I have been very fortunate to have both worked alongside some incredible engineering leaders, as well as lead engineering teams myself. These experiences have primarily been in the context of startups that are growing rapidly in terms of both customers and…

Since the J. Paul Getty Museum launched its Open Content program back in 2013, we've been featuring their efforts to make their vast collection of cultural artifacts freely accessible online.

For whom the bell tolls; it tolls for copyright trolls.

We’ve always been outspoken about running a profitable, financially responsible company in an industry that has become incredibly proficient at losing buckets of money. While everyone else was celebrating burning cash, we chose profit instead. Still do.

How we built a postgres proxy. Deciphering the postgres protocol to add SSO enabled auditlogging

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A new report claims that the company uses accounting schemes to avoid declaring profits in the U.S. and paying taxes.

PostgreSQL isn’t just a simple relational database; it’s a data management framework with the potential to engulf the entire database…

How to Copy Text from Images ? Answer is TextSnatcher !. Perform OCR operations in seconds on Linux Desktop. - RajSolai/TextSnatcher

Did you know fungi naturally produce all the ingredients needed for a cruelty-free meat substitute? Our scientists are exploring how tuning the genomes of mushrooms and molds can transform these food sources into gourmet, nutrient-packed meals made with minimal…

Not every thing the company says is completely candid.

How one computer science professor in Montana aims to supplant reactivity, compete with JavaScript, restore true REST, and make the web more developer-friendly.

Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.

One judge dissents, saying Texas law "limits adults' access to protected speech."

A close family friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead and that a story could surface that he killed himself.

For some context, I live the US, in an at-will state, and there's no employment contract involved.
When I was younger, I worked at a warehouse doing inventory-related activities as an hourly employ...

TLDR: 30 member tech team formed over seven years built India's largest stock broker. Unconventional setup. The long pending tech blog is finally here. Some backstory and context.