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Company lawyers reduce server load by 93% by adding cookie consent banner

German e-commerce startup has been battling repeated server downtimes due to increased popularity of their services.

Nov 20, 2024 • 

Matthew Solenya

3

January 2023

ESLint rule: "backward compatibility" considered grammatically incorrect

The newest version of ESLint, a popular JavaScript linter utility, contains a new set of English grammar rules and semantic rules.

Jan 31, 2023 • 

Matthew Solenya

4

Company accidentally increased dev productivity 3x by laying off 20% of middle management

Fagooglix, a Silicon Valley company, joined a wave of layoffs by reducing the pool of middle managers, agile coaches and scrum masters by 20% in an…

Jan 23, 2023 • 

Matthew Solenya

11

Expert: true General Artificial Intelligence is impossible because it would be suicidal

Relatively sad news from one of prestigious AI institutes crushed dreams of many researchers and corporations heavily investing in AI.

Jan 21, 2023 • 

Matthew Solenya

4

Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio

Tinder, a dating app, has recently updated its Terms of Service.

Jan 20, 2023 • 

Matthew Solenya

5

December 2021

Leak confirms Kubernetes team using Bash scripts for own deploys

Leaked screenshots of internal documentation and messages reveled by an unknown source confirm a myth that the Kubernetes team prefers simple Bash…

Dec 8, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

8

Cryptocurrency people successfully ruin words 'crypto' and 'web', seek next target

During the annual Centralized Cryptocurrency Conference Planning (CCCP) leaders of the cryptocurrency community officially declared the successful…

Dec 7, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

2

Dev realizes he is still in the interview stage after 2 years of work

Thorough, long interviews are familiar to anyone trying to get a job as a software developer.

Dec 1, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

2

August 2021

Dev builds perfect note-taking system which only stores info about building note-taking systems

It's a remote dream for some professionals, but for Miriam K., a senior developer from Houston, the dream became reality when she finally completed her…

Aug 19, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

3

Startup raises $480M of VC money in order to fire all native app developers and switch to ElectronJS

A regular SaaS company based in San Jose has been offering native macOS and Windows apps for almost 11 years.

Aug 12, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

1

May 2021

Dev stops suffering from imposter syndrome after realizing he is in fact dumb

Impostor syndrome is a common problem among tech professionals.

May 27, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

1

Dev builds powerful blogging setup, suddenly realizes he hates writing

A young developer's blogging career abruptly ended in an unexpected twist.

May 17, 2021 • 

Matthew Solenya

1