6 January 2023

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Ancient Apocalypse reviewed

Apparently this is the most dangerous thing on netflix. I of course don’t watch netflix, but I did watch this. I am familiar with Hancock from watching Joe Rogan shows while lifting weights. …

fogus: Code Riffs

Pseudo-random ramblings from Fogus.

The Startup M&A Market Fell 94% Year over Year

The US startup M&A market in Q4 2022 was one of the quietest in the last 20 years. It rivals the dotcom bust & Global Financial Crisis for its paucity. In percentage terms, last quarter dropped the most since 2000, falling 94% year-over-year.

Modern Polars

This is a side-by-side comparison of the Polars and Pandas dataframe libraries, based on Modern Pandas by Tom Augsburger.

Things they didn't teach you about Software Engineering

As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out in the field, I hope

death

How many Sundays can a person enjoy in their life?

Want to move faster? Keep it simple.

You don't want to hear this, but you're overcomplicating it. You know it. You can probably rip out 80% of that remarkable feature you're building, and it would still be good enough to ship. So do that. One of the most significant impacts on team morale and…

What are the top open source projects on GitHub?

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/N00DbFymh7UMartin Woodward and Damian Brady take us through the key trends that came up in this year's Octoverse rep...

.NET Monthly Roundup - December 2022

📆Welcome to our November .NET Monthly Roundup with Jon Galloway! In just 3 minutes, Jon breaks down the latest news from the month of December 2022 that .NE...

MiniValidation 0.7.2

A minimalist validation library built atop the existing validation features in .NET's `System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations` namespace.

Episode 48: Coffee and Code - with Isaac Levin

In this episode, I was joined by Isaac Levin that chat about… way too many things to put in an episode title, that’s for sure! 😂 We decided to not have a particular topic in mind - and just chat and see where the conversation took us! We ended up talking abou…

AWS

.NET on AWS - Request Credits for Open Source Projects

Using GitHub as your portfolio

GitHub is a powerful platform for developers to showcase their work and projects. It can be an excellent tool for landing a job, as many employers use it to search for and review potential candidates. In this post, we'll discuss how to effectively use GitHub a…

Weekly Update 329

HIBP Rate Limit Change; Deezer Breach; Twitter Scrape; ChatGPT v. Spammer; Number Plate Recognition; Sponsored by 1Passwordhttps://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-up...

Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned@infosec.exchange)

0 Posts, 1 Following, 142 Followers · Check if you have an email address or password that has been compromised in a data breach. Created and maintained by @troyhunt@infosec.exchange

Fix that damn Git Unsafe Repository

As of Git 2.36.2 Git has a new security feature that won't allow running Git commands until the folder the repository lives in is 'trusted'. This can be annoying, but it's relatively easy to fix. In this post I look at what causes the issue and show a number o…

Markov-Chain based Wave Function Collapse – Pronay Peddiraju

For my master’s thesis, I performed research on using Markov-chains with existing Wave Function Collapse(WFC) algorithms to improve on scalability while maintaining performance to allow for real-time procedural content generation using WFC.

Ruby and Rails going from 2022 to 2023

Recently I was asked to reflect on the Ruby and Rails eco systems. There are and there always will be developers and newcomers who doubt the thing they are learning. Rightfully so. Time investements are often risky. What if the tech you are using is declining …