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Work Hard Play Hard

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GlassDoor has certified already thatĀ Expedia is one of the best places to work, now it’s officially also one of the best places to party. I didn’t fully grasp the meaning of the phrase “Work Hard Play Hard” till I participated to the epicĀ company party in Budapest in June, three days of conferences, activities and parties … Continue reading Work Hard Play Hard →

CSS

Internet Explorer 8 supports partially box-sizing in tables

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Not so long ago, in the dark times when browsers did not have nativeĀ developer tools, andĀ Internet Explorer 6 was dominating the web landscape inflicting pain and sufferings to all of the Front End developers in the world, the fundamental property of CSS that is theĀ box model, the formula that dictates how widths and heights sizes … Continue reading Internet Explorer 8 supports partially box-sizing in tables →

JavaScript

Chrome changes its center of gravity, reference is not the document but the viewport

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Each system needs coordinates and references rules, when speaking ofĀ two dimensional systems we have for the Cartesian one a source point starting from which the elements grow positively to the right and upwards, if you remove height units you move down. Take for example the famous puzzle game Tetris, as the blocks pile up, when … Continue reading Chrome changes its center of gravity, reference is not the document but the viewport →

WebTech

Free SSL certificate for HTTPS provider StartCom StartSSL distrusted by Mozilla and Google

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We are in a stormy period from the political point of view on a global level, and those who deal with technology can occasionally get the impression of being in a kind of virtuous bubble, a community of enthusiasts discussing in honesty and transparency in a general mood ofĀ trust, trust which is the basis of … Continue reading Free SSL certificate for HTTPS provider StartCom StartSSL distrusted by Mozilla and Google →

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Codemotion 2016 @ Milan

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In life oneĀ never stop learning, if we consider all the innovations that are coming upĀ in theseĀ years forĀ technology, it would take the lives of a cat to follow on everything. In this sense, technology conferences areĀ a good way to explore new trends in the industry thanks to experts that wear the journalist hat, filtering the news … Continue reading Codemotion 2016 @ Milan →

JavaScript

Lunh valid Credit Card number generator, for arbitrary BIN

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If you run your own payment page, you probably know by now that MasterCard’s new 2-seriesĀ BINs ranges are coming, andĀ having some test cards to run against validators is always good in order to check that front end update is going well, but where to get them? There are many websites that provideĀ generators that produce test … Continue reading Lunh valid Credit Card number generator, for arbitrary BIN →

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Mind the dollar while debugging, jQuery vs Command Line API

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The number one reason jQuery is the most loved and usedĀ front end library of the wholeĀ internet is the handy DOM selection API that allows to use the CSS syntax to interact with page elements, andĀ the otherĀ convenient factor isĀ the alias $ (dollar sign) that is was unique and short enough (one character, dhu) to make it … Continue reading Mind the dollar while debugging, jQuery vs Command Line API →

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Mail app killing CPU and battery on Mac OSX

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This is a strange period in technology, while the world talks about going green, saving power by unplugging home devices while unused because that small LED light multiplied by millions of users costs lot of energy, it seems instead thatĀ hardware manufacturers, software developers, and IT companies more in general don’t give a fuck about any … Continue reading Mail app killing CPU and battery on Mac OSX →