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Stack Overflow Labs is a new space for Stack Overflow, its community, and its customers to explore the future of knowledge sharing together. Stack Overflow for Teams sits at the intersection of curiosity and innovation, providing a space to ask and answer questions from peers, learn from experts within the company, and keep up with […]
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The debate between using native enums or regular string columns with CHECK constraints in PostgreSQL has been settled in favor of the latter. While native enums come with ordering, type safety, and space efficiency, they also have limitations, such as the inability to remove an existing value. Updating an enum would require creating a new […]
Hash functions are integral in every programmer’s work, from optimizing database queries to securing data. But what exactly are hash functions and how do they work? This post breaks down the basics of hash functions, including how to measure their effectiveness and what makes them good. The article provides visualizations to demonstrate concepts such as […]
Benzene exposure has been linked to metabolic disorders, but its effect on adipose tissue had not been fully understood until a recent study, which discovered that exposure to the ubiquitous pollutant could induce lipodystrophy and disturb endocrine function of white adipose tissue. Adult mice exposed to benzene displayed decreased body fat content as well as […]
Undb is a self-hosted, private-first, no-code database that is both lightweight and highly customizable. With multiple built-in field types and variants, developers can easily deploy it with different adapters and view types, including grid, kanban, tree, and calendar. Undb is also developer-friendly and provides openapi, webhooks, realtime subscriptions, and SDKs. The platform is built using […]
Rivian has announced that it will adopt Tesla’s charging standard, enabling its customers to use Tesla’s Supercharger network across North America from Spring 2024 via adaptive cables. Rivian is also set to introduce Tesla-style charging ports as a standard feature on its vehicles from 2025. This move comes as Tesla seeks to establish its charging […]
Recent research has found that historians have underestimated the number of underage soldiers who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, as well as the significance of the legal, political, and administrative battles these youths provoked. While some historians have reinforced the notion that the Confederacy employed young soldiers more willingly and extensively […]
RSS feeds may not be mainstream, but they are still popular among tech users. However, many users don’t know how to use RSS feeds, which are usually rendered as raw XML files in browsers. The solution is to include an xml-stylesheet processing instruction within the RSS feed, which provides styling information and transforms the XML […]
The author explains why they prefer using Tcl as their scripting language of choice. They discuss Ousterhout’s dichotomy, which claims that programming languages fall into two categories: low-level, statically-typed systems languages and high-level, dynamic scripting languages. Tcl was designed with this dichotomy in mind and allows users to easily drop down into C or C++ […]
Online privacy is more than just using a VPN. Mullvad Browser offers Mullvad Leta, an alternative search engine only accessible with a paid Mullvad VPN account. Mullvad Leta uses the Google Search API to cache results, share them amongst users and improve privacy. Mullvad Leta’s services are user-supported, without ads or data selling. A browser […]