Analysis of Pluralsight's financial struggles after its leveraged buyout by Vista Equity Partners, critiquing private equity's impact on tech companies.
An engineer argues for the value of 'low-tech' developer tools like Vim, emphasizing their portability, speed, and alignment with Unix principles.
A detailed comparison of Anthropic's Claude 3 and the newer Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI models, covering performance, capabilities, and benchmarks.
A comparison of serverless computing and containers, outlining their benefits and ideal use cases for application deployment.
A beginner's guide to HTML, covering what it is, the tools needed, and a step-by-step tutorial to create your first web page.
Compares performance of TypeScript's `private` properties vs JavaScript's `#` private fields, concluding there's no practical difference.
A guide on customizing the VS Code cursor with a linear gradient color using an extension and CSS.
A critical analysis of business architecture's role in enterprise IT, questioning its practical value and the attitudes of its proponents.
Explores Java's current and future capabilities in AI/ML development, challenging the notion that Java is unsuitable for AI tasks.
A series introducing the basics of various IT technologies like HTML, Markdown, Git, and PowerShell with quick-start guides.
A summary of the July 2024 Surrey Azure User-Group meeting, featuring talks on PowerBI mapping with Azure/ArcGIS and GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted coding.
Podcast episode discussing learning Blender for game asset creation and the importance of multi-device testing for app/game performance.
A developer discusses the deprecation of Unsplash Source, a service for embedding random photos, and explores potential alternatives.
A guide to customizing your terminal shell prompt to display Git branch and status information using git-prompt.sh under Nix/Linux.
Applying API/UI design principles to education, arguing for immediate engagement over delayed theory to improve knowledge transfer.
A PHP developer reflects on leaving Twitter, realizing it's a vocal minority and not essential for staying relevant in the PHP community.
A hands-on review of GitHub Copilot Workspace, a new AI-powered web environment for software design and development, based on initial testing.
Announcing skrub 0.2.0, a library update simplifying machine learning on complex dataframes with new features like tabular_learner.
Introduces vidir, a tool from moreutils that allows batch renaming and deleting files by editing a list in Vim.
A technical guide on using Azure Function triggers and bindings to send SMS notifications via Twilio integration.
