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Blot is a platform that allows you to turn a folder into a website. All the files in the folder automatically become posts on your website. You can use various file types such as text, markdown, images, word documents, Google Docs, bookmarks, and HTML. You can sync your folder with Dropbox, Git, or Google Drive. […]
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All incident.io developers use a MacBook for their development work. When Apple released the M3 MacBook Pros, the team wondered if upgrading to these new machines would improve productivity and security. To determine if it was worthwhile, the team embarked on a data-driven analysis. They created a custom Go hot-reloader to track build telemetry from […]
For years, premature babies in the US were left to die, but one man on Coney Island saved thousands of lives and revolutionized American medical science. Martin Couney, known as “the incubator doctor,” ran an exhibit where premature babies fought for their lives in incubators. Despite being seen as a charlatan and self-publicist by many, […]
Did you know that Gentoo Linux’s package manager, Portage, has support for both source-based and binary packages? And now, they are offering binary packages for download and direct installation. With over 20 GBytes of packages available on their mirrors, including popular software like LibreOffice, KDE Plasma, Gnome, and Docker, Gentoo Linux provides a stable and […]
In this web content, the author explores the use of portrait displays for software development. They evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different rotation angles, noting that 0° works well with most applications but may result in whitespace and padding around websites and documents. They mention that 90° rotation is great for text documents but […]
The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector, National Grid’s Viking Link, has started commercial operations. The interconnector, a joint venture between National Grid and Danish System Operator Energinet, has a capacity of 1.4 GW and stretches for 475 miles between the UK and Denmark. It will transport enough electricity for up to 2.5 million UK […]
In recent years, the Fourth Amendment has struggled to protect individuals’ privacy rights when it comes to information shared with third parties. Bills have been introduced to add Fourth Amendment protections to cell location data gathered by phone apps. However, both the government and private companies have largely been willing to hand over sensitive medical […]
Running macOS virtual machines (VMs) on Apple silicon Macs has been a goal for Apple, but the experience is different from virtualizing macOS on Intel Macs. Apple introduced virtualization as one of the three pillars for supporting software diversity on its new M-series Macs, along with Universal apps and Rosetta 2. With the release of […]
In 2003, an attempt was made to backdoor the Linux kernel. The Linux source code was stored using a system called BitKeeper, but some developers preferred to use CVS. On November 5, 2003, it was discovered that a code change in the CVS copy had not been approved and did not exist in the BitKeeper […]
This web content explains the structure and functionality of a 3-level B+ tree. The tree consists of branch pages and leaf pages, with data and keys stored in the leaf pages. Leaf chaining, which allows for easy sequential access between leaf pages, is not supported as it requires rewriting the entire tree with each update. […]