Programming NodeJS developer refuses to believe that gigahertz means billion hertz During a heated online discussion in one of Github's many threads, a young NodeJS developer firmly refused to believe that "giga" in gigahertz means "billion". In an emotional tantrum, they
Programming Rust developers accused of Cargo cult Software developers specializing in Rust, a niche systems programming language, found themselves under pressure lately when a wider community of programmers worldwide started to accuse them of openly adhering to
Web Universal Server Side Rendering (USSR) takes industry by storm A group of web developers from a block of friendly European countries have announced "Universal Server Side Rendering" (USSR): a set of interchangeable adapters for React, Vue, Svelte and other
Google BREAKING: Russia was found on Google Maps, FBI to investigate the product Anonymous cyber security specialist submitted a formal report to FBI stating that popular mapping application Google Maps contains traces of the state of Russia. Apparently, any user of the app
Science Authors of "reproducible builds" promise "runnable software" by 2027 A group of talented software developers behind the famous reproducible builds paradigm has announced that "runnable software" will be achieved by 2027. The concept of runnable software is widely believed
Design Apple Music for macOS review With author's permission, we are publishing a comprehensive review of Apple Music for macOS Catalina, a wonderful product, the result of decades of advancements in software development.
Science NASA refuses to reply to aliens who attempted to communicate with Earth via YAML Washington, D.C.—NASA spokesperson shared breaking news this morning: the governmental agency had received an intelligent radio signal of extraterrestrial origin. The message contains information about the alien species
Business Global productivity spiked during Slack downtime A tremendous boost in productivity has been recorded globally on January 4th 2021. The precise timeline heavily correlates with the downtime of Slack, a popular team communication application whose mission
Startups Senior developer fired for insisting their pronouns are "sir/sir" Miami, FL—After hours of deliberation, the HR department of a large tech company handed the pink slip to a senior developer who had asked to remain anonymous. While most
Programming Haskell programmer attempts to live without side effects, found asphyxiated in black box Peter Summentyp, a software developer from Baden-Baden, Germany was found dead in the basement of his house. Peter's body was sealed in a large black metallic box, in an apparent
Web 42.js: new JS framework aims to equalize build time and page load time at 42 seconds Miramichi, NEW BRUNSWICK—An ambitious new javascript framework called 42.js aims to bring a refreshing simplicity within its core mission. The authors explain: We believe it is important for
Web Team realizes they've been running Docker in a VM in Docker for 3 years, question reality Ottawa, ON—A team of web developers in a rapidly-growing Canadian startup accidentally found out their whole production environment consisting of dozens of Docker containers has been running inside a
