Java 21: So How Should We Construct Strings Now?
Image by authorJava 21 brings in a lot of cool features, and one of them is the String Templates. While it serves more purposes than just classic String interpolation, for us Java developers, it’s yet another way to concatenate Strings in a “proper” way.What is proper, though? I poked around the bytecode
Read moreHow to cancel Disney+ and avoid the price hike
Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes. The streaming service announced last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost $7.99/month a year ago;
Read moreCheckout.com cuts ties with Binance, which is mulling legal action in response
Credit cards payments processor Checkout.com, is no longer servicing Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, a spokesperson from the exchange told TechCrunch. “There is no impact on our services and users can continue to use on-and off-ramps as usual,” the Binance spokesperson added. The London-based Checkout.com, which was valued at
Read moreFounders Fund, Index Ventures, Canvas Ventures join TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield judges
Just one more month until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco to vie for an equity-free, $100,000 prize. They’ll face tough scrutiny from our judges, and today investors from Founders Fund, Index Ventures and Canvas Ventures join
Read morePitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M seed deck
I recently wrote about DeckMatch’s $1 million seed round. Given that the tool evaluates pitch decks, it’s only fair that I offered to evaluate its pitch deck, too. The founders saw the irony in that and offered its pitch deck as a sacrifice to the teardown gods. We’re looking
Read moreSearching for a TweetDeck alternative is a frustrating task
We knew this was coming. Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) finally made XPro (formerly TweetDeck) a subscriber-only product. It was a great tool for journalists, researchers and social media consultants to keep track of different timelines, lists, trends and keywords at the same time. The sad part is that it’s
Read moreIt’s official: LK-99 isn’t a room-temperature superconductor
If there was any hope remaining that LK-99 might be a room-temperature superconductor, it’s pretty much dead now. In fact, it’s worse than that. Pure samples of the substance show that it is an insulator — the opposite of a superconductor. The glimmers of hope that kept the story in
Read moreLow interest rates and loneliness: the origins of the pandemic crypto boom
Glauber Contessoto, also known as “Pro,” records a video about Dogecoin. | Image: This Is Not Financial Advice This Is Not Financial Advice and Easy Money attempt to explain the extremely online financial mania. Their very divergent takes show how difficult it is to fully understand. Finance is often taught
Read moreThe Overflow #191: Between product and engineering
Welcome to ISSUE #191 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: I/O-heavy operations on the edge, the earliest programs called AI, and happiness is a developer community called Laravel. From the blog Speeding up the
Read morePeak XV ramps up dealmaking following Sequoia split
Peak XV Partners has signed over 10 term sheets and executed three exits in the 10 weeks since it announced a split with Sequoia, according to minutes shared by an attendee to a closed-door gathering between the venture firm and its portfolio founders Friday. The accelerated dealmaking comes at a
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