HELLO EVERYONE!!! It’s October 11th, 2024, and you are reading the 32nd edition of the Codeminer42’s tech news report. Let’s check out what the tech world showed us this week!
The Disappearance of an Internet Domain – Gareth Edwards
Our friend, Gareth Edwards, talks about the British government’s transfer of Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius, resulting in the retirement of the .io internet domain. Edwards emphasizes the importance of considering historical and geopolitical context when choosing domain names for tech companies.
A Simple Explanation of Postgres’ Timestamp with Time Zone – by David Bryant Copeland
The article highlights the difference between storing timestamps in PostgreSQL using TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE (timestamptz). It emphasizes the importance of using TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE to avoid confusion about time zones. Check it out!
I Hired ChatGPT as My Career Coach – by Katie Parrott
Katie Parrott used ChatGPT as a career coach after losing her job, evaluating its performance in areas like originality, accountability, structure, empathy, and clarity. Despite initial skepticism, ChatGPT helped her rediscover her writing passion. To know more about this interesting usage of ChatGPT, read the full article.
Contributing to Ruby docs – by Nithin Bekal
Our friend Nithin Bekal shares his experience contributing to Ruby documentation, highlighting the ease of the process. He provides steps for setting up a local environment, updating documentation styles, and encouraging others to contribute. He emphasizes the quick response from the Ruby core team reviewing pull requests. Check it out!
How to Design and Develop Web APIs: Essential Guidelines for Developers – by Anjan Baradwaj
This useful article provides a detailed guide on the design and development of Web APIs, emphasizing their importance for interoperability, scalability, and flexibility. It emphasizes the importance of versioning, security measures, thorough documentation, and performance enhancement strategies.
How to Use Switch Case in Arduino – Control LEDs With the Switch Statement – by Ihechikara Abba
Yes, our Dev Weekly covers a wide range of topics and tech areas. This is the case of the article that demonstrates how to use a switch case statement in Arduino to control LEDs based on a potentiometer value. It highlights the advantages of switch cases over if-else statements. Check it out!
Are Playwright and Vitest ready to replace Jest? – by Guillaume Renard
Guillaume Renard talks about the challenges of frontend testing, especially with legacy projects using outdated tools like Jest and JSDOM. He suggests alternatives like Vitest, Playwright, and Storybook for better testing. He also encourages developers to upgrade their tools and adopt best practices, including the Testing Library and Mock Service Worker.
Mastering TypeScript Migration in a Create React App Monorepo: A Practical Guide with CRACO – by Jonatan Kruszewski
This guide outlines the process of migrating a Create React App monorepo to TypeScript using CRACO, emphasizing the benefits of type safety and improved error detection during development. Kruszewski shares his personal experiences and challenges faced during the migration, emphasizing the importance of committing changes frequently for troubleshooting.
Can You Get Root With Only a Cigarette Lighter? – by David Buchanan
David Buchanan’s article explores the use of a common cigarette lighter as a tool for hardware fault injection (HFI) in hacking. He successfully induced memory errors on a 2011 Samsung laptop, developed a local-privilege-escalation exploit for CPython, and exploited Linux systems to manipulate page tables and gain root access. Buchanan’s findings have practical implications for anti-cheat software in gaming and Android devices and raise open questions for future exploration.
Proxy, An architectural metapattern – by Denys Poltorak
Denys Poltorak’s article explores the Proxy pattern in software architecture, which acts as a layer of indirection between a system and its clients. Key functions include routing client requests, offloading tasks, and decoupling system internals from public protocols. Despite their benefits, proxies can introduce, of course, disadvantages, check it out!
Why is gRPC so much faster than a JSON-based REST API? – by Benjamin Cane
Spoiler: gRPC is faster than JSON-based REST API due to HTTP/2 and Protobuf, which improve performance by reducing wait times and enhancing data transfer. However, it introduces some complexities. Read the full article to discover it!
Safe C++ is A new Proposal to Make C++ Memory-Safe – by Sergio De Simone
The Safe C++ proposal, proposed by Sean Baxter and Christian Mazakas, aims to create a memory-safe superset of C++ to address memory safety vulnerabilities. It allows existing code to compile without issues and gradually adopts new safe features, like pattern matching. However, the proposal faces design issues.
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And that’s all for this week! Wish you all a great weekend and happy coding!
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