Sometimes I hear folks in the Crossplane community ask if they can just use Helm instead of opting into our package manager. The technical answer to this question is “yes”, but it typically represents a misinterpretation of what Crossplane is providing in…

It’s not just physical combat—animals have a host of strategies for building clout

On 14 April, 2022, a pair of Ukrainian Neptune ASM missiles struck the Moskva, fatally wounding the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and leading to her demise hours later.* How is it that a warship fitted with an able and capable SAM system, CIWS (close…

Case-Shiller is not the most timely home price indicator, but it has advantages. For example, it helps map housing prices over long periods.

The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.

Canada's housing market is one of the world's hottest, with prices jumping by more than 20% in 2021.

Device uses a weak current to artificially amplify the taste of salt, as part of efforts to reduce sodium levels in popular dishes

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A while ago, I wrote about my…

Is the value of the tank in modern warfare zilch? That’s the lesson many observers are taking from a flood of images depicting Russian tanks mired in the

It's a shortcut to understanding, and there are no shortcuts

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California legislators are calling for a 32-hour workweek for companies with more than 500 employees.

In ambulatory patients with heart failure, a dietary intervention to reduce sodium
intake did not reduce clinical events.

The first type, termed the “central” route, comes from careful and thoughtful consideration of the messages we hear.

Storypointing is a pointless exercise many agile/scrum teams follow

For a decade, warnings about a tech bubble have only led to more money flooding into high-growth start-ups. Could this one be it?