Author: Yuri Gagarin

Catch Me If You Can. The Birth of a King

Catch me if you can. This is what they say to each other. Directors catch their subordinates, those catch regular employees, but no one can catch anyone else. In fact, they don’t even try. For them, the main thing is the game, the process. They go to work for this game. They will never win. I will win. Rather, I have already won. And […]

Why does an IT specialist need to be brainwashed?

I can be considered a victim of training sessions. Throughout my career, I've attended more than a hundred seminars, workshops, and coaching sessions. I can affirm that not all the courses I have taken were useful, interesting, or important. Some of them were outright harmful. What motivation do HR professionals have to teach you something? […]

Internet for Cottagers. Part 3. The Russians Are Coming

Some time ago, I wrote a comparative test of 4G routers for summer houses. The topic proved to be in demand, and a Russian manufacturer of devices for 2G/3G/4G networks approached me. It was particularly interesting to test the Russian router and compare it with the winner of the previous test – Zyxel 3316. I will say right away that I always try to support domestic manufacturers, especially when the quality [...]

Understanding Machine Learning in the Elastic Stack (also known as Elasticsearch, also ELK)

As a reminder, the Elastic Stack is based on the non-relational database Elasticsearch, the Kibana web interface, and data collection and processing tools (the most famous being Logstash, various Beats, APM, and others). One of the nice additions to this entire stack of products is data analysis using machine learning algorithms. In this article, we explore what these algorithms represent. Please read on. Machine learning [...]

The Truth About Contactless Payments in Fitness Bracelets

Hello, Habrahabr. Recently, I have frequently encountered misunderstandings among Russian users regarding contactless payments in cheap wearable electronics and the role of the NFC chip in this functionality. Various news resources play a significant role in this, as their authors thoughtlessly (or perhaps intentionally, for clickbait) copy and paste from one another, coming up with interesting features. The situation worsens with the announcements of new [...].

Telegram accuses China of a DDoS attack during the protests in Hong Kong

Telegram founder Pavel Durov suggested that the DDoS attack on the messenger, which occurred on Wednesday and caused service disruptions, may have been carried out by the Chinese government. Durov wrote on Twitter that the DDoS attack predominantly utilized Chinese IP addresses. He also emphasized that traditionally, the largest DDoS attacks on Telegram coincide with protest events in […]

Astra Linux version for smartphones is in development

Kommersant reported on the plans of Mobile Inform Group to release smartphones and tablets in September equipped with the Astra Linux operating system, classified as industrial devices designed for operation in harsh conditions. No details about the software inside have been disclosed yet, except for its certification by the Ministry of Defense, FSTEC, and FSB for processing information up to the level of […]

Windows Insider builds with WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) have been released

Microsoft has announced the formation of new experimental Windows Insider builds (build 18917), which include the previously announced WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) layer that enables running Linux executables on Windows. The second edition of WSL features the delivery of a fully-fledged Linux kernel, instead of an emulator that translates Linux system calls into Windows system calls on the fly. Using a standard kernel allows […]

CERN is moving away from Microsoft products in favor of open-source software.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has presented the MAlt (Microsoft Alternatives) project, aimed at moving away from Microsoft products in favor of alternative solutions based on open source software. Among the upcoming plans is the replacement of 'Skype for Business' with a solution based on an open VoIP stack and the launch of a local email service to discontinue the use of Outlook. The final […]

The Rarest and Most Expensive Programming Languages. Part II

Recently, I conducted a small study for Habr readers on programming languages such as Rust, Dart, and Erlang to determine how rare they are in the Russian IT market. In response to my study, I received a flood of comments and questions regarding other languages. I decided to gather all your comments and conduct another analysis. The languages included in the study were: Forth, […]

The Rarest and Most Expensive Programming Languages

It is commonly believed that programming languages such as Rust, Erlang, Dart, and some others are the rarest in the IT world. As I select IT specialists for companies while constantly interacting with IT professionals and employers, I decided to conduct personal research to find out if this is truly the case. The information is relevant to the IT market in Russia. Data Collection For gathering information […]

How to reach the sky and become a pilot

Hello! Today I will tell you how to get into the sky, what you need to do for that, and how much it all costs. I will also share my experience of training as a private pilot in the UK and debunk some myths related to aviation. There’s a lot of text and pictures under the cut 🙂 First Flight To start, let's figure out how to get behind the controls. Although […]

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