Category: Blog

TR-069 in Mikrotik. Testing Freeacs as a configuration server for RouterOS

In this article, I will describe step-by-step the process of installing a test server for the amazing Freeacs project until it is fully operational, and demonstrate practical techniques for working with MikroTik: configuration via parameters, executing scripts, updates, installing additional modules, etc. The goal of the article is to encourage colleagues to move away from managing network devices with terrible shortcuts and workarounds, such as […]

Retentioneering: how we wrote open-source tools for product analytics using Python and Pandas

Hello, Habr. This article is dedicated to the results of four years of development of a set of methods and tools for processing user movement trajectories in an app or on a website. The developer is Maxim Godzi, who leads the product creation team and is also the author of this article. The product is named Retentioneering, and it has now been transformed into an open-source library and hosted on GitHub, so that anyone […]

"Router Upgrade": Equipment Tuning for TP-Link for Internet ProvidersĀ 

According to the latest statistical data, over 33 million Russians use broadband internet. Although the growth of the subscriber base is slowing down, provider revenues continue to rise—partly due to improvements in the quality of existing services and the emergence of new ones. Seamless Wi-Fi, IP-television, ā€˜smart home’—to develop these areas, operators need to transition from DSL to faster technologies and upgrade their network equipment. In this […]

Soon, half of calls will be from robots. Tip: do not answer (?)

Today we have an unusual topic – a translation of an article about illegal automatic dialing in the USA. Throughout history, there have always been individuals who used technology not for good, but to profit deceitfully from trusting citizens. Modern telecommunications are no exception; spam or outright scams can reach us via SMS, email, or phone. The situation with phones has become even more amusing, […]

Creating Google Call Screening based on Voximplant and Dialogflow

You may have heard or read about the Call Screening feature that Google rolled out for its Pixel phones in the USA. The idea is excellent – when you receive an incoming call, a virtual assistant starts interacting, while you see this conversation in chat form and can take over the talk at any moment instead of the assistant. This is very useful for […]

Backup, part by request of readers: Review of UrBackup, BackupPC, AMANDA

This overview note continues the series on backup solutions, written at the request of readers. It will discuss UrBackup, BackupPC, and AMANDA. Overview of UrBackup. At the request of participant VGusev2007, I’m adding a review of UrBackup, a client-server system for backup. It allows you to create full and incremental backups, works with device snapshots (Windows only?), and is capable of creating […]

The short film ā€˜Retribution’ based on World of Warcraft concludes the story of Saurfang.

As part of the preparation for the release of the World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth expansion, Blizzard Entertainment presented a short narrative video dedicated to the legendary warrior of the Horde, Varok Saurfang, who was broken by endless bloodshed and the actions of Sylvanas Windrunner aimed at destroying the World Tree Teldrassil. Subsequently, a following video was released featuring King Anduin Wrynn, also exhausted and burdened by the prolonged war […]

Microsoft has open-sourced the C++ standard library included with Visual Studio.

At the CppCon 2019 conference, representatives of Microsoft announced the open-sourcing of the C++ Standard Library (STL), which is part of the MSVC toolset and the Visual Studio environment. This library includes features described in the C++14 and C++17 standards. Additionally, it is evolving toward support for the C++20 standard. Microsoft has released the library code under the Apache 2.0 license […]

.NET Core 3.0 is now available.

Microsoft has released a major version of the .NET Core runtime. The release includes many components, including: .NET Core 3.0 SDK and Runtime ASP.NET Core 3.0 EF Core 3.0 Developers note the following main advantages of the new version: Already tested on the dot.net and bing.com websites; other company teams are preparing to transition to .NET Core 3 shortly […]

The first batch of the Librem 5 smartphone has been produced. Preparing PinePhone

Purism has announced the readiness of the first batch of the Librem 5 smartphone, notable for its software and hardware features to block attempts to track and gather information about the user. The smartphone gives users complete control over the device and is equipped solely with free software, including drivers and firmware. Recall that the Librem 5 smartphone comes with a fully free Linux distribution, PureOS, which uses the package base […]

How to come up with a product or company name using Vepp as an example

A guide for anyone who needs a name for a product or business — existing or new. We will discuss how to come up with, evaluate, and choose a name. We spent three months renaming the control panel with hundreds of thousands of users. It was painful, and at the beginning, we lacked guidance. So when we finished, we decided to compile our experience into a manual. We hope it will be useful to someone. […]

8 stories about inner China. What is not shown to foreigners

Haven't you worked with China yet? Then the Chinese are coming to you. They know that there's no escaping them — you can't run away from the planet. China is the fastest-growing country in the world in all sectors: manufacturing, IT, biotechnology. Last year, China recorded the largest gross product globally, accounting for 18% of the world's GDP. China has long been […]

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