GitHub launches passkey support into general availability
GitHub is formally launching its passkeys security feature into general availability, two months after first debuting it in beta. Passkeys offer cloud-synced authentication using cryptographic key pairs, allowing users to sign-in to websites and apps with the same screen-lock PIN or biometrics they use for their devices, or a physical
Read moreFirebot is designed to scout burning builders before sending in firefighters
Stanley Wilson died a decade ago, battling a six-alarm fire at a Dallas, Texas, condominium complex. Two additional firefighters were taken to a hospital and two residents were treated on site for smoke inhalation, but all survived. A pair of reports were made public the following year, citing issues with
Read moreRoblox cuts 30 on talent acquisition team as hiring slows
Roblox, the community-focused gaming platform popular amongst kids, has downsized a substantial portion of its talent acquisition team, signaling a shift in the company’s focus from expansion to the bottom line. In a statement to TechCrunch, Roblox confirmed that about 30 employees in its talent acquisition organization were let go
Read moreBuild a Serverless App Fast with Zipper: Write TypeScript, Offload Everything Else
After reminiscing about the good ‘ol days of Ruby, I discovered the Zipper platform and wanted to see how quickly I could build somethingCourtesy: PressfotoI remember the first time I saw a demonstration of Ruby on Rails. With minimal effort, demonstrators created a full-stack web application that could be used
Read moreTurn Any API Into An Event-Driven Engine
Is your API defined with an Open API Spec? Good news! You can turn that into an event-driven engine in your CI pipelineImage from freepikThere’s no doubt that the world has gone async. People no longer wait at loading screens for 30 minutes while their task completes behind the scenes. We’ve figured
Read moreAdd AI Chat Dialog to Your VitePress Documentation Site
Photo by Alexander Shatov on UnsplashThis article will guide you on quickly empowering your VitePress documentation site with AI conversational capabilities using an open-source tool Documate. This will allow it to answer your users' questions based on the content of your documentation, supporting streaming outputs.The complete source code of the project
Read moreMastering Python Code Quality: A Holistic Journey
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Read moreMGM Resorts are operating ‘normally’ after hacks, sort of
MGM says its computers are back up after a hack, pictured above. | Image: K.M. Cannon / Las Vegas Review-Journal / Tribune News Service via Getty Images Everything is fine and back to normal at the MGM Resorts, MGM Resorts announced on X / Twitter. I still couldn’t book a
Read moreSnapchat now has over 5 million paying users for Snapchat+
Snapchat announced today its subscription service for power users, Snapchat+ has now topped 5 million subscribers — a figure that’s up from 4 million in late June and 3 million in mid-April. Now over a year old, the $3.99 per month subscription offering provides access to a sizable handful of
Read moreUnraveling Computational Thinking: Beyond Just Code
Harnessing the power of computation to transform our approach to real-world challengesContinue reading on Better Programming »
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