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A 100x Investment (2019)
comma.ai has raised $8.1 million, Zoox has raised $990 million. Cruise and Waymo have raised even more.
How to excel in tech without learning to code
Technical literacy is key to career success, even for non-engineers. Learn how to master the tools of your trade and build a solid tech foundation.
AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connections
Discover more about what's new at AWS with AWS Lambda now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) endpoints for inbound connections
Perfecting WebGPU/Dawn native graphics for Zig
A 700+ commit complete rewrite of mach/gpu (the WebGPU interface for Zig) has been completed, enabling seamless use of Dawn (Google Chrome's WebGPU implementation) for native Zig applications.
Mutt 2.2.0
Note: this is a review of some of the more interesting features in this release. For a complete list of changes please be sure to read the UPDATING file.
The state of static analysis in the GCC 12 compiler
New features and a substantial reduction in false positives bring GCC's static analysis closer to being production-ready for C code.
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2022 third quarter ended June 25, 2022.
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.
The Hypermedia-Driven Application (HDA) Architecture
In this essay, Carson Gross explains the Hypermedia-Driven Application (HDA) architecture, which combines the simplicity of traditional Multi-Page Applications with the enhanced user experience of Single-Page Applications by extending HTML infrastructure through declarative syntax and hypermedia-based server…
How Palo Alto Networks Replaced Kafka with ScyllaDB for Stream Processing
Learn how Palo Alto Networks rearchitected their real time data systems using ScyllaDB’s monstrously fast and scalable NoSQL database.
DOS/4GW and Protected Mode (2021)
MS-DOS game programmers had to deal with several limitations. This article goes over some of these obstacles and explores how we used the DOS/4GW extender & protected mode to unleash the power of 32-bit DOS.
Plans to Re-enable the GitHub Integration
Update on plans to re-enable the Github integration from Heroku Product Management and Heroku Principal Architect.
Introducing ArcticDB: A Database for Observability
Continuous profiling needed a columnar database, so we built it.
Building a Cross-Platform Web and Mobile App from the Ground Up
“Why can’t we just write this code once and have it just work across Web, Android and iOS?” As a mobile engineer who has spent both a significant portion of his career copying the exact same product from iOS to Android, I’ve asked myself this question many times.
Welcoming Recorded Music to the Public Domain
Every January we feature works that are entering the public domain. And this year the big story is in recorded music. Recorded Music from 1922 and earlier Approximately 400,000 sound recordings made before 1923 will join the public domain in the U.S. for the first time due to the Music Modernization Act (read more at
OSI to the European Commission: make space for patent-free standards too
One of the biggest hidden challenges facing the software and technology world is the evolving conflict between old electronics vendors and the new software-defined universe. It’s arising because of…
Project Starline expands testing through an early access program
Project Starline's early access program allows partners to test Starline and explore how it can help them navigate the future of work.
Gitlab New Logo: DevOps Is at the Center of Gitlab
GitLab allows companies to do away with the many point solutions that have been digitally duct taped together and instead bring all DevOps functionalities together in ONE place