From Monoliths To Microservices — And Beyond
From Monoliths To Microservices — And BeyondNow that the hype around microservices is ending, what lessons have we learned? And what’s next?Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on UnsplashThe microservice architecture has reigned for many years. In its era, we’ve experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly. In this article, we’ll look at the lessons
Read MoreRobotics sales decline for second straight quarter amid economic woes
Sooner or later, the numbers were going to contract. Broadly speaking, the pandemic has been a gamechanger for automation broadly and robotics specifically. But not even those categories are immune from macro trends. Per new numbers from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) — whose job it is to track
Read MoreRigid Body Simulation Basics — Part 2: From Positional Constraints to Velocity Space Constraints
Rigid Body Simulation Basics — Part 2: From Positional Constraints to Velocity Space ConstraintsScreen captures from constraint-based rigid body simulators by authorIntroductionIn Part 1, we covered the core idea of the velocity-space constraint-based rigid body simulation. We derived a constrained convex optimization problem from Newton’s Second Law and the velocity-space constraints. The problem
Read MoreTexas cannot yet enforce ID checks on porn sites
A Texas judge issued an injunction today to stall the enforcement of an online age verification bill. The Free Speech Coalition, along with adult video sites like Pornhub, led the legal challenge against Texas’ HB 1181, arguing that the bill violates the First Amendment and infringes on rights guaranteed by
Read MoreNew York subway system disables feature that could let stalkers track your trips
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge New York’s subway pass system has turned off a feature that could enable others to track your travels if they have access to your bank card number. In a statement to The Verge, Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson Eugene Resnick says the agency
Read MoreSonnets are square
In his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster says that if a poem looks like a square on the printed page, it’s likely a sonnet. The miracle of the sonnet, you see, is that it is fourteen lines long and written almost always in iambic pentameter.
Read MoreGrayscale wins lawsuit against SEC, while the agency settles first NFT case and Friend.tech hype crashes
If you’ve been dreaming about bitcoin spot ETFs, it’s time to talk to someone outside of the crypto world. This is coming from someone who literally had a dream about them this week.
Read MoreLowering costs nets Salesforce a profitable quarter, but can it keep it up?
Salesforce had a better quarter than expected, but it's reporting and forecasting those results based on prior work, to a real degree.
Read MoreYouTube Music gets more social, adds comments to the ‘Now Playing’ screen
YouTube Music redesigned its “Now Playing” screen recently, with the most notable update being a new comments section, which allows users to read and write comments directly from the app. The latest upgrade also includes easily accessible buttons, larger cover art and more. The redesign is rolling out to iOS
Read MoreX plans to collect users’ biometric data, along with education and job history
X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin collecting users’ biometric data, according to its new privacy policy that was first spotted by Bloomberg. The policy also says the company wants to collect users’ job and education history. The policy page indicates that the change will go into effect on September
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