Author: ProHoster

New certifications for developers from Cisco. Overview of industry certifications

The Cisco certification program has been in existence for 26 years (it was founded in 1993). Many people are well aware of the engineering certification line CCNA, CCNP, CCIE. This year, the program was supplemented with certifications for developers, namely DevNet Associate, DevNet Specialist, DevNet Professional, DevNet Expert. The DevNet program itself has existed in the company for more than five years. Details about the Cisco DevNet program […]

Writing software with the functionality of Windows client-server utilities, part 01

Greetings. Today I would like to look at the process of writing client-server applications that perform the functions of standard Windows utilities, such as Telnet, TFTP, et cetera, et cetera in pure Java. It’s clear that I won’t bring anything new - all these utilities have been working successfully for more than one year, but I believe not everyone knows what’s going on under the hood. It is about [...]

"Universal" in the development team: benefit or harm?

Hi all! My name is Lyudmila Makarova, I am a development manager at UBRD and a third of my team are “generalists”. Admit it: every Tech Lead dreams of cross-functionality within their team. It’s so cool when one person is able to replace three, and even do it efficiently, without delaying deadlines. And, importantly, it saves resources! Sounds very […]

NetSurf 3.9

On July 18, a new version of NetSurf was released - a fast and lightweight web browser, aimed at weak devices and working, in addition to GNU/Linux itself and other *nix, on RISC OS, Atari, AmigaOS, Windows, and also has an unofficial port on KolibriOS. The browser uses its own engine and supports HTML4 and CSS2 (HTML5 and CSS3 in early development), as well as JavaScript […]

Dropbox has resumed support for XFS, ZFS, Btrfs and eCryptFS in the Linux client

Dropbox has released a beta version of a new branch (77.3.127) of a desktop client for working with the Dropbox cloud service, which adds support for XFS, ZFS, Btrfs and eCryptFS for Linux. Support for ZFS and XFS is stated only for 64-bit systems. In addition, the new version provides display of the size of data saved through the Smarter Smart Sync function, and eliminates a bug that caused […]

Revealed a new version of the standard Nintendo Switch with increased battery life

Nintendo has officially announced a new model of a full-fledged Nintendo Switch, which will have improved battery life. The new version of the console will be released with Joy-Con controllers in standard colors: neon blue / neon red and gray. Its main advantage will be improved battery life, which will allow you to play in portable mode for longer. According to the official Nintendo website, the Switch version […]

Rich lands and a talented inventor - details of the Sunken Treasures expansion for Anno 1800

Ubisoft has revealed details of the major update “Sunken Treasures” for Anno 1800. With it, the project will feature a six-hour storyline with dozens of new quests. The storyline will be related to the disappearance of the queen. Her search will take players to a new cape - Trelawney, where they will meet the inventor Nate. He will invite players to hunt for treasures. New […]

SpaceX Starhopper rocket turns into fireball during test

During a fire test on Tuesday evening, the engine of SpaceX's Starhopper test rocket unexpectedly caught fire. For testing, the rocket was equipped with a single Raptor engine. As in April, Starhopper was held in place by a cable, so during the first stage of testing it could only lift itself off the ground by no more than a few centimeters. As the video shows, the engine performance test was successful, [...]

Renault has formed a joint venture with China's JMCG to produce electric vehicles

French automobile company Renault SA announced on Wednesday its intention to acquire 50% of the share capital of electric vehicle manufacturer JMEV, owned by the Chinese Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG). This will create a joint venture that will allow Renault to expand its presence in the world's largest automotive market. The value of the JMEV stake acquired by the French company is $145 million. JMEV […]

Three winners of the Dijkstra Prize: how Hydra 2019 and SPTDC 2019 went

Most recently, from July 8 to 12, two significant events took place simultaneously - the Hydra conference and the SPTDC school. In this post I would like to highlight several features that we noticed during the conference. The biggest pride of Hydra and the School are the speakers. Three Dijkstra Prize winners: Leslie Lamport, Maurice Herlihy and Michael Scott. Moreover, Maurice received […]

Cisco DevNet as a platform for learning, opportunities for developers and engineers

Cisco DevNet is a program for programmers and engineers that helps developers and IT professionals who want to write applications and develop integrations with Cisco products, platforms, and interfaces. DevNet has been with the company for less than five years. During this time, the company’s specialists and the programming community have created programs, applications, SDKs, libraries, frameworks for working with equipment/solutions […]