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Mark Zuckerberg’s responsibility is not just to create popular services, but also to ensure they are beneficial for individuals and society as a whole. This post delves into the revelations made by two whistleblowers and a newspaper investigation about what was happening within Meta (formerly Facebook) during the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. The disclosed information […]
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Over the last year, Tanda has expanded from a single-product company to launching multiple new products that seamlessly integrate with each other. Reflecting on the different phases of product strategy over the last decade, the author discusses the initial phase of product development, where the focus is on building the minimum viable product (MVP) and […]
Turbot, the team behind the open-source project Steampipe, has learned valuable lessons while managing over 200 open-source repositories. The first lesson is the importance of responding instantly to community members’ issues and pull requests. By monitoring everything and alerting the core team, Turbot ensures swift responses and prioritizes external contributors. Another key lesson is the […]
In engineering processes, the concept of Push and Pull plays a significant role. Often, when implementing a new process or system, gaining buy-in from participants can be difficult. This lack of buy-in is usually due to a failure to incorporate both the Push and the Pull. For example, asking employees to write weekly status updates […]
This blog post discusses a scheme that aims to improve computer security by making the C programming language somewhat safer. The author acknowledges that similar ideas have been proposed in research papers, but no full-scale implementation for C has been done. The post presents a simple C function and demonstrates how to make it memory […]
Pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden’s administration to restrict American companies from working on RISC-V, an open-source chip technology widely used in China. Some lawmakers, including Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Mark Warner, are urging action on RISC-V, citing national security concerns. They fear that Beijing is exploiting open collaboration among American […]
In this web content, the author reflects on their experience with Braid, a consumer payments company that operated from 2019 to 2023. They describe their journey from finding product-market fit and experiencing rapid growth to ultimately shutting down due to various challenges. The author highlights the myths they encountered along the way, such as early […]
An interdisciplinary research team has developed an innovative method of deflecting laser beams using sound waves. By modulating the air in the path of the laser using dense and less dense areas created with special loudspeakers, the researchers were able to create an optical grating that changed the direction of the laser light. The technique […]
In this blog post, the author explores the contents of the .git folder created by Git. They explain that the .git folder contains various files and folders that store configuration settings, references to branches and tags, and the objects that represent files and commits in the repository. The author highlights the use of the “git […]