Published a year ago

When I first read that proof of work was a way to achieve consensus on the blockchain network by solving a resource-intensive math puzzle it made little sense to me. It made little sense to me because I didn't understand how solving complex math problems ensured that a network remained unc...

Published 2 years ago

Pixel tracking is when an obscure image is sent in the body of an email to gather information about the recipient. Pixel tracking is prevalent in the world of digital advertisement. Service providers typically use it when they have limited access to end users' devices or software tools...

Published 2 years ago

Repeating a given string several times is something you rarely have to do as a developer, however, sometimes you need to repeat white spaces to pad some text to keep spacing even across a list. You can use either a loop or the built-in PHP function to perform this action. The function ta...

Published 2 years ago

The code below produces the code snippet shown above using HighlightJS and some custom JS to append a click to copy button to the snippet. ...

Published 2 years ago

A Cron Job is what you set up if you need a script or piece of code to be executed sometime in the future, once or at intervals. Cron jobs are usually set up to run tasks at regular intervals. This includes things like backing up data on a ...

Published 2 years ago

A URL slug is the part of a URL formed from the title of the content. Let's use this blog post as an example. It has the title "What Is A URL Slug?" and its resulting URL is https://www.eddymens.com/blog/what-is-a-u...