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i18n Module for Node and Express.js
As a follow-up to my post from last week on a strategy for i18n and Node.js I’ve published my module for handling internationalization in Node and, specifically, Express.js. The module is now available...
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Keeping Passwords in Source Control
I learned a neat tip from my co-worker, Craig Silverstein (more on Craig joining Khan Academy), recently and I thought others might find it to be useful. It has to deal with the eternal question: How...
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Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja Released
Happy news! My book, Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja is finally in stock on Amazon! It’s been available on Manning.com for over a month now but I think Amazon has been struggling to keep the books...
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Fixing Google Analytics for Ghostery
As an avid user of Ghostery, which blocks all sorts of tracking scripts, pixels, and other web bugs I frequently run across a surprising issue: The case in which the Google Analytics ga.js script has...
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WebKit is the jQuery of Browser Engines
The news has just come out that Opera is switching all of their browsers (both mobile and desktop) to use WebKit (specifically, Chromium). I’ve seen a lot of gnashing of teeth on Twitter and I feel...
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Asm.js: The JavaScript Compile Target
Like many developers I’ve been excited by the promise of Asm.js. Reading the recent news that Asm.js is now in Firefox nightly is what got my interest going. There’s also been a massive surge in...
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Gittip at Khan Academy
For a while now I’ve been a huge fan of Gittip. I think they’ve created one of the most interesting models for funding Open Source development. One of the missing pieces, for most Open Source...
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Node.js Stream Playground
This summer I had the opportunity to attend NodeConf and it was a fantastic experience. I really appreciated how every session was a hands-on coding session: I felt like I walked away knowing how to...
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Use Project-based Interviews Instead of “GitHub”
First, some background: I highly recommend that you read the following two blog posts: by Ashe Dryden: The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community and by James Coglan: Why Github is not your CV....
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Write Code Every Day
Last fall, work on my coding side projects came to a head: I wasn’t making adequate progress and I couldn’t find a way to get more done without sacrificing my ability to do effective work at Khan...
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Low-cost .com Domains with Whois Privacy
In an effort to be more privacy conscious I’ve been looking to transition to having Domain Privacy enabled on all the domains that I own. As it turns out many domain registrars, including my current...
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Annotated Version of the Original jQuery Release
Recently I was prompted by Daniel Lamb to try and find old versions of jQuery for his jQuery Archive project. Thankfully I was able to find one in the Internet Archive from just a couple weeks after...
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Using Waifu2x to Upscale Japanese Prints
In my spare time I’ve been working on a database of Japanese prints for a little over 3.5 years now. I’m fully aware that I’ve never actually written about this, personally very important, project on...
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Building an Art History Database Using Computer Vision
Since the fall of 2013 I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with the Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive, a venerable art history research institution here in New York City. We’ve been...
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10th Anniversary of jQuery
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of jQuery. I announced it back at BarCamp NYC 2006 when I was still in college. It’s incredible to think of how far it’s come and just how many people...
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