Three years ago I quit my job and started consulting full time. It's worked out really well. I get to spend more time doing things I like to do and I've been able to deliver great products for clients. I wanted to go over some tips for starting a successful consulting business. Going Solo, Successfully

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“I want to debunk the myth that originality requires extreme risk taking and persuade you that originals are actually far more ordinary than we realize.” — Adam Grant, Originals Hi readers. Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Steph. I’m an indie maker. You Don't Need to Quit Your Job to Make

Amazon on Thursday canceled its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in New York City after facing an unexpectedly fierce backlash from some lawmakers and union leaders, who contended that a tech giant did not deserve nearly $3 billion in government incentives. Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters

Red Hat Satellite is a complex offering and we wanted to spend some time talking about the underlying databases that make Satellite work as well as some upcoming changes to this underlying database structure that you should be aware of. Red Hat Satellite to standardize on PostgreSQL backend

Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), warned phone service providers that if they don't crack down on fraudulent caller IDs from robocallers his agency will step in with regulation. FCC threatens carriers with 'regulatory intervention' over robocalls

Why can’t a bot tick the "I'm not a robot" box? Pourquoi un logiciel (bot) ne pourrait pas cocher la case "Je ne suis pas un robot" ?

I’ve learned a lot of skills over the course of my career, but no technical skill more useful than SQL. SQL stands out to me as the most valuable skill for a few reasons: Let me drill into each of these a bit further. SQL: One of the Most Valuable Skills

A team of arborists has successfully cloned and grown saplings from the stumps of some of the world’s oldest and largest coast redwoods, some of which were 3,000 years old and measured 35 feet in diameter when they were cut down in the 19th and 20th centuries. Arborists Have Cloned Ancient Redwoods From Their Massive Stumps

Amazon and others found that 100 milliseconds of latency is responsible for 1% in sales. But latency on the web is hard to overcome. Amazon (PowerPoint, slide #15): 100 ms of latency resulted in 1% less sales. Make your site’s pages instant in 1 minute