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Building a positive meritocracy: It's harder than it sounds

When Michael Young coined the word in 1958, he never thought that meritocracy would be idealized 50-some year later. Young's book, The Rise of the Meritocracy, was a satirical…

5 tips to improve productivity with zsh

The zsh shell offers countless options and features. Here are 5 ways to boost your efficiency from the command line.

Use systemd timers instead of cronjobs

Timers provide finer-grained control of events than cronjobs.

Explore binaries using this full-featured Linux tool

Radare2 is an open source tool custom-made for binary analysis.

How to upgrade your Fedora Linux system with DNF

Automating pre-press layouts with Linux commands

Armed with a few simple open source commands, you can drastically reduce the effort involved in prepping your work for print. Going to print is an exciting time for any…

Run a command on binary files with this script

Try this simple script to easily run a command on binary files regardless of their packaging.

An introduction to machine learning today

Machine learning and artificial intelligence have changed a lot since the last wave of interest, about 25 years ago.

How to write a web service using Python Flask

What if you could write your own web services? Get started with this tutorial.

4 text editors for Linux

This is a short list of my favorite graphical text editors for Linux that can be classified as IDE (integrated development environment). Here, I give the pros and cons of…

An introduction to functional programming in JavaScript

Explore functional programming and how using it can make your programs easier to read and debug.

What is CI/CD?

Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are extremely common terms in software production. But do you know what they really mean?

Migration to open source tool inspires new Linux distribution

The idea of creating a Linux distribution with Firebird database came to me a long time ago when I was structuring the IT department of a company which develops automation…