Ready to dive into pentesting? Forget the theory overload – the real learning happens in your own beginner pentesting lab. Think of it as your personal, safe hacking playground on your computer. As one guide bluntly puts it, “nothing beats real, hands-on experience” – so we’re skipping the fluff and getting straight to it. In…
Hi! We’re back! Weird right? It’s been over 2 years. We took a break after episode 400, not because we ran out of things to talk about, but because we were so focused on our CodePen 2.0 work, it got old not being able to discuss it yet. We’ll be talking plenty about that going forward. But…
The Wizard of Oz method is a proven UX research tool that simulates real interactions to uncover authentic user behavior. Victor Yocco explores its fundamentals, advanced techniques, and critical considerations, including its relevance in the emerging field of agentic AI. New technologies and innovative concepts frequently enter the product development lifecycle, promising to revolutionize user…
Linear Search, also known as Sequential Search, operates by traversing through the dataset, element by element until the desired item is found or the algorithm reaches the end of the collection. Its simplicity and ease of implementation make it a go-to choice for small datasets and lists where items are added or removed frequently. While…
s and no unnecessary wrappers, resulting in faster load times and higher scores across all boards. Elementor, on the other hand, added heavily nested markup and extra scripts, even on this simple layout, which dragged down its performance. If clean code, fast loading, and technical efficiency are priorities for you, Droip clearly comes out ahead….
As always in design, timing matters, and so do timely notifications. Let’s explore how we might improve the notifications UX. More design patterns in our Smart Interface Design Patterns, a friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly — from complex data tables and nested filters to FAQs and error messages. In many…
MetaTrader 5 (MT5) is an advanced trading platform supporting a multitude of different assets like Forex, cryptos, commodities, and so on. It is incredibly popular among Japanese traders and regulated brokers. Many programmers in Japan are employing its MQL5 programming language to develop advanced trading algorithms and we are going to explain how they are…
Hey guys, Rocky here—you probably know me as the founder of CodeLivly. A few weeks ago I got a call I didn’t expect: a Kathmandu-based cybersecurity company asked if I’d consider joining them as a fractional security strategist. (Spoiler: I said “let’s talk.”) While we were still working out the details, the same firm invited…
Mr. Brad Frost, and his brother Ian, have a new course they are selling called Subatomic: The Complete Guide to Design Tokens. To be honest, I was a smidge skeptical. I know what a design token is. It’s a variable of a color or font-family or something. I pretty much only work on websites, so…
CSS has evolved from a purely presentational language into one with growing logical powers — thanks to features like container queries, relational pseudo-classes, and the if() function. Is it still just for styling, or is it becoming something more? Gabriel Shoyombo explores how smart CSS has become over the years, where it is heading, the…