Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android
I recently learned something that blew my mind; you can run a full desktop Linux environment on your phone. That’s a graphical environment via X11 with real window management and compositing, Firefox comfortably playing YouTube (including working aud...
Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux
Well here’s a turn up: Microsoft just released the source code for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its nifty fully open source after almost a decade of development. The tech giant announced the news at this year’s BUILD event, where it ma...
Rust 1.87 shines on anonymous pipes, architecture intrinsics
The Rust Release Team has shipped Rust 1.87, an update to the fast and safe programming language that features accommodations for anonymous pipes and architecture intrinsics. The new release was announced May 15, the same day as Rust’s 10th annivers...
Render a Guitar Pro score in real time on Linux
Tuxguitar is a quite powerful application written in a mixture of Java / C. It is able to render a score in real time either via Fluidsynth or via pure MIDI. The development of Tuxguitar started in 2008 on Sourceforce and after a halt in 2022, the proj...
Vivaldi 7.4 Update Adds Keyboard Shortcut Controls
A new version of the Vivaldi web browser is available to download, carrying changes said to make our collective “everyday browsing smoother, faster, and just a little more delightful.” How does Vivaldi 7.4 make browsing the increasingly gamified, a...
Vivaldi 7.4 Update Adds New Keyboard Shortcut Controls
A new version of the Vivaldi web browser is available to download, carrying changes said to make our collective “everyday browsing smoother, faster, and just a little more delightful.” How does Vivaldi 7.4 make browsing the increasingly gamified, a...
What comes after Stack Overflow?
For more than a decade, Stack Overflow has been the go-to forum for developers seeking answers to coding questions. At its peak in the mid-2010s, the site saw more than 200,000 new questions each month. Those days are gone. Since the arrival of AI ass...
How we replaced Azure Redis with Memcached
In cloud architecture, we often prioritize performance, scale, and security, but they can come with surprising costs. In one of our Azure-based deployments, our team discovered that a seemingly simple caching solution—designed only to support basic ...
The best Java certifications for software developers
Java, which turns 30 this month, remains one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. Launched in 1995 and employed by many of the largest enterprises globally, Java is used to develop a range of business applications, mobile apps, ...
Google I/O 2025: All eyes on AI and Gemini
If you’re ready for a break from artificial intelligence, Google I/O won’t be your safe haven. The annual developer conference — which starts next week in Mountain View, Calif. — and also offers a large virtual option, is expected to focus hea...
Visual Studio previews agent mode for multi-step coding tasks
Microsoft has announced the general release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14, an update of the company’s flagship integrated development environment (IDE) that adds support for agent mode and other AI-assisted development features from GitHub Co...
The future of the web depends on getting this right
The remedies phase of the U.S. v. Google LLC search case wrapped up last week. As the Court weighs how to restore competition in the search market, Mozilla is asking it to seriously consider the unintended consequences of some of the proposed remedies,...
