How to rent your apartment
A friend of mine decided to rent his unit and reached out to me with a few questions. As I usually do, instead of just providing the specific answers to specific questions, I decided to …
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How astronomic plate-solving works
Plate-solving is a technique used by astrophotographers to align the telescope in the sky very precisely using a star pattern matching algorithm. Aligning the telescope via plate-solving is not only easier but also significantly more …
How to do Scrum right, 5-minute crash course
The agile development methodology is nothing new these days. Since its inception in the spring of 2000, it has proliferated through the industry like a wildfire through the dry brush. Every one of us has …
Coding in React.js – JavaScript, actions, state, and localization
React.js is a developer-friendly framework for building interactive web applications. It takes the rich and verbose world of DOM and JavaScript runtime available in the modern browsers and packages it in easy-to-understand rules. No wonder …
Protect the home network with your own PKI certification authority using OpenSSL
Most home computer networks are not secure. At best, wireless networks are protected with a password. However, once the computer joins the network, a moderately skilled hacker can sniff most of the traffic, with the …
Sky-Watcher SynScan V5 hand controller firmware upgrade
Recently I had to spend a decent amount of time researching how to upgrade Sky-Watcher SynScan hand controller firmware on my EQ6-R Pro mount. Despite official documentation, a number of forum discussions, and a handful …
How async tasks work in .NET
When I was writing my previous post Should I Task.Wait() or await Task? I was slowly coming to the realization that it builds on a layer of abstraction some of us are not familiar with. …
Should I Task.Wait() or await Task?
CLR offers an excellent construct for parallel programming – a task. Instead of dealing with threads, developers only have to break their code into small parallelizable units of work, and magic happens behind the scenes. …
How to do the re-organizaion
I’ve been meaning to write on this topic for some time after publishing Why companies reorg? post. The original article covers re-organization from the employee’s point of view but leaves the manager’s perspective open to …
Complete guide to the Milky Way photography
Recently I expanded my landscape photography hobby into astrophotography territory. All it really takes to join this exclusive club is to walk outside your house at night and tilt the camera up. Everything after that …