India’s Dunzo defers staff pay, to cut jobs amid funding search
Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, is postponing employee salaries for a month and plans a new wave of layoff as the Google and Reliance Retail-backed startup pares its expenses amid aggressive hunt for new funding. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which partially deferred making payroll for last month until this
Read moreCoupling and Cohesion in Object-Oriented Programming
Photo by Redd F on UnsplashHave you ever found yourself navigating multiple files to determine how a straightforward function behaves? On the other hand, have you ever been in the middle of a good class that does everything while you are struggling to add your minor improvement? If you have been
Read moreExploring Snowflake and Streamlit With LlamaIndex Text-to-SQL
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Read moreUnderstanding Prompt Injections and What You Can Do About Them.
Understanding Prompt Injections and What You Can Do About ThemFrom chatbots to virtual assistants, AI models are transforming our interactions. Yet, there’s a lesser-known aspect of AI that could have a massive impact: prompt injectionPhoto by Giannis Skarlatos on UnsplashPrompt injections become all the more dangerous with the increasing access of Large
Read moreRick Fox gets concrete about planet-friendly cement at Disrupt 2023
The modern world is a concrete jungle, and cement — a binding agent — is concrete’s key ingredient. It’s also one of the least climate-friendly materials. Used for housing, transportation and commerce, it produces nearly 10% of the world’s carbon pollution. But concrete that removes CO2 from the atmosphere could
Read moreTikTok is where young LGBTQ people of color feel the safest online
While the relationship between all young people and social media is complex, yielding both positive social effects and posing unique risks to mental health, queer teens spend even more time on the internet than their non-LGBTQ counterparts — time often spent searching for community and vital connection around identity. In
Read moreYou’re Not Productive When Remote
Photo by Andreas Klassen on UnsplashFor the past month, I’ve noticed a hilarious trend. An uptick in articles all calling for an end to remote work, be it full or hybrid. People need to get back into the office because that’s how it has always been and should always be.Each piece is
Read moreDRY: The Unspoken Parts
Photo by Laine Cooper on UnsplashOne of the most common terms in software engineering is the DRY principle (Don’t Repeat Yourself), but many engineers associate this principle with “Don’t copy-paste lines of code.” This is a part of DRY; however, DRY is about duplication of knowledge.But first, why is duplication evil?The
Read moreThe Road to GraphQL At Enterprise Scale
From REST monolith to GraphQL Federation for API architecturePhoto by Jesse Bowser on UnsplashGraphQL was designed to allow your API to evolve continuously in response to new product requirements without the burden of versioning, simplify the process of getting data from different sources and support typings for API from the box.Our team
Read moreWhatsApp launches standalone smartwatch app for Wear OS
WhatsApp has finally launched its standalone app for smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS, after much anticipation and months-long beta testing. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced the launch of the WhatsApp app for Wear OS that will allow users to start new conversations, reply to messages and take VoIP
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