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The first release of wZD 1.0.0 is available — a server for efficiently storing a large number of files in a compact form, which externally resembles a regular WebDAV server. It uses a modified version of BoltDB for storage. The project's code is written in Go and is distributed under the BSD license. The server significantly reduces the number of small files on regular or clustered file systems, with full support for […]
Standard Notes is a cross-platform note-taking application with encryption and open source code, now available for download as a snap package. Standard Notes is available on all major desktop systems (Windows, Linux, Mac), as well as on smartphones and the web. Key features include: Creating multiple notes. The ability to use tags. Searching and synchronizing across different devices using […]
The Nextcloud project, a developing fork of the open-source cloud storage ownCloud, has introduced the new Nextcloud Hub platform, which provides a self-sufficient solution for organizing team collaboration among employees and teams working on various projects. In terms of functionality, Nextcloud Hub is similar to Google Docs and Microsoft 365, but it allows for the deployment of a fully controlled collaboration infrastructure that operates on its own servers and is not tied to external […]
Three popular plugins for the WordPress content management system, with over 400,000 installations, have revealed critical vulnerabilities: A vulnerability in the InfiniteWP Client plugin, which has over 300,000 active installations, allows unauthorized access as a site administrator. As the plugin is designed for centralized management of multiple sites on a server, an attacker can gain control of all […]
Mentally detach yourself from the usual perspective on work — both yours and the company's. I invite you to consider the flow of money within the company. You, your neighbors, your boss — we all stand in the path of money. We are used to seeing money in the form of tasks. You might not think of them as money. If you are a programmer, then […]
Some time ago, we introduced you to a smart thermostat. This article was initially intended to demonstrate its firmware and management system. However, to explain the logic behind the thermostat and what we have implemented, it is essential to outline the entire concept as a whole. Regarding automation, automation can be conditionally divided into three categories: Category 1 — individual “smart” devices. You […]
According to a tweet from an organization employee (Chris Hartjes), Mozilla has recently laid off 70 workers (out of a total of 1000), including all lead designers from Mozilla Quality Assurance, whose main responsibilities include testing new features and fixing bugs. In response, a hashtag #MozillaLifeboat was launched by the laid-off employees on Twitter, allowing them to share […]
The author of the Rust-based web framework actix-web deleted the repository after facing criticism for the "incorrect use" of the Rust language. The actix-web framework, which has been downloaded over 800,000 times, allows for the integration of HTTP server and client functionality into Rust applications, focusing on maximum performance and leading in many tests […]
Development of the SeaMonkey internet application suite has resumed, which integrates a web browser, email client, RSS/Atom feed aggregator, and WYSIWYG HTML page editor Composer into a single product (Chatzilla, DOM Inspector, and Lightning are no longer included). The first beta release of the new SeaMonkey 2.53 branch has been proposed for testing. The browser engine used in SeaMonkey has been updated to the status of Firefox 60 (previously […]
WhiteSource analyzed the licenses of 4 million open packages and 130 million code files across 200 different programming languages and concluded that the share of copyleft licenses is steadily decreasing. In 2012, 59% of all open projects were licensed under copyleft licenses such as GPL, LGPL, and AGPL, while the share of permissive licenses like MIT, Apache, and […]
"The greatest of all programming languages" — Alan Kay, "on Lisp" When McCarthy developed Lisp in the late 1950s, it was radically different from existing languages, the most notable of which was Fortran. Lisp embodied nine new ideas: 1. Conditional Statements (Conditionals). Conditional statements are the if-then-else construct. We now take them for granted. They were invented by McCarthy during […]
Guiding Philosophy 1. Programming Languages for People Programming languages are how people talk to computers. A computer is happy to converse in any language that is unambiguous. The reason we have high-level languages is that people cannot cope with machine language. The essence of programming languages is to prevent our poor fragile human […]