The history and use of /etc/glob in early Unixes
One of the innovations that the V7 Bourne shell introduced was built in shell wildcard globbing, which is to say expanding things like *, ?, and so on. Of course Unix had shell wildcards well before V7, but in V6 and earlier, the shell didn’t impleme...
Yes, you should use AI coding assistants—but not like that
If you’re exhausted by the constantly changing AI landscape, you’re not alone. In a thoughtful post, Microsoft Research brainiac Victor Dibia captures the “particular kind of fatigue that comes from trying to match the unprecedented pace of AI a...
The devops certifications tech companies want
Devops continues to expand in development environments everywhere from small startups to the largest global enterprises. The worldwide devops market, including products and services, was expected to increase from $10.56 billion in 2023 to $12.8 billio...
Open source trends for 2025 and beyond
Over the past decades, open source software (OSS) has transformed from being merely a cheaper option into the superior choice for enterprise infrastructure. Now it often provides higher quality, stronger security, better privacy, unparalleled extensib...
Yes, you should use coding assistants—but not like that
If you’re exhausted by the constantly changing AI landscape, you’re not alone. In a thoughtful post, Microsoft Research brainiac Victor Dibia captures the “particular kind of fatigue that comes from trying to match the unprecedented pace of AI a...
