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Continuous Deployment is a special approach in software development that is used for quickly, safely, and effectively rolling out various features in software. The main idea is to create a reliable automated process that allows developers to rapidly deliver a finished product to users. At the same time, continuous changes are made to production — this is called the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CD Pipeline). Skillbox recommends: Practical […]
The release of the distributed version control system Git 2.22.0 has been announced. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, offering flexible tools for nonlinear development based on branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of history and resilience against changes made retrospectively, implicit hashing of the entire previous history is used in each commit, and digital verification is also possible […]
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the payment system ‘Mir’ have concluded an agreement on cooperation. This was announced during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2019. The agreement aims to enhance the effective and profitable use of national payment service tools. In particular, the parties intend to promote cashless payment methods. This primarily concerns government portals. Thus, the first […]
The MyDrivers resource published screenshots allegedly taken from the upcoming operating system by Huawei. According to various reports, it may be called Hongmeng OS or ARK OS, based on registered trademark names. The images show an interface that closely resembles Android with the proprietary EMUI launcher. Thus, the company aims to ensure continuity of interfaces so that […]
Organizing coffee in the office is very simple. But if you have been working with coffee machines, coffee, and coffee-related IT solutions for many years, you might forget that some people may not know the basics. This was reminded to me by the article 'How many programmers does it take to drink a cup of coffee'. Every profession has its own special kind of immersion, a professional deformation. To feel this, try […]
Moving to work in Australia or Thailand at 25 with no family isn’t that hard. There are many stories like this. However, relocating when you are nearly 40, with a wife and three children (aged 8, 5, and 2 years) is a task of a different level of complexity. Therefore, I want to share my experience of moving to Germany. About how […]
Although Microsoft Edge does not dominate the browser market, the offspring of the Redmond corporation has some exclusive features that make it a worthy competitor. Consequently, Chrome developers are actively copying them. This refers to the ability to group tabs into one block, which helps 'unload' the tab bar in the browser and optimizes performance. At the same time, […]
The Document Foundation announced the cessation of the formation of 32-bit binary builds of LibreOffice for Linux. The change will take effect starting with version 6.3, which is expected on August 7. The reason cited is the low demand for such builds, which does not justify the resources spent on their compilation, testing, maintenance, and distribution. The majority of Linux users install LibreOffice from distributions, rather than […]
CJ Silverio, who left her position as Chief Technology Officer of NPM Inc at the end of last year, presented a new package repository, Entropic, which is evolving as a distributed alternative to NPM, not controlled by any specific company. The Entropic code is written in JavaScript and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The project has been in development for just a month and is in the initial prototype stage, but it already supports basic […]
The head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications, Alexander Zharov, announced that the Kaspersky Secure Connection service has been connected to the registry of banned websites. Other VPN services that received notifications about the need to connect to the registry refused to comply with the law prohibiting circumvention of restrictions. According to Mr. Zharov, nine VPN services did not fulfill the requirement […]
Recently, I noticed something. I used to not care, but now I know it — and I didn't like it. In all those corporate trainings, as well as starting from elementary school, we are told many things where, as a rule, there's not enough room for adventure, recklessness, and the triumph of the human spirit in its pure, sublimated form. […]
In the previous article habr.com/ru/post/450810, I examined 7 quick methods for assessing IT specialists’ competencies that can be applied before conducting a large, comprehensive, and labor-intensive technical interview. I discussed the essence of these methods and my experience applying them, as well as the reasons I like or dislike them. In this article, I want to talk about the modern concept of decision-making […]