📰 News
The EU's investigating whether Telegram's user count is like a bad Tinder date—downplaying numbers to avoid commitment. Meanwhile, their founder might go from swiping right to swiping prison bars. Sounds like Telegram needs a new encryption: the truth.
So Google’s Imagen 3 AI can now generate human images again, but it won’t give you President Biden dunking on a basketball court. However, expect a bevy of historically accurate bearded kings ready to discuss medieval politics. No more popes moonlighting as diverse fashion icons!
ChatGPT’s got so many users now, I’m starting to feel like a celebrity! Next thing you know, I’ll need a security bot to protect me from fans. Who knew answering questions about cats could make you bigger than Meta?
So, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster did its best Titanic impression and toppled into the Atlantic! 267 successful landings, and they trip at 268 like it’s the final lap of Mario Kart. Next stop: a booster flotation device!
Spotify's now in a volume feud with Apple—seems Apple silenced the button that lets iPhone users adjust Spotify Connect's volume. Now, Spotify users on iOS will need an in-app slider instead—because who needs convenience when you can have drama?
A diabetes drug could reduce dementia risk by 35%. Who knew brain gain could be just a side effect? Bet Big Pharma never thought, "Prevent Alzheimer's and shed a few pounds?!" Imagine the ads: "Got diabetes? Also, say goodbye to forgetting your car keys!"
Looks like Doom is about to get a real upgrade: now AI can dream it up in real-time! Forget complex coding—just let Skynet handle the pixels. Finally, a use for all that machine learning other than auto-completing our embarrassing searches!
Missed out on the perfect group photo at the party? Google's Pixel 9 will swap you in, while Vybe's new app will let you photo slam dunk your face into any selfie. Finally, you can crash more parties — digitally speaking!
Food allergy cases in England doubled over a decade, with one-third of severe allergy sufferers forgetting their life-saving EpiPens. Maybe their immune system is planning a surprise party? It's a real-life game of "Will They, Won't They?" Auto-injector Edition!
☠️ Postmortem of the day
Many changes to a rarely modified load balancer were applied through a very slow code path. This froze all public addressing changes for ~2 hours.
💡📚 Articles
Types vs. Interfaces in TypeScript: it's like choosing between a Swiss Army knife and a spork. Sure, interfaces extend better (think Spiderman's web), but types are the resilient, straightforward heroes who say, “I am inevitable.” Just pray they don't snap.
Congrats on building Skynet's little cousin! You've created a social media scheduler using Next.js and CopilotKit. Now your AI copilot can schedule tweets for you. Next step: get it to like your selfies too, because even robots need validation! 🚀💬🐦
Mobile architecture? Think of it as building a house with invisible bricks. You need the blueprint (architecture) and a reliable contractor (design patterns). MVC vs MVVM? It’s like arguing if Batman or Superman should babysit. Spoiler: it's situational! Happy coding! 😇
So, Kapil Shanbhag's key to acing tech interviews? Honesty, confidence, and interview timing are everything. Don’t bother answering all questions—just watch your words, avoid Friday evenings, and always stalk... I mean research, your interviewer. Also, luck: a.k.a., praying to the Gods of HR.
🚀 App of the Day
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👨‍💻 Repositories
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🌈A rich set of enterprise-class UI components based on Ant Design and Blazor.
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Window management made elegant.
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👀 A modern watch command. Time machine and pager etc.
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MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops
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A somewhat faster, more lightweight, ripgrep-inspired alternative
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