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It might seem easy for IT engineers. They earn well and easily move between employers and countries. But it’s not that simple. The ‘typical IT specialist’ has been glued to the computer since school, then further in university, graduate school, and postgraduate studies… Then comes the work, work, work, years of production, and only then relocation. And then more work again. Of course, from the outside, it may seem […]
The release of KnotDNS 2.9.0 has been published, a high-performance authoritative DNS server (the resolver is implemented as a separate application), supporting all modern DNS features. The project is developed by the Czech registry CZ.NIC, written in C, and distributed under the GPLv3 license. KnotDNS is distinguished by its focus on high-performance request processing, utilizing a multithreaded and mostly non-blocking implementation, well-scalable for […]
History A few years ago, the question of choosing an integration solution was not an issue for small and medium-sized businesses. Just 5 years ago, implementing a data bus was a sign that a company had reached significant success and required a specialized solution for data exchange. The issue is that a temporary solution like point-to-point integration becomes increasingly inadequate as the business grows, […]
In anticipation of the upcoming session for the 'Databases' course, we have prepared a brief original material with important tips on database design. We hope this material will be useful for you. Databases are everywhere: from simple blogs and directories to reliable information systems and large social networks. It is not so much about whether the database is simple or complex, but how crucial it is to design it correctly. […]
Today, Yandex's shares sharply fell in price amid discussions in the State Duma regarding a bill on significant information resources, which proposes to impose restrictions on foreigners' rights to own and manage internet resources that are significant for the development of the infrastructure. According to the RBC resource, within an hour from the start of trading on the American NASDAQ exchange, Yandex's shares dropped by more than 16%, and their price […]
An official post appeared on Microsoft’s blog that clarifies the timelines and readiness for the release of the fall update for Windows 10. It also announces the official name — November 2019 Update. Previously, this build was referred to as Windows 10 (1909) or Windows 10 19H2. It is expected that the final version number will be 18363.418. It is reported that November […]
Recently, the Linux version of the free email client BlueMail was released. You might think that yet another email client for Linux is unnecessary, and you would be completely right! Since the source code is not available, your emails could be accessed by countless people—from the developers of the client to some of their associates. So, what makes BlueMail special? No one really knows. What it's built on is also […]
Developers of the anonymous Tor network have warned about a major cleanup of nodes using outdated software, whose support has been discontinued. On October 8, approximately 800 outdated nodes operating in relay mode were blocked (there are over 6000 such nodes in the Tor network). The blocking was done by placing at directory servers a blacklist of problematic nodes. The exclusion from the network of unmapped bridge nodes […]
Mozilla developers reported the successful completion of the removal of XBL (XML Binding Language) components from Firefox's code. During the work, which began in 2017, approximately 300 different bindings that used XBL were removed from the code, and about 40,000 lines of code were rewritten. The specified components were replaced with analogs based on Web Components, written […]
Adam Jackson, who was responsible for preparing several previous releases of X.Org Server, suggested in his report at the XDC2019 conference to transition to a new version numbering scheme. To more clearly indicate how long ago a particular release was published, it has been proposed to reflect the year in the first digit of the version, while the second digit will indicate the ordinal number of significant […]
The topic of DevOps and IaC is very popular and is developing rapidly. However, most authors focus solely on the technical issues along the way. I will describe the problems typical for a large company. I don’t have solutions — the issues are generally fatal and lie within the realm of bureaucracy, auditing, and 'soft skills.' Since the title is what it is, Daenerys will be the cat featured in this article, […]
If a corporate blog publishes 1-2 articles a month with 1-2 thousand views and only half a dozen likes, it indicates that something is not right. Practice shows that in most cases, blogs can be made both interesting and useful. Perhaps, many opponents of corporate blogs will rush in now, and I agree with them on some points. […]