Category: Blog

Release of the server-side JavaScript platform Node.js 13.0

Node.js 13.0 has been released, a platform for executing network applications in JavaScript. At the same time, the stabilization of the previous Node.js 12.x branch has been completed, which is now categorized as a long-term support release, with updates being issued for 4 years. Support for the previous LTS branch Node.js 10.0 will continue until April 2021, while support for the branch before that, 8.0, will last until January 2020. Main […]

The eleventh firmware update of UBports, which replaced Ubuntu Touch

The UBports project, which took over the development of the Ubuntu Touch mobile platform after Canonical withdrew its support, has released OTA-11 firmware (over-the-air) for all officially supported smartphones and tablets that were equipped with Ubuntu-based firmware. The update has been formulated for smartphones including OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013, Meizu […]

Semantic browser or life without websites

The idea of the inevitable transition of the global network from a site-centric structure to a user-centric one was expressed by me back in 2012 (The Philosophy of Evolution and the Evolution of the Internet, or in short, WEB 3.0: From Site-Centrism to User-Centrism). This year, I attempted to develop the theme of the new internet in the text WEB 3.0 — a second approach to the subject. Now I am publishing the second part of the article […]

GitLab introduces telemetry collection for users of cloud and commercial products.

GitLab, the company developing the platform of the same name for collaborative development, has introduced a new agreement regarding the use of its products. All users of commercial enterprise products (GitLab Enterprise Edition) and cloud hosting GitLab.com are required to accept the new terms. Access to the web interface and the Web API will be blocked until the new terms are accepted. The change comes into effect from […]

The Personal Hell of Writer Fraerman, or A Tale of First Love

In my childhood, I was probably an anti-Semite. And all because of him. Here he is. He always irritated me. I just adored the magnificent cycle of stories by Paustovsky about the cat-thief, the inflatable boat, and so on. And only he ruined everything. For a long time, I couldn’t understand — why was Paustovsky hanging out with this Fraerman? Some caricatured Jew, and his name is ridiculous […]

The Philosophy of Evolution and the Evolution of the Internet

St. Petersburg, 2012. This text is not about the philosophy of the internet or internet philosophy — the two are distinctly separated: the first part of the text is dedicated to philosophy, while the second pertains to the internet. The unifying theme between the two parts is the concept of 'evolution': the discussion will revolve around the philosophy of evolution and the evolution of the internet. First, it will be demonstrated how philosophy — philosophy […],

Release of Electron 7.0.0, a platform for creating applications based on the Chromium engine.

The release of Electron 7.0.0 has been prepared, providing a self-sufficient framework for developing cross-platform user applications using components from Chromium, V8, and Node.js. The significant version change is due to the update to the Chromium 78 codebase, Node.js 12.8 platform, and V8 7.8 JavaScript engine. The previously anticipated discontinuation of support for 32-bit Linux systems has been postponed, and the release 7.0 in […],

Firefox Preview mobile browser will soon support extensions.

Mozilla developers have published a plan for implementing extension support in the Firefox Preview (Fenix) mobile browser, which is being developed to replace the Firefox edition for the Android platform. The new browser is based on the GeckoView engine and the Mozilla Android Components library set, and initially does not provide a WebExtensions API for developing extensions. This shortcoming is expected to be resolved in the first quarter of 2020, and in GeckoView/Firefox […],

Fear, pain, and hatred of technical support

Habr is not a complaint book. This article discusses free tools from Nirsoft for Windows system administrators. When contacting technical support, people often experience stress. Some worry that they will be unable to explain the problem and will appear foolish. Others are overwhelmed with emotions and find it hard to contain their outrage regarding service quality — as it was not the case before […],

DevOps and Chaos: Software Delivery in a Decentralized World

Anton Weiss, founder and director of Otomato Software and one of the initiators and instructors of Israel's first DevOps certification, spoke last year at DevOpsDays Moscow about chaos theory and the main principles of chaos engineering, and explained how the ideal DevOps organization of the future is structured. We have prepared a text version of the presentation. Good morning! DevOpsDays in Moscow is taking place for the second year in a row, this is my second time here […]

What's new in Zabbix 4.4

The Zabbix team is excited to announce the release of Zabbix 4.4. The latest version comes with a new Zabbix agent written in Go, sets standards for Zabbix templates, and provides enhanced visualization capabilities. Let's take a look at the key features included in Zabbix 4.4. The next-generation Zabbix agent Zabbix 4.4 introduces a new type of agent, zabbix_agent2, which offers a wide range of new […]

The horror Underworld Dreams based on 'The King in Yellow' will be released in early 2020.

Drop of Pixel Studio has announced the horror game Underworld Dreams for Nintendo Switch. The game is inspired by the short story collection 'The King in Yellow' by Robert Chambers. Underworld Dreams is a first-person psychological horror that takes place in the 1980s. Arthur Adler returns to Grok's house, where murders occurred for which he was accused. There, he will discover something supernatural. […]

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