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Firebug lives on in Firefox DevTools
Firebug, the original browser developer tool, has been discontinued as a separate Firefox add-on, and will go forward as Firebug.next atop Firefox DevTools. The spirit of Firebug lives on in ...
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The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 2,090 posts.
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Iodide: An experimental Mozilla tool for data exploration on the web
Meet Iodide, an experimental open source tool to help scientists write beautiful interactive documents using web technologies, all within a browser-based iterative workflow that will be familiar to many scientists.
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Sublime Text 2 Beta released with Auto-complete and Improved UI
Sublime Text 2 Beta 2165 is out now, with the biggest set of improvements yet. Some of the highlights are:
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Icanhazip: A simple IP address tool survived a deluge of users (2021)
Major Hayden made a simple and free tool to check the public-facing IP address of infrastructure. Its popularity nearly killed it.
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Start Using Emacs – A Thorough Guide for Beginners
On your journey to Clojure mastery, your editor will be your closest ally. I highly recommend working with Emacs, but you can, of course, use any editor you want. If you don’t follow the thorough Emacs instructions in this chapter, or if you choose to use a different editor, it’s worthwhile to at least invest some…
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Introducing Windows Terminal
We are beyond excited to announce Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for
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Azure Container Instances
Containers have fundamentally changed the way developers develop their applications, the way applications are deployed, and the way system administrators manage their environments. Containers offer a broadly accepted and open standard, enabling simple portability between platforms and between clouds. Today, I am…
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Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPty)
In this, the fourth post in the Windows Command-Line series, we'll discuss the new Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) infrastructure and API - why we built it, what it's for, how it works, how to use it, and more.
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Putting the I back in IDE
Imagine a system for editing and reviewing code where:
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The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta
The Arduino IDE is the well-known software we all use to program our boards. Its development started in 2005 based on the graphical interface of the
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Engineering code quality in Firefox
Here's an insider's look at Firefox's code quality toolchain that's been designed to manage the ongoing development and monthly releases of our desktop browser. This post explores the architecture, challenges, ...
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EVE Online: Add-in for MS Excel
The Microsoft Excel add-in is here!
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New Google Sheets: faster, more powerful, and works offline
News and notes from the Google Drive team
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I got OpenTelemetry to work. But why was it so complicated?
A number of our customers have recently been asking whether we support OpenTelemetry, the observability framework and toolkit.
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Paint.Net 4.0 is now available
Thanks to everyone who helped out with the extensive alpha and beta releases with all the bug reports, crash log submissions, and general feedback. It has all been a tremendous help in creating the…
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GCC is moving to git
This is the mail archive of the gcc@gcc.gnu.org mailing list for the GCC project .
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D2: A new declarative language to turn text into diagrams
D2 is a diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams. It stands for
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Netflix Android and iOS Studio Apps now powered by Kotlin Multiplatform
By David Henry & Mel Yahya
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Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.
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Firefox 55 and Selenium IDE
The bad news: from Firefox 55 onwards, Selenium IDE will no longer work. The reasons for this are complex, but boil down to two main causes: Browsers are complicated pieces of software that are con…
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Thunderbird 68.0
Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!
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Windows Package Manager Preview
We are thrilled to announce the Windows Package Manager preview! If you’re already familiar with what a package manager is, feel free to skip this
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Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code
Claude Code will soon run auto mode by default for Pro, Max, Ultra, and Team plans, enabling longer-running autonomous work, and catching more dangerous commands.
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How often should I rotate my SSH keys?
Learn why rotating your SSH keys is essential for preventing credential theft. Discover best practices for SSH key rotation and how to protect your systems from potential breaches.