Category: hacks.

You ever have an interesting problem drop in your lap that you just can’t let go of?

You know the contributions calendar grid on GitHub profiles? The one with all the pretty green squares? What if you could write a message within that box? That’s exactly what a friend of mine asked me a few months ago. At first, it seemed like a silly question, because even...

An uncomfortable majority of companies that offer high storage limits for specific file types have a major problem: MIME type validation isn’t good enough. If you’ve ever had to implement file validation for user uploads, you’ve probably relied heavily on MIME type validation to ensure that the files you are...