. Its extension points are well designed. I am currently using it for javascript, flutter and markdown. I have been able to find extension for most things I wanted to do.
I also forked vs code to test a new editor interface. The . . .
Chicken Sexing Doesn’t Work in Software
Estimating how long a software project will take is like trying to guess the sex of a day-old chicken. They are both very difficult. Only highly trained chicken sexers can reliably guess the sex of a chick. Even if you ask them how they know, they will tell you they “just do,” and that they can’t communicate exactly how it is they are so . . .
Event Sourcing Versus Traditional Architectures
Implementing Event Sourcing in your application offers significant advantages over traditional architectures.
As you add new features to your application you may have realized that your initial assumptions about your data model are not adequate. You end up doing expensive data migrations and changes to your software. Your business, or worse, your customers, end up paying the price because changes take longer than expected. How can your application be . . .
Event Sourcing Presentation
How Dropsource implements Event Sourcing
I gave a presentation to the Triangle Node.js meetup group.
The presentation gave an intro to Event Sourcing and how we are implementing it at Dropsource.
There were some good questions. Blog on Event Sourcing coming soon.
Teaching React Intro Class
I have been teaching a React Intro class over at codementor.io.
By the end of this course I hope students will have hands-on experience using React and Flux. We are building a real-time chat application which will provide a real sense of how to build apps the React way.
In this class, students will learn:
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