Patreon adds e-commerce tools, free fan membership
Patreon is rolling out an expansion of its tools for digital creators. Monthly fan subscriptions are Patreon’s bread and butter, but later this year, creators will be able to sell one-off digital goods and offer free subscriptions. “The free to paid conversion path is quite successful,” said Julian Gutman, Patreon’s
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Read moreLearn How to Create Outstanding AGSL Shaders for Android
Android’s new custom pixel shader AGSL in ComposePhoto by Andhara Cheryl on UnsplashIn this next part of the series, we will dive into the process of writing pixel shaders. We will explore the syntax, functions, and techniques required to create custom shaders that can produce stunning and dynamic visual effects. Whether you’re
Read moreDebuggers and Empathy
Photo by Tyler Nix on UnsplashIn my social bubble, using debuggers regularly is popular. During development, we use it to see how the code behaves, what the call stack is, how arguments mutate, and how objects look mid-program. And I think it is a bad practice for several reasons.My stance has a
Read morePart man. Part machine. All farmer.
In order to expand, farms have historically depended on getting more land. More acreage meant bigger crop yields. Farmers embraced technologies like irrigation, fertilizer, and pest control to improve their ability to grow more food of better quality more reliably. Recently, as the amount of available arable land has grown,
Read moreMeet StoreKit SubscriptionStoreView in iOS 17
Explore how the new StoreKit views help you build in-app subscriptions with just a few lines of codeAll images by authorThe emergence of SubscriptionStoreView frees developers from tedious and complicated code. WWDC23 brought a declarative in-app purchase UI, which allows developers to use Apple’s predesigned app purchase interface. Only a few lines
Read moreOtter is introducing a meeting-oriented AI chatbot
Automatic transcription service Otter announced a new AI-powered chatbot today that will let participants ask questions during and after a meeting and help them collaborate with teammates. Otter AI Chat will help you catch up to the meeting if you ask “I’m late to the meeting! What did I miss?”
Read moreHarness releases generative AI assistant to help increase developer efficiency
It’s no secret that there aren’t enough developers for the amount of work out there, so anything that helps ease their work load is going to be welcome. Since Harness launched five years ago, it’s been focused on creating a developer toolkit to help developers operate more efficiently throughout the
Read moreDanti uses natural language processing to make searching Earth data simple
Commercial and defense organizations have an Earth data overload problem: they collect vast amounts of heavily siloed data, with few ways to quickly synthesize insights and deliver them to the people who most need it. Danti, a startup emerging from stealth today with $2.75 million in funding, wants to solve
Read moreCyber Security Today, June 21, 2023 – More MOVEit victims, more ransomware news and 100,000 stolen ChatGPT credentials up for sale
More MOVEit victims, more ransomware news and 100,000 stolen ChatGPT credentials are up for sale Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, June 21st, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. The Metro Vancouver Transit Police department is the latest organization to
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