Python threading and subprocesses explained

By default, Python’s runtime executes in a single thread, with traffic directed by the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). Most of the time this isn’t a significant bottleneck, but it becomes one when you want to run many jobs in parallel. Python provides two ways to work...

What Entrust certificate distrust means for developers

Public key infrastructure (PKI) — first introduced by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in an IEEE paper in 1976 — has secured web communications like clockwork for decades. For every site visit, PKI brokers trust between web browsers and websites, proving the...

Developers don’t belong on an assembly line

As we all learned in history class in high school, the Industrial Revolution gave birth to machine-driven manufacturing processes that greatly increased production, lowered the costs of manufactured goods, and raised everyone’s standard of living. It even changed how...