Verifying signed webhooks
2020-07-20In this article I take a look at verifying Nexmo signed webhooks. The ideas might be useful in your own projects and for dealing with other APIs.
Filed in: CodeURL Encoding
2020-07-07In this article I take a look at what URL encoding is, and also look at a related practical problem I had to overcome.
Filed in: CodeFreelancing: How much should you charge?
2020-01-06In this article I take a look at how much you should charge for freelance IT work.
Filed in: RandomThe death of the Internet café
2019-11-25A look back at the rise and fall of the Internet café, or Cyber café as it was sometimes known.
Filed in: RetroWrite your own JWT generator in Python
2019-11-23Shows you how to write your own command-line JWT generator in Python.
Filed in: CodeHow to write a simple web spider in Python
2019-11-07How to write a simple web spider in Python to use as a link checker.
Filed in: CodeWhat are Character Encodings?
2019-11-02This article takes a look at what character encodings are.
Filed in: CodeWhat are Character Sets?
2019-10-29This article takes a look at what character sets are.
Filed in: Code