Interesting Snippets from 2018-05-16

• About - RedLine13

  redline13 is focused on bringing (Almost) Free Load Testing to the Cloud.  We were inspired by the high price of load testing tools, or the lack of cloud-readiness of the free tools for load testing.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-05-10

• Frequently asked questions - RethinkDB

  RethinkDB is the first open-source, scalable JSON database built from the ground up for the realtime web. It inverts the traditional database architecture by exposing an exciting new access model – instead of polling for changes, the developer can tell RethinkDB to continuously push updated query results to applications in realtime. RethinkDB’s realtime push architecture dramatically reduces the time and effort necessary to build scalable realtime apps.

• Browser Capabilities Project

  Providing regularly updated browscap.ini and related downloads since 1998!

• Bootstrap · The most popular HTML, CSS, and JS library in the world.

  Bootstrap is an open source toolkit for developing with HTML, CSS, and JS. Quickly prototype your ideas or build your entire app with our Sass variables and mixins, responsive grid system, extensive prebuilt components, and powerful plugins built on jQuery.

• S3-compatible Cloud Storage | Wasabi

  Wasabi is a cloud-based object storage service for a broad range of applications and use cases. Wasabi is designed for individuals and organizations that require a high-performance, reliable, and secure data storage infrastructure at minimal cost.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-05-07

• Airtable

  Part spreadsheet, part database, and entirely flexible, teams use Airtable to organize their work, their way.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-04-25

• porttest.dns-oarc.net -- Check your resolver's source port behavior | DNS-OARC

  The announcement in Jul 2008 of CERT VU#800113 made it clear that resolvers should use random source source ports when sending queries. Here at OARC, we crafted a special DNS name and server that you can query to learn whether or not your own resolver is using random ports.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-04-24

• ‘The Efficiency Paradox’ Review: Big Data, Big Problems - WSJ

  Though technology is making our lives ever more convenient, it also may be having the unintended effect of lowering our skill set. Gregg Easterbrook reviews “The Efficiency Paradox” by Edward Tenner.

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