Brian ShalerOn-the-Fly Video Rendering with Node.js and FFmpegToday, Carvana launched a vehicle valuation tool that uses dynamic video, rendered and streamed on-the-fly, to walk people through the…Feb 24, 20166Feb 24, 20166
Brian ShalerCalculating ConfidenceA few years ago, an open data meetup group I co-organized started collaborating on a document digitization project. Given thousands of…Oct 23, 2015Oct 23, 2015
Brian ShalerThe Privacy TransactionAccording to privacy advocates, relinquishing your personal data to third parties is a bad thing. Merely the possession of your data by a…Oct 23, 2015Oct 23, 2015
Brian ShalerWhat if personal web sites were web applications?I was experimenting with a React-powered blogging engine, and instead of spending a ton of time to make something that is equivalent to…Oct 22, 2015Oct 22, 2015
Brian ShalerDecentralized Network GraphsI’ve been thinking about how we access content our friends share online and how we could do it without requiring centralized repositories…Oct 21, 20151Oct 21, 20151
Brian ShalerThe InterfaceAn interface is defined as the interaction between two systems. An application interface is the point of interaction between a human and a…Oct 20, 2015Oct 20, 2015
Brian ShalerData is EverywhereThe popular term Big Data represents the collection, storage, processing, and analysis of vast quantities of data. At its simplest, it…Oct 18, 2015Oct 18, 2015
Brian ShalerExtensibility and Declarative ProgrammingWhen you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015
Brian ShalerThe Singularity and Forward ProgressIn technology, singularity can be defined as the point in which an artificially intelligent computer, network, or robot is capable of…Oct 17, 2015Oct 17, 2015