Tag: Open source
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Cloud computing statistics that will blow your mind
Posted on February 27, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Discover over 55 cloud statistics, including stats around forecasts, cloud waste reports, cloud cost optimization efforts, and data on hybrid cloud adoption rates. By Cody Slingerland.
Tags cloud open-source app-development cio management
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Setting up Nix on macOS
Posted on February 26, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
I recently bought a Macbook because more and more people are asking me how to use Nix in certain situations under MacOS. In this article, we walk through installing Nix on MacOS and see how pleasant the experience is these days. In this article, we walk through installing Nix on MacOS and see how pleasant the experience is these days. After that, we show how to go declarative on MacOS with nix-darwin to enable compilation for Linux and Intel Macs, as well as some other nice features. By Jacek Galowicz.
Tags linux open-source app-development performance
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mass-prebuild: An open source journey of improvement and growth
Posted on February 25, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Welcome back to our blog series about the evolution of mass-prebuild. In our first post in 2022, we introduced this powerful open source tool designed for streamlining package builds across multiple architectures and Linux distributions. This article continues that journey, exploring how mass-prebuild has been continually refined, improved, and grown in response to user feedback and technological advancements. By Frédéric Bérat.
Tags linux open-source app-development learning cio
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Demystifying Canary release and Blue-Green deployment
Posted on January 22, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
In a rapidly evolving digital transformation landscape, the success of software-based businesses often hinges on their ability to deliver new features seamlessly and efficiently. Two key strategies that have gained significant traction in this context are canary releases and blue-green deployments. This article aims to thoroughly understand these essential software deployment techniques, highlighting their advantages, challenges, and best practices.. By [x]cube LABS.
Tags devops serverless open-source cloud cicd
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What is a serverless database? Plus 8 picks for 2024
Posted on January 21, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Today, we're diving deep into serverless databases as one solution for aligning these goals. Specifically, we'll check out what they are, how they work, and what benefits they offer. See, when we build any kind of solution, a big portion of the cost is the infrastructure we use to store and host relevant data. This also has an outsized impact on the quality and success of whatever we're building. By Ronan McQuillan.
Tags nosql serverless open-source distributed database
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Eleven good resources to learn SQL and NoSQL
Posted on January 20, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length medium
SQL and NoSQL are in demand, and learning these tech skills can help improve one's career prospects. These skills are essential for developers, data scientists, business analysts, or anyone working in related fields with data. By Durga Prasad Acharya.
Tags nosql app-development event-driven open-source mysql database
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The current state of quantum computing in 2023
Posted on December 22, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length long
In June 2023 an IBM computing executive claimed quantum computers were entering the "utility" phase, in which high-tech experimental devices become useful. In September, Australia's Chief Scientist Cathy Foley went so far as to declare "the dawn of the quantum era". Obviously, quantum computers are having a moment. But – to step back a little – what exactly are they? By Christopher Ferrie.
Tags robotics ai open-source frameworks machine-learning
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The current state of quantum computing
Posted on December 7, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length long
Understanding the concept of quantum physics lays the foundation for distinguishing how quantum computers differ from classical ones. Unlike the binary logic used by classical computers, where computation is confined to zeros and ones, quantum computers leverage a state known as superposition, which allows for simultaneous existence of zeroes and ones. By Rich Tran and Franz Klein.
Tags robotics programming open-source frameworks
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Code like a boss: Personal productivity for software engineers
Posted on September 24, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
The most effective and successful software engineers have one thing in common—they're personal productivity pros! The engineering field has distractions, competing priorities, growing to-do lists, too many meetings, and other sneaky time thieves. By Alyssa Towns.
Tags programming open-source miscellaneous performance software
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Linux networking: Simplified guide to IP addresses and routing
Posted on September 23, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
The article begins by explaining the basics of networking concepts, such as IP addresses and their formats. It covers the difference between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, as well as public and private IPs1. Subnet masks and gateways are also discussed, with subnet masks determining the network and host portions of an IP address, and gateways connecting local networks to external networks. By by George Whittaker.
Tags iot linux robotics servers open-source miscellaneous
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Top 5 Android app development fundamentals for beginners
Posted on September 2, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The cool features that come along with apps are what draw the interests of users. Apps make phones "smart" and through their benefits, apps have drastically transformed how we function today. Adept programmers are getting busy, designing, and building apps of their own and embedding them with favorable features. By Eshna Verma.
Tags open-source web-development app-development android
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IPv4 prices: Supply and demand in 2023
Posted on September 1, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
In early 2022 the discount that had been available for large blocks of IPv4 addresses disappeared. For the first time in years, /16 blocks and larger began to sell at an increasing premium. By Q2-2023, small and medium-sized blocks sold for a 30-35% discount to larger ones. By Lee Howard.
Tags open-source cio management miscellaneous cloud