On my blog: Developer Diary, Pickett’s Charge https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/03/pickett.html #programming #project #devjournal
My June ‘23 in Review
So, another month is over and with it the first half of the year 2023. Time for a short review. ⌘ Read more
logs/blog: poem - slow blink
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — kiki the nano bot https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/01/kiki.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/26 to 06/30 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/30/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Game Bytes · June 2023
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on! ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Vengeance Factor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/29/vengeance-factor.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.9 is now generally available
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.9 is now generally available. Organizations can now take advantage of more features that enable deeper collaboration, greater observability and faster workflows. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: The business value behind green coding
Most large businesses – and many smaller ones – now have a sustainability strategy. Measuring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact has been transformed from a fringe activity into a fundamental differentiator.
That’s partly because organisations want to do the right thing – climate change affects everyone, after all – and also because sustainability makes sound business sense.
B2C businesses are dealing with increasingl … ⌘ Read more
Bloatware removal on Android without Root and without a PC
In this blog post, I want to share an alternative method for removing bloatware from your Android phone without the need for a PC. I discovered most of the apps during my recent adventure of migrating to a new phone. With the help of a few tools and some basic knowledge, you can debloat your phone and easily revert any changes if necessary. ⌘ Read more
Ditching Pocket Premium: Streamline link saving with Telegram
For the past two years, I’ve been using Pocket to save links that I want to revisit later. However, as my yearly subscription is about to expire, I’ve started thinking about finding a free alternative that offers the features I actually use, without paying for unnecessary extras. ⌘ Read more
Shot on my new Galaxy A54. ⌘ Read more
Docker Acquires Mutagen for Continued Investment in Performance and Flexibility of Docker Desktop
I’m excited to announce that Docker, voted the most-used and most-desired tool in Stack Overflow’s 2023 Developer Survey, has acquired Mutagen IO, Inc., the company behind the open source Mutagen file synchronization and networking technologies that enable high-performance remote development. Mutagen’s synchronization and forwarding capabilities facilitate the seamless transfer of code, binary artifacts, and network […] ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire inVerse plugin v10.1.4-1 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the immediate release of version “10.1.4 release 1” of the inVerse plugin for Openfire!
The inVerse plugin adds a Converse-based web client to Openfire ( Converse is a third party implementation). With this plugin, you’ll be able to set up a fully functional Converse-based chat clients with just a few mouse-clicks!
This update includes an … ⌘ Read more
The economic impact of the AI-powered developer lifecycle and lessons from GitHub Copilot
Today at Collision Conference we unveiled breaking new research on the economic and productivity impact of generative AI–powered developer tools. The research found that the increase in developer productivity due to AI could boost global GDP by over $1.5 trillion. ⌘ Read more
Yes, I still keep some old domains to redirect to sections of this blog: appydroid.eu to redirect to the app and smartphone related section and ein-geek.de to redirect to the German part of my blog. Even though I merged them about four years ago. 😄 ⌘ Read more
Overcoming challenges for a better phone: My frustrating upgrade experience
Although my old smartphone is still in perfect condition, I have made the decision to upgrade to a new model: from a Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite to a Samsung Galaxy A54. Despite its current functionality, I opted to make the switch now, with the hope that the trade-in value will remain higher compared to what it would likely be in a year when it will likely decrease. And the A54 was on sale. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: IoT Complexity Made Simple with the Versatility of Erlang and Elixir
Part A: Current Context and ChallengesThe world is on the brink of a transformative industrial revolution known as Industry 4.0. This fourth industrial revolution is revolutionising our lives, work, and interactions on an unprecedented scale. The convergence of technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) has enabled highly sophisticated and interconnected systems. The … ⌘ Read more
New tool to secure your GitHub Actions
Introducing a new tool to monitor and control the permissions of the repository token for GitHub Actions. ⌘ Read more
Meernaa – As Many Birds Flying
Bay Area native Carly Bond aka Meernaa shares a stunning Silvia Grav-directed video for “ As Many Birds Flying”, the gorgeous new single from Meerna’s forthcoming album So Far So Good, out in October via our friends at Austin label Keeled Scales… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Refrigeration Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/26/refrigeration.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Why Care about Free Culture? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/25/free-culture.html #rant #freeculture #media
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Let’s Move Forward https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/24/move-forward.html #freeculture #bookclub
Just one sign of the climate crisis
Two years ago, for the first time in my life, I experienced the basement filling up after a heavy rain. And now, not even two years later, the same thing is happening again. (I and we are fine and there was not too much damage). ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/19 to 06/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/23/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Price https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/22/price.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Erlang Solutions: Unleashing the Power of SNMP: Exposing Your Embedded Elixir/Erlang (Nerves, GRiSP) Apps to the World
Did you know that Erlang/OTP ships with built-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) support? Using SNMP is a great way to integrate your Elixir or Erlang application into an industrial environment. This will be of particular interest for those working with embedded … ⌘ Read more
Open Source challenge results from Gamedev.js Jam 2023
Highlighting 13 of the top games plus source from the latest Gamedev.js jam–by GitHub Star and event organizer, Andrzej Mazur. ⌘ Read more
Bridging code and community
Explore the impact of non-code contributions—and why they are often undervalued, the challenges of using open source in regulated environments, and the art of managing projects at the scale of Kubernetes, now on The ReadME Podcast. ⌘ Read more
Crafting a better, faster code view
The new GitHub Code View brings users many new features to improve the code reading and exploration experiences, and we overcame a number of unique technical hurdles in order to deliver those features without compromising performance. ⌘ Read more
We Thank the Stack Overflow Community for Ranking Docker the #1 Most-Used Developer Tool
Stack Overflow’s annual 2023 Developer Survey engaged nearly 80,000 developers to learn about their work, the technologies they use, their likes and dislikes, and much, much more. As a company obsessed with serving developers, we’re honored that Stack Overflow’s community ranked Docker the #1 most-desired and #1 most-used developer tool. Since our inclusion in the […] ⌘ Read more
How to use GitHub Copilot: Prompts, tips, and use cases
In this prompt guide for GitHub Copilot, two GitHub developer advocates, Rizel and Michelle, will share examples and best practices for communicating your desired results to the AI pair programmer. ⌘ Read more
Shorter Feedback Loops Developing Java Apps with Digma’s Free Docker Extension
The Digma Docker extension acts as your own intelligent agent for monitoring code execution, especially in development and testing. ⌘ Read more
Full-Stack Reproducibility for AI/ML with Docker & Kaskada
Learn how Docker and Kaskada improve and accelerate the machine learning development cycle. ⌘ Read more
Developers need the right to challenge junk patents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently proposed rule changes that will make it harder to challenge low quality patents. Without the ability to quickly and efficiently challenge wrongly granted patents, innovation and developers suffer. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Juneteenth https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/19/juneteenth.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Unraveling Universality https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/18/universality.html #rant #harm
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Green Comet, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/17/green-comet-3.html #freeculture #bookclub
Although I have lived in Braunschweig full time for more than 23 years (and now still part time), I only recently saw this portal from 1584 for the first time. ⌘ Read more
While reddit is trying to kill itself – the CEO doesn’t seem to care much about the community (but I don’t really care about the topic enough to know for sure) – I think Lemmy is a nice alternative. Quite minimalist, but fast, has an app that isn’t cluttered with ads, and relies on ActivityPub to federate with the Fediverse. Even though reddit could reverse decisions, some people (including me) now know of better alternatives. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/12 to 06/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/16/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Enemy https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/15/enemy.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Exploring GitHub with the redesigned navigation, now in public beta
GitHub’s redesigned navigation is enabled for all users as a public beta. ⌘ Read more
CodeQL zero to hero part 2: getting started with CodeQL
Learn the basics of CodeQL and how to use it for security research! In this blog, we will teach you how to leverage GitHub’s static analysis tool CodeQL to write custom CodeQL queries. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Lifting Your Loads for Maintainable Elixir Applications
This post will discuss one particular aspect of designing Elixir applications using the Ecto library: separating data loading from using the data which is loaded. I will lay out the situations and present some solutions, including a new library called ecto_require_associations.
Applications will differ, but let’s look at [this example]( … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: May 2023
In May, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into three April incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Lifting Your Loads for Maintainable Elixir Applications
This post will discuss one particular aspect of designing Elixir applications using the Ecto library: separating data loading from using the data which is loaded. I will lay out the situations and present some solutions, including a new library called ecto_require_associations.
Applications will differ, but let’s look at [this example]( … ⌘ Read more
The park has some more nice places. 📸 ⌘ Read more
The obligatory photo, this time on a summer evening. 😊 ⌘ Read more
Survey reveals AI’s impact on the developer experience
We surveyed 500 U.S.-based developers at companies with 1,000-plus employees about how managers should consider developer productivity, collaboration, and AI coding tools. ⌘ Read more