Articles for category: Software (Tech & Development)

March 30, 2025

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Launched by new agency site using Framer (Low-Code), What do you guys think?

Ive spend the past 6 weeks making this site using framer and my prior experience using java and react to make this clean website! – Im very happy with the design however I wanted some serious devs to take a look, share their opinions on builders like Framer, Do you think tools like framer are great for diversifying web development, Framer is a great tool but its functionality is limited, simple processes like external CMS's just don't exist – limiting the coolness that can be done, I would love to create a unique system using framer to support Car sales

March 30, 2025

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Python ASCII-TOOL

I just created my first github repo. What does the project do? The project is for the conversion of Text to ASCII and vice versa. It takes an input of the mode you would like to use, the path to the file you would like to convert and the path to an output file. I know that the project is simple but it is effective and I plan on adding more features to it in the future. Target audience: Anyone who needs encrypting/decrypting services. Comparison to other tools: Right now the tool is similar to a few out there but

March 30, 2025

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Google DeepMind Launches TxGemma: Advancing AI-Driven Drug Discovery and Development

Google DeepMind has announced the launch of TxGemma, an open collection of AI models designed to enhance the efficiency of drug discovery and clinical trial predictions. Built on the Gemma model family, TxGemma aims to streamline the drug development process and accelerate the discovery of new treatments. The development of new therapeutics is a slow, costly process that often faces a high rate of failure—90% of drug candidates do not progress past phase 1 trials. TxGemma seeks to address this challenge by utilizing large language models (LLMs) to enhance the prediction of therapeutic properties across the entire research pipeline. From

March 30, 2025

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SK hynix finalizes acquisition of Intel’s NAND business, takes full control of Solidigm

What just happened? Intel and SK hynix have finalized an $8.85 billion deal that transfers Intel’s NAND flash memory business to the South Korean semiconductor giant, marking the completion of a multi-year transaction that began in 2020. The final phase of the acquisition concluded with SK hynix making a $1.9 billion payment to Intel. This final installment secured critical assets – including intellectual property, research and development resources, and key personnel – enabling SK hynix to fully integrate the NAND business and Solidigm, its subsidiary formed from Intel’s SSD operations. The acquisition unfolded in two phases over several years. The

March 30, 2025

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How Good Are EVs in the Cold? I Drove in the Arctic to Find Out

I felt the car tires lose grip on the surface of the frozen lake and my car start to spin out. I knew I’d pushed it too far. Despite the advice I’d been given, I entered the corner too fast and hit the brakes too late. I thought I had the driving talent to hold the slide I was now in, but physics had other ideas. Instead of my planned smooth drift across the ice, the car went into a full 360-degree spin that sent me off the track and into a deep snow ditch. Thankfully, the powdery snow that

March 30, 2025

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Nearly 1.5 Million Private Photos from Five Dating Apps Were Exposed Online

“Researchers have discovered nearly 1.5 million pictures from specialist dating apps — many of which are explicit — being stored online without password protection,” reports the BBC, “leaving them vulnerable to hackers and extortionists.” And the images weren’t limited to those from profiles, the BBC learned from the ethical hacker who discovered the issue. “They included pictures which had been sent privately in messages, and even some which had been removed by moderators…” Anyone with the link was able to view the private photos from five platforms developed by M.A.D Mobile [including two kink/BDSM sites and two LGBT apps]… These

March 30, 2025

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Why Regression Testing is Crucial for Enterprise Software Development

The Growing Complexity of Enterprise SystemsModern enterprise software has evolved into intricate ecosystems comprising: Multiple interconnected modules and microservicesComplex business logic and workflowsNumerous third-party integrationsCross-platform compatibility requirementsWith each code change potentially impacting multiple system components, regression testing has become not just important but essential for maintaining software integrity. The High Stakes of Enterprise SoftwareUnlike consumer applications, enterprise software failures can result in: Business process disruptions costing millions in lost productivityCompliance violations with severe regulatory penaltiesSecurity vulnerabilities exposing sensitive corporate dataReputation damage that erodes customer trustKey Benefits of Rigorous Regression Testing1.Preventing Costly Defect EscapesA study by IBM found that defects caught

March 30, 2025

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Rust Any Part 3: Finally we have Upcasts

written on Thursday, March 27, 2025 Three years ago I shared the As-Any Hack on this blog. That hack is a way to get upcasting to supertraits working on stable Rust. To refresh your memory, the goal was to make something like this work: #[derive(Debug)] struct AnyBox(Box<dyn DebugAny>); trait DebugAny: Any + Debug {} impl<T: Any + Debug + 'static> DebugAny for T {} The problem? Even though DebugAny inherits from Any, Rust wouldn’t let you use methods from Any on a dyn DebugAny. So while you could call DebugAny methods just fine, trying to use downcast_ref from Any (the