UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right? buff.ly/2xqUeBw

The #CFP is up and we are go for 2018. Consider this the call for sponsors: if you want to be involved reach out! goo.gl/5J2Zox

Can (a == 1 && a == 2 && a == 3) equal true? buff.ly/2J50wrN

Short computer history thread! - Year: 1968 - Problem: Non-computer specialists at RAND needed to compute but did not know how to type yet - Solution: A tablet, a stylus and an "iconic" programming environment (duh!)

Compromised JavaScript Package Caught Stealing npm Credentials buff.ly/2zuBn9L

A one year PWA retrospective – Pinterest Engineering buff.ly/2LzZPbr

The hash-bang directive '#!' is actually processed by the kernel: when a file starts with 0x23, 0x21 (which is #!) the kernel will interpret what follows as the path to executable and attempt to run. The message from Dennis Ritchie that introduced '#!' in Research Unix, Jan 1980

The Cost Of JavaScript In 2018 – Addy Osmani buff.ly/2nj3Rug

How to teach yourself hard things - Julia Evans buff.ly/2LONGP3

Official Google Africa Blog: Announcing 10,000 Grow with Google Developer Scholarships with Pluralsight and Andela buff.ly/2z3Zicu

🚨 WHAT?? 😮 There is an official #IWD Women Techmakers event happening in Johannesburg this year on the 23 March🤩🤩 Register at this link if you want to attend 👇 (RT to tell your friend) womentechmakers.com/iwd19 👭

Eventual Consistency

Rage Against the Codebase: Programmers and Negativity buff.ly/2KJ2cwo

Rage Against the Codebase: Programmers and Negativity

how I got better at debugging

Why is the “Save” button on MS Excel represented by the picture of vending machine? (with purchased drink at the bottom) — a question by young Japanese caught a buzz in Japan

Someone was just asking me for the actual NIST link/resource/verbiage that killed 20 years of painful password complexity and expiration. Here it is again, buried in 300 pages. pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800…

Tshimologong Precinct in partnerships with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have opened applications for the MIT Global Startups Labs. A great platform for young people to from groups and learn how to start a #startup during the June holidays docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

How I learn an Open Source Codebase – kentcdodds buff.ly/2L09N5V

This year's Entelect challenge includes a university challenge, a one day event where students can get involved in and teams stand a chance to win awesome gaming laptops and tickets to Comic Con Africa to watch the finals