The biggest ideas in software and technology today
One of the coolest things about being a software developer is that you often know what’s behind the curtain. To some extent, at least. Working in tech gives you the chance to know first-hand what a neural network is, or what makes quantum computing ...
4 tiny Docker images for lightweight containers
Docker images can get pretty bulky if you’re not careful. Your typical Docker image includes everything you need to run a particular piece of software (such as the application language’s runtime) and everything those things depend on. Images in th...
Doing authentication right
Any substantial website is going to need to customize itself for individual users. Thus, it is going to have to authenticate those users — that is, let them log in. As a software developer, it is your job to make the whole process as smooth and sec...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - January 2025
Tumbleweed remains a strong example of a reliable rolling release as we step into 2025. This month delivered multiple snapshots and a wide range of updates! Two much anticipated major version updates arrived in snapshots this month; GIMP’s release ca...
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Linux GPU Compute Performance
Last week was the review embargo lift on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card while today the review embargo lifts on the GeForce RTX 5080, both of which graphics cards are officially available in the retail channel tomorrow (30 January). Due to w...
