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1. Home Recording Studio and Office in One – How to Set It Up?
INFO: The CEO of Nozbe, who has "always" worked remotely from home, showcases his combined office and recording studio setup. He explains how he organized his workspace, lighting, and video conferencing setup. The article includes many minor yet inspiring improvements that can make remote work more convenient. It’s worth following the links to related articles, which provide more details on specific topics, such as video or podcast recording setups.
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2. Top 5 Most Challenging Employee Types and How to Handle Them
INFO: If you're a manager, sooner or later, you'll encounter difficult employees who can be a real challenge for you and your team. The author of this article describes five common archetypes of challenging employees, such as the "Entitled Veteran" who resists change or the "Brilliant Aggressor" who delivers outstanding results at the expense of team relationships. The article offers practical advice on managing these individuals effectively, minimizing their negative impact on the company, and helping them integrate better into the organization.
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3. How Google Approaches Software Engineering - Key Principles and Practices
INFO: Google has tailored its engineering practices to work on a massive scale, but many of them can be adapted to the needs of any organization. The article presents the key principles described in the book "Software Engineering at Google", such as a testing culture, adequate code verification, technical documentation, knowledge sharing, dependency management, and deployment practices. This is not a guide to copying Google's methods but an exploration of why they work and how they can be adapted to suit your needs. The first paragraph includes a link to the full (free) version of the book on which this article is based.
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4. Buy Products from European Companies – Catalog and Search Engine
INFO: Want to use the XYZ app, but it's built in the USA and doesn't fully comply with EU regulations required by your company? Use this website’s search engine to define your needs and determine if a European alternative exists. You can also explore the "Digital" category and filter by country of origin, such as "Poland," to discover interesting local products.
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5. Artificial Sunlight with LEDs? - DIY Project
INFO: The author designs and builds a homemade light source that mimics sunlight, not relying on a large parabolic reflector but instead on a grid of tiny lenses and high-quality LEDs. This interesting and useful solution could be especially valuable in photography. It may also appeal to DIY enthusiasts and electronics fans.
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6. Where Do APT Group Names Come From? - A Review of Naming Systems
INFO: Do criminal groups like Lazarus, Fancy Bear, or APT42 hold meetings and debate what they should be called before starting to steal online? Not necessarily ;) Various threat analysis companies assign the names of such groups, each using their conventions, meaning the same group can have several different aliases. The article explores examples of names assigned to the famous Lazarus group and discusses the naming systems used by companies like CrowdStrike (animals), Mandiant (APT+number, UNC), and Microsoft (weather and color).
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7. Content-visibility: auto - A Key to Faster Page Rendering?
INFO: The property allows the browser to skip rendering elements not visible in the user's viewport, significantly improving page speed and rendering times. This solution optimizes long lists, tables, or interfaces with many elements while minimizing layout shifts using the contain-intrinsic-size property. It's well-supported in all modern browsers (except for a minor bug in Safari because it’s always a bit odd), so it might be worth taking a closer look and starting to use it.
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8. AI as a Team Member? - An Experiment at Procter & Gamble
INFO: Can artificial intelligence effectively replace a human team member in collaborative work? An experiment conducted with 776 professionals at Procter & Gamble showed that AI could equalize performance levels among individual employees and reduce the knowledge specialization gap. Interestingly, the results suggest that AI is not just a tool to increase productivity but can also serve as a supportive team member, influencing softer aspects of team collaboration.
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9. GPT-4o Gets a New Image Generator - It's Surprisingly Good
INFO: Until now, ChatGPT used the DALL-E model to generate images, which (to put it mildly) was far from market standards among graphic generators. Now, the model can create new graphics and modify existing ones, and interestingly, it does this exceptionally well. These new features are not officially available through the API, but web interface users can already use this functionality.
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10. GPSTracker - Open-Source Alternative to Google Maps Location History
INFO: Tracking your location with Google Maps is a very convenient feature, but it doesn't necessarily support your privacy. Your daily location is sent to external company servers, which may not be ideal for everyone. How can you use similar functionality but in a self-hosted version? GPSTracker is a tool that allows you to store and analyze location history on your server. The article provides a complete technical description of this solution.
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11. How Websites Were Created in 1995 on GeoCities
INFO: GeoCities, formerly Beverly Hills Internet, revolutionized 90s web design by making it easy for ordinary users to create websites. The service enabled mass content creation through its division into themed "cyber cities" and a simple page generator, attracting thousands of users. Despite technical limitations and a somewhat template-like appearance, GeoCities captured users' hearts and became an inseparable part of Internet history. This article is for fans of nostalgic technologies.
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12. How Discord Improved Its Mobile App Performance on Android
INFO: Discord switched to React Native for its Android version, initially posing performance challenges. However, through optimizations, they significantly reduced app launch time and improved interface smoothness. The article dives into the specific changes made and the performance issues developers encountered. This is useful if you're developing software for Android.
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13. What Are Faults and Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems?
INFO: Distributed systems must handle various failures, such as hardware, network, or human errors. Techniques like active and passive replication, fault detection through heartbeats, and recovery strategies like checkpointing and circuit breakers ensure reliability. The article explains how these mechanisms work and why they are crucial for maintaining system continuity.
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14. Docker Hub Implements Pull Limits - What Does This Mean for GitLab CI/CD?
INFO: Starting April 1, Docker Hub will enforce long-announced limits on pull operations. If you use GitLab for CI/CD automation, there's a high chance your pipeline may break. The article explains what actions you can take to ensure your automation continues to run smoothly, even with minimal or no additional costs.
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15. Practical Design Patterns in PostgreSQL That Make Life Easier
INFO: A collection of practical patterns and best practices in PostgreSQL that can significantly improve the quality of working with the database. The author discusses, among other things, using UUIDs as primary keys, utilizing timestamp fields to track changes in records, schemas, the soft delete pattern, and storing statuses in log form. These solutions might seem small initially, but their combined use in a project can bring noticeable benefits.
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16. GPT-5 - What We Know About OpenAI's New Model
INFO: The new model is expected to improve reasoning significantly, multimodality (text, image, audio, video), and personalization, although it will not yet reach AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) levels. According to predictions, its release will take place later this year. The article was written in February of this year, so some predictions (such as the release of GPT-4.5) have already passed.
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17. Do Not Use Fake Bold and Italics in Social Media
INFO: Most social networks do not natively support text formatting, but some services can add such support. These services replace regular characters with Unicode symbols that look similar. The problem is that the difference is minimal to the human eye (the text appears bolder or italicized), but it’s an entirely different text from a semantic perspective. This complicates information search and reduces the reach of social media posts, but another aspect is often overlooked. It's about the accessibility of such posts for people with visual impairments who rely on screen readers in their daily work. See (or rather, "hear") how such formatted posts are read by automation.
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18. Programmable Power Supply via USB-C? Yes, It’s Possible! (12m video)
INFO: USB-C can do more than you think. The PPS (Programmable Power Supply) standard allows for precise voltage and current control, turning a regular USB-C charger into an adjustable power supply. The video explains how this works, which integrated circuits make it possible, and how to use ready-made boards to test this technology. There’s also an interesting test of PPS charging a LiPo battery, comparing it to traditional USB-PD power. This is an excellent resource for hobbyists.
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19. Colormaxxing - How to Achieve the Most Intense Colors in Your Browser
INFO: Is #ff0000 the most intense red you can see on a screen? It turns out it’s not—color spaces like Display-P3 or Rec. 2020 can offer even more saturated hues that can’t be replicated in standard sRGB. The article explains how to use these new color spaces in CSS and demonstrates the differences between traditional and these "enhanced" colors.
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20. How the EU Fights Online Disinformation - FIMI and EU Regulations (video, 30m)
INFO: The European Union is working to establish standards for combating online disinformation and manipulation. What is FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference), and what tools are used to fight propaganda? This is an essential yet highly controversial topic. If you are an extreme Eurosceptic, it might be best to avoid this video altogether.
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21. Fancy Components - A Collection of Ready-to-Use Components and Microinteractions for React
INFO: This library offers a set of ready-to-use components and micro-interactions that can enhance your app’s interface. The documentation provides examples of what you can achieve with text, images, and other elements. One interesting feature is the physics engine (e.g., gravity) that can be applied to elements on the page.
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22. Experimenting on the website with document.designMode
INFO: This browser feature isn't widely used by developers, but it can significantly speed up visual experiments on a webpage. For example, if you want to know which title looks better, how to divide an article's text, or create a simple mockup simulating the filling of a page with content, all of this can be done without modifying the page's code. The article explains using "design mode" in your daily work. While you might not use it much as a developer, you can teach your less technical colleagues how to use it.
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23. Optimizing Next.js Applications - A Practical Guide
INFO: The article presents a set of proven techniques for optimizing Next.js applications, focusing on reducing bundle size, optimizing images, improving data fetching methods, and managing state. It's a practical guide for anyone looking to speed up their app and improve its performance in Core Web Vitals. Concrete tips are included.
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24. FBI Warns About Fake File Converters - They Could Infect You with Malware
INFO: Want to convert a PDF file to a Word document? You might have a problem as you accidentally encounter a website that infects you with malware. Scammers create sites that imitate legitimate file conversion services, but instead of receiving a converted document, you get a malware installer.
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25. osgint - OSINT Tool for Searching GitHub User Information
INFO: A simple application for retrieving information about GitHub users based on their username or email address. It provides data such as account ID, account creation date, the number of public repositories and gists, and any GPG and SSH keys. It analyzes public commits and data from GitHub's API to maximize the effectiveness of searches.
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26. Practical HTML Elements You Should Know
INFO: This is another batch of interesting native HTML tags that will help you avoid unnecessary dependencies in JavaScript and CSS. Learn how to design modal windows, accordions, and sliders with value previews, progress bars, and more. All of this can be achieved using pure HTML.
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