Posts from 2016

Posts on web development, AI, and technology from 2016.

September 4, 2016

AWS Lambda's Bad Interface Is Actually a Feature

Lambda's clunky deployment process forced me to think small. That constraint led me to better microservices design. Sometimes friction is good.

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August 15, 2016

Bash on Ubuntu on Windows: What Works and What Doesn't

Microsoft added Ubuntu's Bash to Windows. I tested it for real work and hit some rough edges.

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August 11, 2016

Running PHP 5.6 with Apache on El Capitan

Quick guide to setting up PHP 5.6 with Apache on macOS El Capitan. Includes the key configuration change you might miss.

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August 10, 2016

Why Browsers Killed Flash (And Why Designers Lost Out)

Chrome disabled Flash in 2016. But this wasn't just about speed—it was battery life, privacy, and Apple's dominance.

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August 5, 2016

Understanding CORS: Basic vs. Preflight Requests

CORS confuses developers. Learn the difference between basic and preflight requests, why they exist, and how to configure them in Apache and nginx.

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August 3, 2016

Upgrading WordPress to PHP 7: Configuration Changes

Ubuntu 16.04 ships with PHP 7, which broke my WordPress. Here's how to upgrade PHP config and point nginx to the new php-fpm socket.

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August 2, 2016 Edge 14: Microsoft Finally Catches Up to Firefox

Edge 14: Microsoft Finally Catches Up to Firefox

Edge 14 hit 460 points on the HTML5 Test. For the first time, Microsoft's browser was competitive with Firefox. Here's what that meant for web standards.

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July 22, 2016

Mocha v3: Major Improvements to the Test Runner

Mocha v3 dropped with better .only() behavior, visual improvements, and Node v7 support. Here's what changed and why it matters.

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June 12, 2016

Setting Up CORS Vary-Origin Headers in AWS S3

CORS configuration in S3 is tricky. Here's the exact XML config to handle multiple origins and cache headers correctly.

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May 27, 2016

Using UglifyJS's screw-ie8 Option in Gulp

If you don't need to support IE8, you can optimize your minified JavaScript with the screw-ie8 flag. Here's how to set it up in Gulp.

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