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Getting started with Spring Security-Preventing CSRF

~3 min read · April 22, 2024 (Updated: April 22, 2024) · Free: No

We talked about enabling third party authentication in last reading using Oauth2.

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The $1,000 Lesson: Turning My Failed Trading Bot Into A Profitability

Readers Club

Readers Club

· ~6 min read · January 30, 2026 (Updated: January 30, 2026) · Free: No

How painful losses rewired my approach to trading risk

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Love Or Limerence? 11 Signs You're In A Fantasy Relationship

~9 min read · June 29, 2023 (Updated: July 3, 2023) · Free: No

You idealize them and put them on a pedestal.

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This is an impressive overview of O.XYZ

~1 min read · July 14, 2025 (Updated: July 14, 2025) · Free: Yes

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THE MELODY OF YESTERDAY

~4 min read · July 31, 2025 (Updated: October 15, 2025) · Free: Yes

In a small, vibrant neighborhood nestled between rust-colored rooftops and narrow lanes, 8-year-...

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Confidence Is Key

~3 min read · September 14, 2025 (Updated: September 15, 2025) · Free: Yes

How confident are you in YOUR abilities?

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Fintech Isn't About Moving Money — It's About Explaining It

~5 min read · February 22, 2026 (Updated: February 22, 2026) · Free: Yes

After more than 7 years building systems in fintech — payments, insurance platforms, ledger...

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From Socratic Seeds to Stoic Strength: How a Question Became a Way of Life

ILLUMINATION

ILLUMINATION

· ~9 min read · April 25, 2025 (Updated: April 25, 2025) · Free: Yes

In the bustling streets of ancient Athens around 400 BCE, a stubborn, barefoot philosopher named...

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UX Case Study — Enhancing Steam's navigation to increase user retention

Bootcamp

Bootcamp

· ~12 min read · October 5, 2023 (Updated: October 9, 2023) · Free: Yes

In this case study I&#39ll show how I went ahead to redesign Steam&#39s Android app to increase...

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Christopher Hitchens on Religion: How Come Religion and Fascism Always Tie the Knots?

Scientists Free From Religion

Scientists Free From Religion

· ~5 min read · September 16, 2025 (Updated: September 22, 2025) · Free: Yes

"If you&#39re going to talk totalitarianism, don&#39t leave the church out." —...

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Digital Twin: An Industrial Revolution?

~4 min read · June 25, 2025 (Updated: June 25, 2025) · Free: Yes

Author: Ayesha Mirza

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Celebrate the Wheel of the Year: Essential Guide to Seasonal Pagan Festivals and Rituals

~9 min read · August 20, 2024 (Updated: November 18, 2024) · Free: Yes

As the seasons change, so do our lives. For many people, celebrating these transitions is a way...

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The Philosophy of Being a Trusted Advisor

Philosophy Today

Philosophy Today

· ~6 min read · October 21, 2025 (Updated: October 22, 2025) · Free: No

Part 1: Reliance Plus

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Fucked by the man my husband choose for me

~9 min read · November 23, 2021 (Updated: March 13, 2024) · Free: No

I was just teasing when I told my husband that man on Tinder would fuck me better. I didn&#39t...

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NØNOS: An Operating System Designed to Forget

~7 min read · January 15, 2026 (Updated: January 15, 2026) · Free: Yes

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Sedekat Satu Bahu Sejauh Satu Dunia

~2 min read · June 2, 2025 (Updated: June 3, 2025) · Free: Yes

Senyumnya singgah, hatiku tinggal.

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Nobody Hires for Skillset

~3 min read · November 27, 2024 (Updated: November 28, 2024) · Free: Yes

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein&#39s brain than...

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I Am Not Unsocial. I Am Selectively Social.

Write A Catalyst

Write A Catalyst

· ~4 min read · January 23, 2026 (Updated: January 23, 2026) · Free: No

Growing older taught me that friendship isn&#39t about how many people know your name — but who...

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Autistic women and the scourge of the manic pixie dream girl

ZORA

ZORA

· ~6 min read · October 13, 2022 (Updated: June 6, 2024) · Free: No

Say it with me, guys: manic pixie dream girls aren&#39t real.

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tell me, world, why is my Heart wasting his love away on idle bodies when i'm here?

~3 min read · July 9, 2025 (Updated: July 9, 2025) · Free: Yes

a plea of desperation and an ode to my greatest longing

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On the Judgement of Taste (Pt. 1): The Hierarchy of Taste

Salt Pepper and Art

Salt Pepper and Art

· ~5 min read · January 30, 2024 (Updated: March 21, 2024) · Free: No

What does having a good taste or bad taste mean? What is the social construct of aesthetic taste?

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A Guide to BGP Control Plane and Cluster Mesh in Cilium Networking

~26 min read · August 17, 2025 (Updated: August 17, 2025) · Free: Yes

The gashida cillium study week 5

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O(Whenever): A New Frontier in Algorithmic Analysis

~2 min read · September 14, 2025 (Updated: September 14, 2025) · Free: Yes

(parody written by ChatGPT, 14 September 2025)

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How to Get Your First Freelance Client: A Beginner's Guide to Success

~5 min read · June 17, 2023 (Updated: June 18, 2023) · Free: No

Have you ever wondered how to crack the code and land your very first freelance client?

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How to Implement Interface in Java?

~4 min read · October 30, 2025 (Updated: October 30, 2025) · Free: Yes

How to Implement Interface in Java?

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Agentic Test Automation: Why SDET Skills Are Now the Only Thing Between Speed and Catastrophe

~10 min read · November 3, 2025 (Updated: November 3, 2025) · Free: Yes

Faster isn&#39t safer: agentic test automation demands sharper SDET judgment to avoid...

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I Benchmarked Every Laravel AI Model on HuggingFace — Nobody Else Had

~4 min read · March 25, 2026 (Updated: March 25, 2026) · Free: Yes

There are 4 Laravel fine-tuned models on HuggingFace. Zero published benchmarks. I tested them...

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3 Things You Absolutely Should Learn From Joe Rogan (Regardless of What You Think of Him)

Awakened Millennial

Awakened Millennial

· ~7 min read · February 25, 2022 (Updated: March 22, 2022) · Free: No

How to pull audiences instead of chasing them?

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Windows Notepad just got a crazy AI upgrade 😲

Coding Beauty

Coding Beauty

· ~3 min read · November 14, 2024 (Updated: November 15, 2024) · Free: No

It&#39s getting ridiculous.

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Store and Rotate API Keys with AWS Secrets Manager

~10 min read · March 17, 2019 (Updated: January 31, 2025) · Free: Yes

Secrets Manager is possibly the best way to manage secrets in AWS. In this post, I show you how...

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The Changing of Thumbs

~4 min read · April 9, 2020 (Updated: December 14, 2021) · Free: No

Inspired by flowers and honey

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Top 5 Best Handheld Gaming PC | 2025 | Best Budget Options

~16 min read · January 20, 2025 (Updated: February 11, 2025) · Free: Yes

The gaming landscape is evolving, and handheld gaming PCs are at the forefront of this revolution.

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11 Hidden PRO Tips in macOS Sequoia!

~7 min read · July 2, 2025 (Updated: July 2, 2025) · Free: No

I&#39ve Been Living With macOS Sequoia 15.1 — Here&#39s What No One Else Is Telling You

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Why Outsmarting Your Own Brain Is the Key to Investing Success

~3 min read · June 7, 2025 (Updated: June 10, 2025) · Free: No

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Cron Jobs Are Dead: How I Used Temporal to Future-Proof My Spring Boot App

~4 min read · June 29, 2025 (Updated: June 29, 2025) · Free: No

Let&#39s face it — cron jobs are fragile. They fail silently, don&#39t retry intelligently, and...

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How to Choose a Reliable Stone Manufacturer in China

~3 min read · December 24, 2025 (Updated: December 24, 2025) · Free: Yes

A Practical Guide for Project Buyers, Architects, and Contractors

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Boost Your Product Visibility with Amazon Keyword Ranking Free Tool

~5 min read · July 3, 2025 (Updated: July 3, 2025) · Free: Yes

Selling on Amazon can be both rewarding and challenging. With millions of products competing for...

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The Best Thing We Can Do Today to Javascript Is to Retire It

CodeX

CodeX

· ~4 min read · October 8, 2022 (Updated: October 8, 2022) · Free: No

The Stack Overflow 2022 Developer Survey report states that JavaScript has been the most popular...

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Shane Windmeyer: Three Takeaways on Workplace Trust Inside a System

~3 min read · March 10, 2026 (Updated: March 10, 2026) · Free: Yes

Shane Windmeyer is a North Carolina–based DEI strategist, speaker, and advisor who helps...

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夢見小島拋棄了她的那個夜晚

~2 min read · July 29, 2025 (Updated: July 29, 2025) · Free: Yes

她夢見自己擱淺了。

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26/12/25

~3 min read · December 26, 2025 (Updated: December 26, 2025) · Free: Yes

This month, I keep wondering and feeling less. Aku tahu kamu adalah orang yang diberkahi...

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the legal system is intimidating. Glad to know there's support when needed.

~1 min read · July 30, 2025 (Updated: July 30, 2025) · Free: Yes

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Kelakar Kenangan Nadi—A&E

~7 min read · January 10, 2026 (Updated: February 4, 2026) · Free: Yes

Tonseok AU – Kidult the series

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The Day I Discovered I'd Been Living a Lie at Work

Index

Index

· ~6 min read · March 4, 2022 (Updated: March 24, 2024) · Free: No

Learn the secret meaning of common corporate words

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Beyond Text: Why GPT‑4o Brings Voice‑to‑Voice AI into the Mainstream

~4 min read · September 8, 2025 (Updated: December 19, 2025) · Free: Yes

Artificial Intelligence has indeed come a long way from its early days of being confined to text-...

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