7 years ago (!) I wrote a post comparing ZIP and tar, plus gz or xz, and concluded that ZIP is ideal if you need to quickly access individual files in the compressed archive, and tar + compression (like tar + xz) is ideal if you need maximum compression. Since then, I discovered pixz, which seems to provide the best of both worlds: Maximum compression with indexing for quick seeking.
Python Encryption Example
Fluid CSS design and Feedbin’s mobile interface
On August 26th, I posted several feature requests for Feedbin. On August 27th, Feedbin became open source. Since the timing was just too perfect to ignore, I decided to fix some things myself. The first big improvement has been fixing Feedbin’s mobile interface, which previously looked like this …
How to find palindromes in Python
In school this week, the idea of finding palindromes in Python came up, as a homework assignment in a class I took last semester. A friend asked me for some guidance in how to do this in Python, so I showed him my “simple” solution:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from …CircleCI makes automated builds easy (but not as easy as they could be)
Earlier today, I stumbled upon CircleCI and I was curious about how it compared to continuous integration products I’ve used in the past (Jenkins and Bamboo). So far I’m impressed.
Testing a Node.js project
After connecting CircleCI to my GitHub account, the only repo I owned …