22 September 2020

71 links · Tuesday

What is a good input method?

As more and more people enter to the Malayalam digital world, the issue of not having any formal training for Malayalam computing is more observed. People sometimes just search for input methods in web, ask friends or use whatever coming with the devices they …

The Management Flywheel

Have you ever worked on a team that felt like it was just stuck in a rut? Somehow things were always just one fix away from improving: the…

I Will Build Something Great...Once I Get an Idea

Everything starts off with an idea. You can't build a business without an idea. You can't make a movie without an idea. You can't draw without an idea. So how do you get an idea?

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Thoughts on the Pythagorean theorem

Pythagoras’ theorem says that a square is equal to two squares. What does equality mean here?

Microsoft to Contribute to Java on Windows and Mac ARM

Microsoft is working to help port Java to Windows and Mac ARM on the AARCH64 chipset. The improvement should help enable Java applications to run on upcoming commercial ARM hardware.

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite | Microsoft’s annual gathering of technology leaders and practitioners will be launched as a digital event experience this September.

Release 1.0.0-preview5 · microsoft/reverse-proxy

This release supports .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5.0.0 RC 1. See Getting Started. The Microsoft.ReverseProxy package is available on NuGet.org. Major changes and features: Per-cluster configuration of...

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite | Microsoft’s annual gathering of technology leaders and practitioners will be launched as a digital event experience this September.

Azure Static Web Apps with .NET and Blazor | ASP.NET Blog

Azure Static Web Apps is a service that automatically builds and deploys full stack web apps from a GitHub repository. Azure Static Web Apps consist of a static web frontend, and an Azure Functions based backend. When you create a Static Web Apps resource,

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite | Microsoft’s annual gathering of technology leaders and practitioners will be launched as a digital event experience this September.

Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Ignite | Microsoft’s annual gathering of technology leaders and practitioners will be launched as a digital event experience this September.

The Oscars

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences - you may know them as the Oscars - built an app using Xamarin and Azure!

postprintum/devcomrade

DevComrade - A copy/paste/run productivity improvement utility for developers - postprintum/devcomrade

Top 5 Pieces of Advice for Aspiring Web Developers

Want to become a Web Developer? Here are the five things you should be doing! Need a structured path for becoming a Web Developer? Check out the Scrimba Career Path! 👇 http://bit.ly/jqqscrimba _____________________________________________ Newsletter 🗞 Inte…

Chrome Web Store payments deprecation

The Chrome Web Store payments system is now deprecated and will be shut down over the coming months. There are many other ways to monetize your extensions, and if you currently use Chrome Web Store payments, you’ll need to migrate to one of them.

Monsters Weekly 183 - Cross Browser Automation with Playwright

Playwright is a relatively new entrance to browser automation. Written in nodejs, it offers a single API to automate Chromium, Firefox and Webkit while promising to be capable, reliable and fast. In t

terrajobst/sample-blog-tooling

Contribute to terrajobst/sample-blog-tooling development by creating an account on GitHub.

Lightweight justice for your SBC!

Optimised | Simplified | For everyone - Backed by community, DietPi is a minimal OS image for SBCs - Raspberry Pi, Odroid, PINE64 etc. Install software optimised for you!

Bridge to Kubernetes GA | Visual Studio Blog

We are super excited to announce General Availability of Bridge to Kubernetes.  Formerly known as Local Process with Kubernetes, Bridge to Kubernetes is an iterative development tool offered in Visual Studio and VS Code that allows developers to write, test an…

Tech CEOs: Become a D&I Accomplice, Not Just an Ally

The term "D&I" has become a hot phrase in Silicon Valley, as companies strive to create a workforce that's a better reflection of our communities. However, I find that Diversity and Inclusion tend to get lumped together as one thing, when in fact they're q…

The Local Case for Reparations — Strong Towns

There is nothing stopping local leaders from addressing their community’s legacy of racial injustice. Here is a credible plan for getting started.

You Have A Performance Problem

A little story about addressing performance problems. May contain an angry metaphor.

WordPress Creator Vs The Jamstack - Kev Quirk

Matt Mullenweg Clarifies Jamstack Remarks Two weeks ago, Matt Mullenweg made some pointed remarks in an article from The New Stack, calling Jamstack “a regression for the vast majority of the people adopting it.” I read this post last night and found it really…

Seeing Like an Algorithm — Remains of the Day

In my previous post on TikTok I discussed why its For You Page algorithm is the connective tissue that makes TikTok work. It is the bus on its motherboard that connects and closes all its feedback loops.

The Autoplay President

I’ve been escaping the COVID and election news cycles the same way many people have, by watching copious amounts of streaming television. I ...

VPNs from first principles

If you enjoy the from first principles theme, consider reading the one on containers. Networking can seem like voodoo; many of us take for granted how data transmits from one computer to the next. Recently, wireguard, has attracted a lot of publicity for it’s …

A little rant about talent - Benji's Blog

It’s become less common to hear people referred to as “resources” in recent times. There’s more trendy “official vocab guidelines”, but what’s really changed? There’s still phrases in common use that sound good but betray the same mindset. I often hear people …