HELLO EVERYONE!!! It’s August 16th 2024 and you are reading the 24th edition of the Codeminer42’s tech news report. Let’s check out what the tech world showed us this week!
Very small CSS tweaks for better forms – by Kevin Powell
Kevin Powell suggests real-time feedback on form validity using the "input valid" feature. He also suggests indicating invalid forms and invalid inputs. The "user valid" and "user invalid" features provide validation feedback without submission.
A Beginner’s Guide to LLMs – What’s a Large-Language Model and How Does it Work? – by Bhavishya Pandit
Bhavishya Pandit’s article talks about Large Language Models (LLMs), AI models trained on extensive text datasets to understand and generate human language. LLMs have applications in content creation, customer service, healthcare and much more. However, challenges like bias, data privacy, resource intensity, and interpretability remain. Addressing these is crucial as AI technology evolves. Check it out!
GitHub Vulnerability ‘ArtiPACKED’ Exposes Repositories to Potential Takeover – by The Hacker News
A vulnerability in GitHub Actions, named ArtiPACKED, can lead to repository takeovers and unauthorized access to cloud environments. This vulnerability involves misconfigurations and security flaws, allowing leaked tokens to compromise services and manipulate source code. Check it out to know more about this vulnerability.
An Introduction to HTTP Caching in Ruby On Rails – by Julian Rubisch
In 2024, the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) celebrates its 35th anniversary, continuing to underpin most web traffic. Despite the introduction of content retrieval optimizations, such as caching instructions in HTTP v1.0 in 1996, many web developers still neglect these features. Utilizing the built-in caching mechanism can significantly reduce traffic and server load, enhancing user experience and lowering server costs. This post will explore the fundamentals of HTTP caching, the various cache layers available, configuration and control of web caching, and the ease of implementing caching in the, famous and fancy, Ruby on Rails.
How to Emulate Real Dependencies in Integration Tests using Testcontainers – by Alex Pliutau
The article by Alex Pliutau discusses how to effectively use Testcontainers for integration testing in Go, emphasizing the importance of integration tests in validating the interaction between different software components. It outlines various methods for running integration tests, including using throwaway databases, shared environments, in-memory services, and Testcontainers, with the latter being recommended for its ability to provide isolated and reproducible testing environments.
After 5 Years of Using tmux, Here are the Features I Can’t Live Without – by Piotr
The article discusses tmux, a terminal multiplexer, which enhances productivity for users spending time in the terminal. It explains its architecture, including servers, sessions, windows, and panes, allowing users to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Key features include organized workflow, persistent sessions, killer features like zooming, copy mode, and sync. The article also covers automation, tmux Plugin Manager, and tmuxinator.
Uber Drives Apache Kafka’s Tiered Storage Feature; Sparks Efficiency Debate
Uber has introduced a tiered storage feature for Apache Kafka, enhancing scalability and efficiency for large clusters. This feature allows Kafka to use remote storage systems and local broker disks, reducing costs and operational complexity. However, concerns about latency and performance issues have been raised. Check it out!
DDoS Attacks Surge 46% in First Half of 2024, Gcore Report Reveals – The Hacker News
Gcore’s report shows a 46% rise in DDoS attacks in Q2 2024, with gaming and gambling industries being the most targeted. Attackers are personalizing their methods and targeting specific industries. The report highlights the need for robust defensive measures and international cooperation to combat the evolving threat of DDoS attacks. Check it out and be aware with DDoS attacks!
Introducing Dev Encyclopedia: A "Wikipedia", but for developers – by Buzzpy
The Dev Encyclopedia is an open-source online resource that simplifies complex tech terms for developers and newcomers. Created by a Python backend developer, it offers concise explanations, examples, and images, and encourages users to contribute through a GitHub repository. If you are looking for an open-source project to contribute, this can be a good choice, there is a lot of space for improvement. Check it out!
Orchestration – by Denys Poltorak
Denys Poltorak, on the first part from Communication metapatterns articles serie, talks about the concept of orchestration in software architecture, focusing on managing communication between various services or components within a system. As projects grow, they often become divided into multiple services, necessitating a coordinating layer, or orchestrator, to address system-wide use cases. Orchestrators simplify communication by providing explicit code for each use case, but introduce additional communication overhead.
Choreography – by Denys Poltorak
Denys, on this second article, from Communication metapatterns articles serie, discusses the concept of choreography in system architecture, contrasting it with orchestration. Choreography integrates services into a pipeline, defining each request’s state by its type, data, and position. This approach minimizes communication overhead but complicates debugging and error handling. He also discusses the challenges of parallel execution and error processing, and the dependencies in choreography. While lightweight, it’s suitable for high-load scenarios with limited complexity.
We’re on the brink of another world browser war – by Fireship
Yeah, he is here again, Jeff Delaney on his newest video, from Fireship channel, discusses the importance of web browsers and the risks of market dominance by Google. He highlights the impact on internet freedom and the development of alternative open-source browsers like Ladybird, which aims to be entirely free and not rely on other browsers’ code. Check it out!!!
Enhance user experience with Pragmatic drag and drop in React: Introduce draggable API – by Juntao Qiu
The article demonstrates how to integrate drag-and-drop functionality into a basic three-column board application using the Pragmatic drag and drop library, a popular tool in Atlassian products (like Jira). It demonstrates how to create a static card component, use the draggable API, manage events, track dragging state, and customize the drag preview.
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And that’s all for this week! Wish you all a great weekend and happy coding!
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