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Pushing against a wall makes you stronger and does not bother the wall and is stupid

How great would it be if the solution to most errors you face were in the first place you looked? That’s what the Arch Wiki has been for me: a massive wealth of information and troubleshooting resources to help me navigate the various configuration and installation issues I’ve encountered. Some people claim Arch Linux is too difficult for new users, but for me it’s been the only distribution I’ve been able to get consistently working, and it’s all thanks to the detailed documentation and known workarounds.

The Local-First Software Movement seeks to empower users by providing them with the benefits of collaboration and connectivity while preserving privacy, security, and data autonomy. Today, we'll dive into the history of the LoFi movement, notable local-first projects, and how to get started.

With all the hype about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in recent years, I wanted to understand their underlying technology, i.e. Blockchain, better. So of…

Today we are going to build a blockchain in Elixir. We will build everything whatever a basic blockchain provides, concepts are simple and…

Learn how OTP on the Erlang VM powers the next generation of blockchain technology allowing develops to easily build reliable dApps and smart contracts on the ArcBlock framework.

Elle Imhoff presents the uses of Ecto for casting and validating blockchain transactions in her Lonestar ElixirConf presentation.

The Freakonomics host is not too worried about the iOS debacle.

In this article, we outline how your choice of fintech stack impacts your business outcomes and why Erlang and Elixir will often be the right tool for the job in financial services. We will be discussing this and general trends as part of Fintech Week London 6 July 2022.

As seasoned proponents of safety-by-design, we were pleased to see the February 26th White House press release titled "Future Software…

Explore the journey of Facebook's transition from Git to Mercurial, uncovering the technical and social dynamics that influenced one of the tech industry's pivotal decisions in source control management. This post delves into the reasons behind Facebook's shift, the challenges of scaling Git, and the pivotal role of community and collaboration in adopting Mercurial

Detecting the source language of encrypted text by statistical methods.

iA: AI Videos: ******* Psychotic Computer-generated imagery is not bad in its every fiber. There certainly are great ways to use AI in a creative process. The more you control your tool and the process, the more mindful the product, the less it qualifies as “AI”. This article is not about

These days, paying for TV programming is a fact of life. You pay your cable company or some streaming service and the only question is do you want Apple TV and Hulu or would you rather switch one o…

The writer Cory Doctorow coined the term enshittification to describe the way that services decline in quality as their users become the product. He was talking about online services when he came u…

With content federation and fully hosted GraphQL, even smaller developer teams can punch above their weight and deliver the personalised content-rich experiences that their customers increasingly demand.

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Securing your data center with HPE Aruba Networking has never been easier. Learn more about how utilizing Zero Trust principles in your data center can bolster the security of mission-critical workloads.

It’s been nearly a year since I last posted, for several reasons… I do dataviz full time now and don’t have much creative juice left over after work The creative juice I do have i…

An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.

And that's a problem. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models.

Programming is like magic. Once you know the basic syntax of a language and the core principles of coding, you can pretty much create anything given enough time.

From economic shifts to new regulation and the growing adoption of AI, we are at a pivotal juncture as a society, and open source will play a critical role.

In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere …

It has been said that the most popular programming language in the world is the spreadsheet (and in particular these days, Excel). There...

Nintendo’s strong-arming of the Switch emulator Yuzu shows how little the company understands its own fan base. Emulators will not die so quietly.

Posted on Wednesday 6 Mar 2024. 819 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.

Developer experience is important when designing software, but when it comes to APIs, it becomes essential.