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Postgres 15 beta 2 was released recently! I enjoy Beta season... reviewing and testing new features is a fun diversion from daily tasks. This post takes a look at an improvement to UNIQUE constraints on columns with NULL values . While the nuances of unique constraints are not as flashy as making sorts faster (that's…
The switch to WebAssembly increases stability, speed.
Hi — thank you for reading this article! We’d love to talk to you about what you’re making in our C#-focused Discord for Godot game…
Is DALL-E 2 fit for use in creative work? A case study involving pixel graphics for a point-and-click adventure game.
MIT engineers have flown the first silent, fuel-free “ion plane.” The light aircraft is the first plane to fly with no propellers, turbine blades, or other moving parts.
Over the last twenty years, I have used over a dozen languages professionally, from C to Common Lisp, from Java to Python, from C++ to Typescript. Yet, I ...
Faster, easier and more secure sign-ins will be available to consumers across leading devices and platforms
Going from OSS to SaaS. Mistakes made and lessons learned from launching Sizzy - The Browser For Developers.
The LastPass statement on their latest breach is full of omissions, half-truths and outright lies. I’m providing the necessary context for some of their claims.
Pandemic study shows distraction of social media may suck up the time and energy that allow us to find new passions
Product updates, company news, and educational content on AI storage, object storage, data lakehouses, and cloud-native infrastructure from MinIO.
It’s tempting to air your grievances at your exit interview. Don’t. There’s almost no upside to speaking up, and tremendous potential downside. Avoid exit interviews if you can. If you must go, be totally bland; say nothing negative.
This tweet first reads as snarky, then insightful, but give it a few seconds and you’ll realize it’s pointing out a real problem. There are many reasons why an industry can become conce…
How do you create a Python package? How do you set up automated testing and code coverage? How do you publish the package? That's what this article...
Intro Isometric pixel art is based on the isometric projection, which is a method for accurately ‘projecting’ 3D objects into fancy 2D. Unlike perspective drawing, there is no vanishing point in isometric projection. Furthermore, the 3 coordinate axis have equal foreshortening, eliminating the need
Discover how a single Raspberry Pi can speed up your home network by acting as a DNS server. Learn the steps to set up Pi-hole and enjoy faster, more secure internet today!
Apple Music Sing is an exciting new feature that allows users to sing along to their favorite songs with real-time lyrics and adjustable vocals.
Diskless infrastructure using stboot (in beta) is now available on a pair of WireGuard servers in Sweden.
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Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 3.2!
ETA, 2022-05-19: I'm happy this blog post has gathered a fair bit of interest. However, this post is as much effort as I'm prepared to put into the topic. I think it would be a good idea to write an essay, article, or even a book, on how syntax of the Unix command line has varied over the years, and in different…
Ethics has been central to the F-Droid community from the beginning, with a focus on free software, privacy and user control. A key part of F-Droid’s design ...
Etymology is fun!
“Internationalization” is, roughly speaking, geek-speak for the process of supporting multiple languages on a website. For a company doing business in multiple countries, it needs to be done - otherwise you’ll risk losing the attention of people who don’t speak your development team’s native language. There are…
I write and publish open source code. I quite often get bug fixes, patches, requests and questions regarding the things I have published. Most of the feedback is respectful and helpful. However …
