Technology

Don’t let SMS Spam phish you!

Phishing scams aren’t anything new. If you’ve lived through the early days of the interwebs, you can…

Debugging Mobile Apps with mitmproxy

Ever wonder exactly what network connections your favorite mobile app is making? In this small…

Node.js HTML5 Websocket Example

Below is a very simple example of how to create a basic websocket using node.js. Websockets are great for maintaining a server/client relationship without as much of the overhead of HTTP web traffic. Today, websockets are used to build a magnitude of browser-based real-time…

Express route param regex validation

Recently, I came across some confusion in the Express 4.x API documentation regarding how to use regex to validation route parameters. It seems there’s been an update and the method to accomplish this differs from version 4.11 and 4.12.

PHP: A case for Zephir

Zephir is an open source, high-level language designed to ease the creation and maintainability of extensions for PHP, with a focus on type and memory safety.

(Ze)ndEngine / (P)HP / (I)nte(r)mediate

Dynamically change URL using Push and Pop state

This practice is becoming more common throughout sites (such as Twitter and Facebook) for changing a URL within the address bar without reloading another page. One of the most common use cases, allows users to bookmark or share URLs when sites are…

REST API: Node vs Rust

A brief look at Node and Rust in the context of web api frameworks