In the previous blog post, we went over how to use the HTML Drag-and-Drop interface, which is a well-supported web API that’s available to use across major web browsers. Here, we will go over how we can extend our previous demo to support touch interactions so that our application can be used across various devices … Read More
For web developers, creating intuitive and interactive user interfaces is essential to providing a great user experience. One feature that significantly enhances the user experience is drag-and-drop functionality. This feature allows users to manipulate elements on the screen in a natural and interactive way. In this article, we will explore the HTML Drag and Drop … Read More
Partitioning is one of the easiest ways to improve the performance of your data lake, because it reduces the amount of data scanned. But implementing partitions can be surprisingly challenging, as can their effective use. In this post I look at several of the issues that you should consider when partitioning your data.
When I ran the Lambda from my previous post against Chariot’s CloudTrail repository, it took almost four minutes to process a single day’s worth of data. That seems like a long time, and as a developer I want to optimize everything I write. In this post I look into analyzing the current runtime, and options for improving it.
A Deep Dive into IndexedDB In a previous article, I compared client-side storage solutions: localStorage, sessionStorage, cookies, and touched briefly on IndexedDB. In the vast ecosystem of web storage solutions, IndexedDB stands out as a powerful, low-level API for client-side storage of significant amounts of structured data. While cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage are suited for … Read More
In the realm of web development, ensuring data persistence is a top priority. Web developers face the challenge of storing data seamlessly and effectively, often juggling various storage solutions to meet specific needs. One of the leading and supported options is IndexedDB, a powerful client-side database solution. Though SessionStorage, LocalStorage, and cookies have their places, … Read More
Recently, a project I worked on was considering using Electron as a fallback technology for an initial Progressive Web Application. At the time, the assumption was that since Electron uses Chromium, a browser, it should allow application developers to not only use the features of a PWA but also gain native access to technologies, such … Read More
If you want to run OS X Sonoma, but can’t dedicate a computer to it, you could always install it on the UTM virtual machine engine. This allows you to test out Beta OS X features without taking over your primary machine’s OS. Pre-requisites: A Mac with Apple Silicon running OS X Ventura An Apple … Read More
In a perfect world, there would never be a need to connect to your resources running on AWS. In the real world, it’s sometimes necessary to get your hands dirty and look at what’s happening on the actual machine, especially during development. This post dives into a few ways to connect your workstation to resources running inside a VPC. It started out as a how-to for using bastion hosts, but quickly expanded to look beyond the bastion.
Decision support databases have a number of quirks that are not obvious to the casual user, particularly someone coming from an OLTP background. In this post I look at how unbalanced distributions can impact your query performance, how you can identify imbalances, and what you can do to fix them.
