Development
The Gory Details of URL Validation
I currently work on a web application that allows users to supply a link to their homepage. Such links have to be validated client-side with JavaScript (actually Typescript/Angular) and with Perl on the server-side. But what should be accepted as a valid homepage link? And what is the right approach to analyze the provided URLs?
How To Use Google Maps API Keys For Free
The use of a Google API Key can be restricted to a configurable set of host or domain names. But does this protect (ab)use of the key by others? Not really.
Video: Qgoda at the German Perl Workshop 2018
On April 5th, 2018 I had talked about Qgoda at the German Perl Workshop 2018. The video of the talk is now online.