Author: ProHoster

Building an Android project in a Docker container

When developing a project for the Android platform, even the smallest one, sooner or later you have to deal with the development environment. In addition to the Android SDK, it is necessary to have the latest version of Kotlin, Gradle, platform-tools, build-tools. And if on the developer’s machine all these dependencies are solved to a greater extent using the Android Studio IDE, then on the CI/CD server each update can turn into […]

Selection: 9 useful materials about "professional" emigration to the USA

According to a recent Gallup study, the number of Russians wishing to move to another country has tripled over the past 11 years. Most of these people (44%) are under the age group of 29 years. Also, according to statistics, the United States is confidently among the most desirable countries for immigration among Russians. I decided to collect in one topic useful links to materials about [...]

"The best thing I've done in my career is send the job to hell." Chris Dancy on turning all life into data

I have a fierce aversion to everything related to “self-development” - life coaches, gurus, talkative motivators. I want to demonstratively burn “self-help” literature on a big bonfire. Without a drop of irony, Dale Carnegie and Tony Robbins infuriate me - more than psychics and homeopaths. It physically pains me to see how some “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” becomes a super-bestseller, and fucking Mark Manson writes […]

Talk about DevOps in plain language

Is it difficult to grasp the main point when talking about DevOps? We have collected for you vivid analogies, striking formulations and advice from experts that will help even non-specialists get to the point. At the end, the bonus is Red Hat employees’ own DevOps. The term DevOps originated 10 years ago and has gone from a Twitter hashtag to a powerful cultural movement in the IT world, a true […]

Good things don't come cheap. But it's free

In this article I want to talk about Rolling Scopes School, a free JavaScript/frontend course that I took and really enjoyed. I found out about this course by accident; in my opinion, there is little information about it on the Internet, but the course is excellent and deserves attention. I think this article will be useful to those who are trying to independently study [...]

Swift programming language on Raspberry Pi

Raspberry PI 3 Model B+ In this tutorial we will go over the basics of using Swift on the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a small and inexpensive single-board computer whose potential is limited only by its computing resources. It is well known among tech geeks and DIY enthusiasts. This is a great device for those who need to experiment with an idea or test a certain concept in practice. He […]

Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0 distribution release

Proxmox, known for developing the Proxmox Virtual Environment distribution kit for deploying virtual server infrastructures, has released the Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0 distribution kit. Proxmox Mail Gateway is presented as a turnkey solution for quickly creating a system for monitoring mail traffic and protecting the internal mail server. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. For […]

Chris Beard steps down as CEO of Mozilla Corporation

Chris has been working at Mozilla for 15 years (his career in the company began with the launch of the Firefox project) and five and a half years ago became CEO, replacing Brendan Icke. This year, Beard will give up the leadership position (a successor has not yet been chosen; if the search drags on, this position will be temporarily filled by the executive chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, Mitchell Baker), but […]

Thunderbird 68.0 mail client release

A year after the publication of the last significant release, the Thunderbird 68 email client was released, developed by the community and based on Mozilla technologies. The new release is classified as a long-term support version, for which updates are released throughout the year. Thunderbird 68 is based on the codebase of the ESR release of Firefox 68. The release is available for direct download only, automatic updates […]

phpCE conference canceled due to conflict caused by lack of female speakers

The organizers of the annual phpCE (PHP Central Europe Developer Conference) conference held in Dresden have canceled the event scheduled for early October and expressed their intention to cancel the conference in the future. The decision comes amid a dispute in which three speakers (Karl Hughes, Larry Garfield and Mark Baker) canceled their appearances at the conference under the pretext of turning the conference into a club […]

The services “Online Appeal of Fines” and “Online Justice” will appear on the government services portal.

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation spoke about a number of new super services that will be launched on the basis of the State Services portal. It is noted that super services are the next step in the development of electronic services, when the state takes care of documents while the citizen is busy with his business. Such services automatically select the necessary documents and prepare [...]