Asynchronous Neural Networks in JavaScript

JavaScript Machine Learning Robotics March 6, 2018

For the past few months I’ve been trying to get some of my robots to roam around the house with a mind of their own, learning as they go. It turns out that the task is harder than I thought. The main issue is paralell signal processing. To illustrate: a single robot will have usually […]

Immutability in JavaScript, A Contrarian View

JavaScript React Redux April 13, 2017

TL/DR: Immutability is more a fashion trend than a necessity in JavaScript. If you are using React it does provide a neat work-around to some confusing design choices in state management. However in most other situations it wont add enough value over the complexity it introduces, serving more to pad up a resume than to fulfill an actual client […]

How to Build a Cross-Platform Metal Detector App

Android Cordova iPhone JavaScript October 22, 2015

Did you know that your smartphone has an in-built magnetometer to power its compass? The earth’s magnetic field is big but not particularly strong, and that means that the magnetometer in your phone is sensitive enough to detect small ferrous metal objects such as a coin, a large nail or a piece of cutlery which […]

25 Techniques for Javascript Performance Optimization

JavaScript Performance Optimization February 21, 2012

These are some the techniques I use for enhancing the performance of JavaScript, they have mostly been collected over various years of experience using the language for improved responsiveness of websites and web applications.

Object-Oriented JavaScript Inheritance

JavaScript Object Orientation September 29, 2011

This is simple but crucial stuff in JavaScript. Its easy to forget how to do object-oriented inheritance from scratch when you are dealing with several JS frameworks and each of them has pre-built methods that support this functionality in a slightly different way.

How to obtain SOAP Request body in C# Web Services

C# NET Framework Web Services May 21, 2011

Microsoft left something out when designing web services, fortunately there is a nifty way to obtain the original SOAP request within a C# web service.