Expert Contributors Articles

Jeremy Gottschalk

Updated on July 15, 2025

Laws that require proof of identity are designed to protect minors, but they introduce a range of new problems. Our expert suggests a smarter framework.

Mamta Singh

Updated on July 15, 2025

Cache (pronounced “cash”) is a type of computing memory used to improve the speed at which we access frequently requested data. Caching improves performance, efficiency and the user experience.

Artturi Jalli

Updated on July 15, 2025

Backbone.js, a small JavaScript library for organizing developers’ JavaScript code, is lightweight and easy to integrate into JavaScript-heavy applications.

Anthony Corbo

Updated on July 14, 2025

SQL allows programmers to query, update and reorganize data while modifying database schema to control data accessibility.

Anthony Corbo

Updated on July 14, 2025

R is a programming language widely used in data science that offers tools for statistical analysis and data visualization, including advanced plotting capabilities.

Bushra Anjum

Updated on July 14, 2025

Choosing the right tool depends on your data type, goal, data volume and need for transparency. Our expert offers a framework for this decision.

Anthony Corbo

Updated on July 14, 2025

Cybersecurity frameworks are utilized to add structure and methodology to the protection of digital assets.

Alex Williams

Updated on July 14, 2025

Sails.js is a web application framework for Node.js that follows the model-view-controller (MNC) architecture, inspired by frameworks like Ruby on Rails.

Max Reynolds

Updated on July 11, 2025

The expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm is used to estimate model parameters when some data is missing or hidden. It iteratively assigns probabilities to hidden variables and updates parameters to maximize the likelihood of the observed data.

Artturi Jalli

Updated on July 11, 2025

Elasticsearch is a distributed NoSQL search engine built on top of Apache Lucene. It's useful for applications that require full-text, real-time searches or for analytics. Here, our expert introduces you to its use in Python.