Peter Wayner
Contributing writer
Peter Wayner is the author of more than 16 books on diverse topics, including open source software ("Free for All"), autonomous cars ("Future Ride"), privacy-enhanced computation ("Translucent Databases"), digital transactions ("Digital Cash"), and steganography ("Disappearing Cryptography").
16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID
The coronavirus crisis has shaken up business as usual, with some IT strategies and tools rising to the occasion and others in line for a rethink or tough recovery post-pandemic.
21 hot programming trends—and 21 going cold
Hot or not? From the web to the motherboard to the training ground, get the scoop on what's in and what's out in app dev
Python vs. R: The battle for data scientist mind share
Here’s how the general-purpose favorite of scientists stacks up against the stat head’s data-honed tool of choice
9 lies programmers tell themselves
Confidence in our power over machines also makes us guilty of hoping to bend reality to our code
Cloud made easy: Get started with Digital Ocean
Build a web presence in minutes with DigitalOcean’s dead-simple cloud service
PHP vs. Node.js: An epic battle for developer mind share
Here's how the old guard and upstart darling of the server-side web stack up against each other
10 new AWS cloud services you never expected
From data scooping to facial recognition, Amazon’s latest additions give devs new, wide-ranging powers in the cloud
11 predictions for the future of programming
Our coding crystal ball offers clues about the kinds of turns your programming career will take in the years ahead
Should you go with Google's Go?
The once cutting-edge language is taking off -- and may be a prime candidate for your next project
The 7 most vexing problems in programming
Here be dragons: These gnarly corners of the coding world can be formidable foes, even for seasoned pros
7 chronic browser bugs plaguing the web
From video glitches to memory leaks, today’s browser bugs are harder to pin down, even as they slow the web to a crawl