Using string concatenation to build JSON payloads is bad practice and can lead to security vulnerabilities and subtle bugs when inputs are not properly sanitized. We should use the Jackson library ...

On March 5, 2025, the Portland Trail Blazers played the Boston Celtics in one of the regular season’s final games. The Celtics were nine-point favorites, and played as such, taking the lead shortly ...

We bought a 100-year-old house about 2 1/2 years ago, and while it had good bones it suffered from benign neglect. I’m struggling with guilt and shame regarding the amount of money we have spent since ...

I’m looking for a financial planner, marriage counselor and, possibly, a divorce attorney. I want to do everything I can to save our marriage, but it’s been 10 years and I’ve had enough. I’m making a ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science ...

A bald eagle heads toward a mountain stream and a lunch of salmon a few months ago near Ketchikan, Alaska. (Photo by Art Smith) It used to be extremely rare to spot a bald eagle along the area rivers.

We meet a solutions architect who tells us that his defining characteristic is curiosity, and that for him success is in solving problems with technology, for people. In a recent episode of the First ...

AI arguably presents the greatest opportunities and risks of our time: How will it reshape the way we live and work, and improve our efficiency without losing judgment, context, and nuance? AI is ...

The rise of AI Face Swap Video technology has transformed the way we make and share content online. The faces can be swapped in videos almost instantly by simply having a photo and a clip. Thanks to ...

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the ...

In an era defined by distrust in traditional institutions, the economic scoreboard Americans rely on—government-issued statistics like the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI)—is ...

Take Leica. You know, the camera company that’s been capturing reality for over a century. Instead of trying to out-tech the tech companies, its doubling down on what makes it irreplaceable: ...