The phenomenon of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks debuted in the mid-1990s and has since gone through big evolutionary changes. At its dawn, it was largely a prerogative of hacktivists who knocked major internet services offline as a sign of protest against online [ read more...]

The word “amateur” usually carries negative connotations, but its etymology—from the Latin “amare”—refers to love. As an amateur coder, I’m someone who programs for the joy of programming. Arguably, all programmers began like that—learning how to code because it’s something they like. [ read more...]