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Apache ECharts 6
Twelve years ago, ECharts was first released on GitHub, planting the seed for an open-source journey.
Obsidian is now free for work
Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore organizations that support Obsidian on our new Enterprise page.
Spaced repetition can allow for infinite recall
My friend Andrew is an advocate of the “spaced repetition” technique for memorization of a great many facts [1]. The ideas behind this are two-fold: When one first “learns” a new fact, it needs to be reviewed frequently in order to not forget it. However, with each additional review, the …
GitHub Package Registry
With GitHub Package Registry your packages are at home with their code—sign up for the limited beta to try it out.
Students invent quieter leaf blower
Patent-pending design by Hopkins undergrads could be available in stores within two years
Announcing R Tools for Visual Studio
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Excel now supports multiple values in a single cell
Throughout Excel's 40-year history, you've only been able to put one value per cell. In this announcement, we're excited to share how that's changing with...
Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%
Most of what an AI coding agent does for me isn't thinking. It's I/O.
Pixelmator Pro gets a magical, AI‑powered Deband feature
Pixelmator Pro is a powerful, easy-to-use image editor that brings professional tools and powerful AI features to everyone across Mac and iPad.
Running Costs of a SaaS app
A close look at the costs that go into running Cushion and the reasons why we use specific services.
A year of building for the terminal
Textual is a TUI framework for Python, inspired by modern web development.
PonyDebugger: Chrome Developer Tools for Native iOS Apps
The Corner is Square's technical blog covering software engineering, APIs, data, open source and more.
A beginner's guide to Git version control
Learn the basics of using Git, the most popular tool for tracking and managing code changes for your application development.
Wireshark is switching to Qt
Today I released the next development version of Wireshark, 1.11.0. This marks a major change in the direction of the project. We’re switching our user interface library from GTK+ to Qt. Both libraries make it easy for developers write applications that will run on different platforms without having to rewrite a lot…
Vector Tiles are deployed on OpenStreetMap.org
We are happy to announce the deployment of Vector Tiles on OpenStreetMap Foundation servers and the publication of the layer on the OSM website ! We have been working hard to bring you a fresh look to OSM data, paired with exciting technological upgrades.
Firefox Add-on Enables Web Development Across Browsers and Devices
Developing across multiple browsers and devices is the main issue developers have when building applications. Wouldn’t it be great to debug your app across desktop, Android and iOS with one ...
Inside the Windows Console
Welcome to the third post in the Windows Command-Line series. In this post, we'll start to dig into the internals of the Windows Console and Command-Line, what it is, what it does ... and what it doesn't do!
New Distros Coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store
We're REALLY excited about this announcement and think many of you will be too ;) On May 11th 2017, during Microsoft's Build conference keynote, Terry
QNX Self-Hosted Developer Desktop
Try the first release of the QNX Developer Desktop, a self‑hosted QNX development environment that eliminates cross‑compilation for faster workflows.
Exploring CLI Best Practices
At Localytics we build command line interfaces that manage our infrastructure and processes. This is our list of best practices that we’ve learned.
1M Downloads of Zorin OS 18
We’re thrilled to announce that Zorin OS 18 has amassed 1 million downloads in just over a month since its release, breaking all previous …
Sublime Text 2 Build 2181
A new beta of Sublime Text 2, Build 2181, is available now for your enjoyment. The first thing you'll notice is the new icon, by the The Iconfactory .
Tech Preview of Docker Desktop for M1
Apple has recently shipped the first Macs based on the new Apple M1 chips. Today we have a public preview that you can download and try out!
DeskHog, an open-source developer toy
It's a developer toy that brings developers joy. Open-source. 3D-printed. Palm-sized.
Atuin Desktop: Runbooks That Run – Now Open Source
Atuin Desktop looks like a doc, but runs like your terminal. Script blocks, embedded terminals, database clients and prometheus charts - all in one place.