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User Disengagement
User disengagement is the product and business development philosophy we follow at Zerodha, the anti-thesis of user "engagement".
Tailscale Authentication for Nginx
Use Tailscale's nginx-auth for secure Single Sign-On (SSO) to internal services, reducing the need for internal account systems.
Shopify to Acquire Delivrr for $2.1B
The largest acquisition in Shopify’s history will create an end-to-end logistics platform to unlock fast and easy fulfillment for millions of merchants
GitHub will require 2FA by the end of 2023
GitHub will require all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023.
Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support for FIDO Standard
Faster, easier and more secure sign-ins will be available to consumers across leading devices and platforms
Nim Version 1.6.6 Released
The Nim team is happy to announce version 1.6.6, our third patch release for Nim 1.6.
Congestion Control Arrives in Tor 0.4.7-stable
Tor has released 0.4.7.7, the first stable Tor release with support for congestion control. Congestion control will result in significant performance improvements in Tor, once Exit relays upgrade. Relay operators: please read!
Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2022
Backblaze wants to be as transparent as possible with our customers about our business. Here’s what you need to know about our drives in Q1 2022.
The Google incentive mismatch: Problems with promotion-oriented cultures
If you’re an engineer at Google or Facebook, you’re likely focused on one career question: when am I going to make it to the next level?
Introducing ArcticDB: A Database for Observability
Continuous profiling needed a columnar database, so we built it.
Tailscale raises $100M
We’ve raised $100M in a Series B financing led by CRV and Insight Partners, with participation from our existing major investors: Accel, Heavybit, and Uncork Capital, along with a cast of many prominent angels and smaller investors.
Preventing Burnout: A Manager's Toolkit
GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij shares 12 steps that managers can take to help employees avoid burnout.
A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions
The mammalian brain stores a single memory across a widely distributed, functionally connected complex spanning many brain regions, rather than in just one or even a few places.
Will Hare replace C? Or Rust? Or Zig? Or anything else?
If the short answer leaves you wanting, keep reading. I must admit that this sentence from the Hare announcement may have caused some confusion:
Postmark has been acquired by ActiveCampaign
The behind-the-scenes of our decision to sell Postmark and DMARC Digests to ActiveCampaign in 2022
Companies That Use Haskell in Production
Do you know why large companies like GitHub, Microsoft, Tesla, and Meta choose to use Haskell? Read our article on Haskell success stories to find out the answer.
Mullvad VPN now accepts Monero payments
Mullvad is now accepting payments in the Monero cryptocurrency.
Learning to think critically about machine learning
Graduate students are helping to infuse ethical computing content into MIT’s largest machine learning course, as part of the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing initiative.
Racket v8.5
Racket version 8.5 is now available from https://download.racket-lang.org. As of this release: Racket's new `-y` flag automatically keeps compiled files up to date, reducing subsequent load times. Error-message realms allow Racket-hosted langua...
Twelve-factor app anno 2022
The Twelve-factor app methodology turns 10. This blog posts re-evaluates the original factors against a decade of experience with software-as-a-service development and the maturing of serverless development.
New from Anaconda: Python in the Browser
pyscript.net Supporting open source and creating tools that enable people to do more with less are why I joined Anaconda almost eight years ago. Today,…
New C++ features in GCC 12
Version 12 of GCC implements much of the recent C++ standard, allows a number of previously prohibited constructs, and fixes some problematic behaviors.
Internet Archive joins opposition to the “SMART Copyright Act”
In the past few weeks, governments around the world have renewed their efforts to restrain free expression online. In Canada, a revised "Online Streaming Act" comes as the latest in a long-running attempt to bring streaming under a restrictive regulatory regime. In the UK, a new "Online Safety Bill" seeks to censor…
Noto emoji, a new black and white emoji font with less color
In 1999 — back when Snake 🐍 was the best thing about your phone 📱 — there were three phone carriers in Japan 🗾 . On these phones were tiny, beautiful pictures called emoji (meaning “picture” and “character” in Japanese 🥰 ). These 176 images were very simple — think 8-bit tech — and as a result were exquisitely…