Photo: Liza Shvets / Facebook Liza Shvets began her career at a cable factory, worked as a salesperson in a small shop in Oryol, and a few years later joined Microsoft. Now she works on the IT brand "Dodo Pizza." She has an ambitious task ahead of her—to prove that "Dodo Pizza" is not just about food, but also about development and technology. Next week, Liza […]
Hello! Welcome to the fifth lesson of the Fortinet Getting Started course. In the last lesson, we discussed security policies. Now it’s time to enable local users to access the Internet. In this lesson, we will explore the NAT mechanism. In addition to allowing users to go online, we will also look at the method for publishing internal services. The brief theory is presented under […]
Patches addressing seven vulnerabilities (CVE identifiers not yet assigned) have been released for the free content management system Plone, developed in Python using the Zope application server. The issues affect all active releases of Plone, including the newly released version 5.2.1 from a few days ago. The problems are expected to be fixed in future Plone releases 4.3.20, 5.1.7, and 5.2.2, and until those versions are released, a hotfix is recommended. […]
The release of GNU Mes toolkit 0.22 has been introduced, facilitating the bootstrap process for GCC and enabling a closed-loop rebuild from source code. The toolkit addresses the challenge of verified initial compiler builds in distributions, breaking the cycle of circular rebuilding (compiler builds require executables from the already built compiler, and binary compiler builds can be a potential source of hidden backdoors, preventing […]
In the animal kingdom, which includes humans, there are numerous methods of communicating with one another. This can be an energetic dance, such as that of the birds of paradise, indicating a male's readiness to reproduce; it can be vibrant coloring, like that of Amazon tree frogs, indicating their toxicity; or it can be scent, like that of dogs, marking boundaries […]
Dear fellow engineers, the Metarchy community presents to you a modern course on Node.js that includes an in-depth exploration of all the capabilities and aspects of the platform. The main focus is on how to create reliable, high-load application servers and APIs without being tied to a specific framework or even a protocol, meaning to abstract business logic into a separate layer. The lectures come with many code examples demonstrating […]
In fact, the Hand of God is one of the most famous goals in football history, executed by Argentine Diego Maradona in the 51st minute of the quarterfinal match of the 1986 World Cup against England. The 'Hand' is named so because the goal was scored with his hand. In our team, we refer to the Hand of God as the assistance of an experienced employee to an inexperienced one when solving a problem. An experienced employee […]
Hello, everyone! I'm a backend developer, writing microservices in Java + Spring. I work in one of the teams developing internal products at Tinkoff. In our team, we often face the question of optimizing queries in the database. There is always a desire for a bit more speed, but relying solely on well-thought-out indexes isn't always feasible — we have to look for alternative solutions. During one of […]
Georgia is a small country in the Caucasus that is successfully fighting for global recognition as the birthplace of wine, where this intoxicating drink has been produced for over 8,000 years. Georgia is also known for its hospitality, cuisine, and beautiful natural landscapes. So how can it be beneficial for freelancers and companies working in the IT technology sector? Favorable tax conditions for IT companies […]
For several years now, major corporations have been contributing to the development of the Linux kernel and open source in general. The resource Phoronix reported on how developers from AMD and Intel have improved free software over the last decade, analyzing the number of changes (Git commits) made by representatives of these companies. Researchers counted the unique email addresses of developers from each corporation […]
The Metropolitan Police Service of London has begun using real-time facial recognition technology (LFR). The corresponding notification was published on the agency's web page. The police are confident this will help combat serious crimes, including violence, the use of firearms and other weapons, etc. Special cameras have been installed in key locations around the city to […]
An update for the Qubes operating system 4.0.3 has been released, implementing the idea of using a hypervisor for strict isolation of applications and OS components (each class of applications and system services operates in separate virtual machines). An installation image of 4.6 GB has been prepared for download. The system requires 4 GB of RAM and a 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU with VT-x support […]