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Europe : le choix de la misère et la fuite des cerveaux
Intéressant constat que celui qu’on peut dresser à la lecture d’un récent article de Courrier International sur un rapport de l’Institut australien de politique stratégique (ASPI) qui semblerait montrer que la suprématie américaine en matière de technologies est en train de laisser place à la Chine… L’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt et […] ⌘ Read more
The Linux Software Store War Rages On
Listen now (25 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Mar 8, 2023 ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal of Technology Monthly PDF Magazine - February, 2023
The latest issue is out now. Grab it while it’s hot. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Commenting Code https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/05/comments.html #rant #technology
Lunduke’s BSD Thoughts (as BSD Week ends)
Listen now (24 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Mar 1, 2023 ⌘ Read more
On Lunduke’s New Radio Show (and how awesome it is)
Listen now (21 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 28, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Linux is the new “It Just Works” OS
Listen now (20 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 27, 2023 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Five Phases of AI Grief https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/26/ai-grief.html #rant #technology
Lunduke tries FreeBSD… and it doesn’t totally suck!
Listen now (23 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 24, 2023 ⌘ Read more
UNIX is Everywhere
Listen now (19 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 23, 2023 ⌘ Read more
BSD Week Extended by an Extra Week!
Listen now (16 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 20, 2023 ⌘ Read more
OpenBSD, HelloSystem, and BSD Rabbit Holes
Listen now (31 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 19, 2023 ⌘ Read more
386BSD hates me (& NetBSD does too)
Listen now (18 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 15, 2023 ⌘ Read more
BSD Week begins at The Lunduke Journal of Technology!
Listen now (13 min) | An entire week devoted to everything BSD – both old and new! ⌘ Read more
The impending first era of AI
There’s an article in WSJ about the imminent ‘AI Boom’ and how a couple of companies, the ones that have already been both enabling and controlling our existence, to a large extent, are bound to become even more powerful. It’s interesting to ‘see’ the interplay if you’ve been working in computing technology for the past decade or so. Christopher Mims, the author of the WSJ article, posits that the computing requirements of large language models, latent text-to-image diffus … ⌘ Read more
The inside story of how Microsoft Office was ported to the first MacOS X
Listen now (27 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 8, 2023 ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 7, 2023
Listen now (22 min) | On Linux Sucks 2023, macOS Sucks, and more events ⌘ Read more
166 pages of extreme, DRM-Free nerdiness
The Lunduke Journal of Technology PDF magazine for January, 2023 is now available. ⌘ Read more
The technology behind GitHub’s new code search
A look at what went into building the world’s largest public code search index. ⌘ Read more
What will computer technology be like in 15 years?
Listen now (22 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Feb 3rd, 2023 ⌘ Read more
A census for computer nerds!
Listen now (21 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 23rd, 20223 ⌘ Read more
You get a layoff! And you get a layoff!
Listen now (32 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 20th, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Ask Lunduke Anything! (As long as it’s nerdy.)
Listen now (57 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 17, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Announcing the second publication in The Lunduke Journal family.
Listen now (15 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 16, 2023 ⌘ Read more
The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time. Zeno’s Paradox and Why Modern Technology is Rubbish – Terence Eden’s Blog
Ignite Realtime Blog: Help us translate Spark and Openfire!
We have started to experiment with an online tool that facilitates the process of translating Spark and Openfire. Both already have a bunch of translations, but none are complete.
I’m looking for people wanting to test the tool and/or provide translations. The aim is to make providing translations become so easy that little technological know-how is required.
If you’re interested, please sign up to [Ignite Realtime localizati … ⌘ Read more
Blockchain Blasphemy and the Technological Antichrist
There’s a meme YouTube video by Leonardo of Biz ( here) where the villainous Bogs refer to their desire to attain something called “The Akashic Records” using blockchain technology.
This random aside not just shows the attention to detail Leonardo gives what would otherwise be silly videos, but articulates something deep … ⌘ Read more
Blockchain Blasphemy and the Technological Antichrist
There’s a meme YouTube video by Leonardo of Biz ( here) where the villainous Bogs refer to their desire to attain something called “The Akashic Records” using blockchain technology.
This random aside not just shows the attention to detail Leonardo gives what would otherwise be silly videos, but articulates something deep … ⌘ Read more
GitHub, accessibility, and the disability divide
We just published our vision for GitHub accessibility at accessibility.github.com. Here’s the TL;DR: the prime directive of the GitHub accessibility program is to empower people with disabilities to build cool technology. ⌘ Read more
What if We Replace Guns and Bullets with Bows and Arrows?
The bicycle and the bow are both highly efficient, human-powered technologies that could substitute for two very harmful alternatives: the car and the firearm. Why do we promote one but not the other? ⌘ Read more
One-Size-Fits-All? How to Take Big Notes and How to Take Small Notes
Introduction[1]Historically, the length of media content has often been the result of technological restrictions. The SMS, for instance, is restricted to 160 characters due to the underlying GSM-7 protocol. Consequently, a change in the technological conditions can affect the l … ⌘ Read more
Understanding the social impact of open source technologies
Here’s how nonprofits and the social sector are using open source to drive social good. ⌘ Read more
There’s a meme YouTube video by Leonardo of Biz ( here) where the villainous Bogs refer to their desire to attain something called “The Akashic Records” using blockchain technology.
This random aside not just shows the attention to detail Leonardo gives what would otherwise be silly videos, but articulates something deeply troubling about a war unfoldin … ⌘ Read more
How to Use the Node Docker Official Image
Topping Stack Overflow’s 2022 list of most popular web frameworks and technologies, Node.js continues to grow as a critical MERN stack component. And since Node applications are written in JavaScript — the world’s leading programming language — many developers will feel right at home using it. We introduced the Node Docker Official Image (DOI) due […] ⌘ Read more
Protecting Internal Web Resources
BackgroundTL;DR: This blog post is a write-up of the process I went through to setup a set of internal web resources and apps for a small company I am running in my spare time ( providing a Single-Sign-On / SSO experience for internal users with web applications protected by flexible access policies including single and multi-factor authentication / two-factor authentication or 2FA).
As I mentioned in the TL;DR above, I run a small software/technology com … ⌘ Read more
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Easy Or Hard
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Erlang Solutions: Pair Programming
As a junior software developer, finding the right tools and techniques to help you learn a new language or technology can make a huge difference. While spending the last few months learning Erlang and Elixir, one of the techniques that I have found really helpful is pair programming.
I will be breaking down the concept of pair programming and my experiences with it so far, including the benefits and different ways of utilizing this programming style.
**What is pair progra … ⌘ Read moreWhy we signed the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy
As the home for developers, we understand the key role our communities play in steering digital transformation and maintaining societal infrastructure. That’s why we choose to drive and support policies and initiatives like the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy. We’re committed to working with like-minded organizations, governments, and civil society to make digital technologies work for democracy and human rights, … ⌘ Read more
Four Ways Docker Boosts Enterprise Software Development
David Balakirev, Regional CTO at Adnovum, describes how they show the benefits of container technology based on Docker. ⌘ Read more
Containerizing a Slack Clone App Built with the MERN Stack
The MERN Stack is a fast growing, open source JavaScript stack that’s gained huge momentum among today’s web developers. MERN is a diverse collection of robust technologies (namely, Mongo, Express, React, and Node) for developing scalable web applications — supported by frontend, backend, and database components. Node, Express, and React even ranked highly among most-popular […] ⌘ Read more
Comment on Ubuntu Gets New Themes, Logo, Boot Screen, Indentity and So Much More! by Ubuntu Has a Brand New Logo – OMG! Ubuntu! - 7th Information Technologies
[…] in ‘Ubuntu’ as part of the process.Why revamp the logo at all? Ubuntu last underwent a rebrand in 2010. But Canonical reasons that since Ubuntu and the technologies that underpin it evolve over time, so […] ⌘ Read more
Release Radar · August 2022 Edition
We’ve been gearing up to launch GitHub Universe 2022 and our community has been launching cool projects left right and center. These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. Here are some of the open source projects that released major version updates this August. Read more about these projects in […] ⌘ Read more
Comment on A Guided Tour Of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala by Ubuntu 22.10: Release Date & New Features – OMG! Ubuntu! - 7th Information Technologies
[…] 2004, and the second to use a codename beginning with the letter ‘K’. The other was Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala”, a notable release as it was the last to feature Ubuntu’s “Human” theme.But what […] ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: How Can Technology Answer the Questions Still Unanswered in FinTech?
Leaders in the fintech industry joined us to discuss how technology can answer the remaining questions in fintech. They explored key technologies shaping the sector that could also have an impact on society as a whole. Join our panel moderated by Andrew Vorster (Innovation Catalyst) featuring Jacky Uys (Mambu … ⌘ Read more
by which the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things, like a technology or an idea, is proportional to their current age. Thus, the Lindy effect proposes the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the longer its remaining life expectancy. The disproportionate influence of early tech decisions — brandur.org
Release Radar · July 2022 Edition
While some of us have been wrapping up the financial year, and enjoying vacation time, others have been hard at work shipping open source projects and releases. These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. Here are some of the open source projects that released major version updates this July. […] ⌘ Read more
Release Radar · June 2022 Edition
It’s been a crazy couple of months with the end of financial year and lots of products shipping. Our community has been hard at work shipping projects too. These projects can include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. Here are some of these open source projects that released major updates this […] ⌘ Read more
Fewer billionaires in mainland China as ultra-wealthy feel pain of Beijing’s tech, property crackdowns, study says
The ranks of the ultra-wealthy in mainland China slipped slightly last year as wealth creation was subdued by Beijing’s crackdowns on the technology and property sectors, according to a study by New York-based Wealth-X. ⌘ Read more