Tag: Keys

The Development of Keys: From Antiquity to Contemporary Security

Keys have been important throughout human history as both functional tools and representations of authority and security. From ancient cultures to contemporary technologies, the development of keys has reflected social progress and our pursuit of safety and security. We’ll look at the intrigui...

Hide your API Keys in Android

You are using a version control system and your project uses some services that require API keys. Everything is all good and well when it is on your local machine, but you obviously don’t want to share these API keys with the world. How can we still preserve our API keys within our applic...

Swift High Performance: Dictionary Keys

This article is an in-depth exploration of how to create dictionary keys that are fast and performant under all circumstances, and why String-based keys often fail in that regard. It includes actual examples and performance data taken from Factory, my open-source dependency injection library...

Living with Food Allergies: Miami & Florida Keys edition

Iam one of the 32 million people in the United States who deal with food allergies. For a long time, I didn’t even know I had food allergies — I just thought it was normal to feel a little crummy after eating. It wasn’t until I was in my 30’s that I figured it out after I had...