In idle conversation I was asked by MM.
Question: What is the maximum number of colons ‘:’ that may appear in a valid URL?
If you said zero to one, then you are victim of browsers, and you have never used anything but a browser.
If you said one, then your a novice.
If you said two, then you have probably seen http://host:port at some time.
If you said three, then you would be correct, the elite.
http://user:pass@host:port/location
For the record my initial answer was 2.
MySQL has dropped its newest release , categorized as “Early Access” and available at https://labs.mysql.com/ . While this post is not going to go into depth, I wanted to at least validate the management changes you verify between normal MySQL upgrades.
Read moreOn a major financial institution website I was asked to complete a contact form. This organization has millions of existing customers. This is not a startup, yet the quality of work is something a junior developer would fail at an interview if they provided the answer.
Read moreIn my previous post I made the case that the only post-quantum protection that counts is the algorithm your connection actually negotiates. This post is what happened when I checked my own laptop.
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