Spotify founder Daniel Ek admits he initially ‘didn’t get’ the appeal of the flagship feature, Discover Weekly
Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek made a surprising confession in a recent post to X (formerly Twitter), where he admits not only that he didn’t come up with the idea for Spotify’s flagship feature, the streamer’s “Discover Weekly” playlist, he didn’t even understand the appeal at first when it
Read moreHow I Migrated Our React Codebase from Flow to PropTypes
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Read moreZenStack: The Complete Authorization Solution for Prisma Projects
Less code, better reliability, easier maintenanceLicensed from ShutterStockYes, authorization. It’s like the “salad part” of your diet — you know it’s vital and indispensable but struggle to enjoy. Implementing authorization doesn’t need to be a fancy job. Just roll up your sleeves and turn business rules into code. We’ve all been there
Read moreLatch is becoming Door.com
Latch was a pretty good name for a startup. One could make the argument that it doesn’t exactly say what it does on the tin, but no one shops at the Apple Store looking for produce. Soon, however, Latch Inc. will die. In its place, we’re getting Door.com, which is
Read moreDecoding Computation Through the Essence of Data Representation
Diving deep into the foundational ways information is encodedContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreWhat’s next for Atlassian? Rajeev Rajan tells all (maybe) at TC Disrupt 2023
When a company’s known for pioneering the modern approach to SaaS marketing and monetization, how does it foster innovation to push boundaries and stay ahead of the pack? We’re excited to address that topic — and many others — when Atlassian CTO, Rajeev Rajan joins us on the SaaS Stage,
Read moreRobot software firm Mujin raises $85M
An increasing number of companies are looking to automate as a shortage of skilled workers is expected to take a toll on manufacturers through 2030. Tokyo- and Atlanta-based startup Mujin, which develops AI-based software for industrial automation, believes that robots can improve productivity and safety. Today, the startup is announcing an $85 million
Read moreSam Altman-backed Mentra aims to match neurodivergent jobseekers with ideal jobs
Neurodivergent individuals often have a harder time finding jobs than their non-neurodivergent counterparts. Unemployment for neurodivergent adults runs at least as high as 30-40% – three times the rate for people with disability, and eight times the rate for people without disability, according to UConn’s Center for Neurodiversity and Employment
Read moreJourney to the cloud part II: Migrating Stack Overflow for Teams to Azure
We needed to remove the dependency on the Sites database and contain all Teams infrastructure and data within the TFZ which is all part of Phase II.
Read moreZoom rebrands existing — and intros new — generative AI features
To stay competitive in the crowded market for videoconferencing, Zoom is updating and rebranding several of its AI-powered features, including the generative AI assistant formerly known as Zoom IQ. The news comes after controversy over changes to Zoom’s terms of service, which implied that Zoom reserved the right to use
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