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HumanityTree
I was born 1963 in Hamburg. Now I also decided to share my knowledge with the world. I started to write a book. I hosted at least a few chapters on my website. The rest of this book is still in one of my repos. Then I thought shall we write a book about 1984 + 42 = 2026? Shall this book be written...

The Magic of this, call(), apply(), and bind()
Hello readers 👋, welcome back to 10th blog in this JavaScript series. Imagine you're at a party, and someone shouts, "Hey, come here!" Who will respond? It depends on who is calling and who they're looking at. In JavaScript, the this keyword works exactly like that. It's a special word that refers...

WP-CLI Auditor: Triage Wordfence RSS Advisories Against Installed Plugins
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; @theme/TabItem'; I built a WordPress plugin that adds wp wordfence-audit plugins and flags installed plugins that match vulnerability signals from the current Wordfence blog RSS feed. The goal is quick triage from existing RSS workflows, not replacing full...

Stop Brainstorming Startup Ideas. Mine Them From Developer Communities
ideasaas.xyz I Built a Tool That Finds SaaS Ideas From Real Developer communities Every day developers post about problems online. They complain about broken tools. And hidden inside those posts are startup opportunities. The problem is that these signals are scattered across dozens of communities....

Understanding Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript
Hello readers 👋, welcome back to 9th blog in this JavaScript series. Imagine you are a car manufacturer. You don't build each car from scratch, right? You have a blueprint (or design) that defines what a car should have: wheels, engine, doors, color options, etc. Then you use that blueprint to...

GitHub Spark - A First Look at GitHub’s New Developer Tool
GitHub Spark is an intuitive way to bring your ideas to life. Note: GitHub Spark is available to users on GitHub Copilot Pro+ and Enterprise plans. GitHub Spark is an AI-powered tool that helps you "spark" ideas into functional "sparks" (micro-apps) quickly. You don't need to write every line of...

I Got Selected as an AWS Community Builder – Containers on My First Try. Here's My Honest Story.
I had been selected for the AWS Community Builder program Containers category. First-time applicant. No conference speaking history. No massive LinkedIn following. Just consistent writing and 9+ years of real production experience with AWS and Kubernetes. This is my honest writeup of how it...

Arrow Functions in JavaScript: A Simpler Way to Write Functions
Hello readers 👋, welcome to the 8th blog of this JavaScript series. Imagine you are packing your bag for a trip. You have two options: Option 1: Pack everything carefully - fold your clothes, put them in separate compartments, zip everything properly. Option 2: Just throw everything in the bag...

Managing Azure Storage: Containers, File Shares, and Security Tokens
Managing Azure Storage: Containers, File Shares, and Security Tokens Introduction Storage is the backbone of any cloud application. In Azure, Storage Accounts provide a versatile foundation for holding everything from unstructured data like images to structured file shares for collaborative work....

Function Declaration vs Function Expression
Hello readers 👋, welcome back to 7th blog in this JavaScript series. Imagine you have a recipe book. Every time you want to cook a dish, you don't invent it from scratch – you just open the book, read the recipe, and follow it. That recipe is reusable. In JavaScript, functions are exactly that –...

I reverse-engineered Framer's React runtime to export sites as static HTML
I had a Framer site (nocodetalks.co) running for 2 years. $10/month for hosting a static website. No dynamic content, no CMS, no forms. Just HTML on Framer's servers. When I looked into moving it to Vercel (free tier, same performance), I hit a wall: Framer has no code export. Their help center...

Your AI Copilot Just Shipped a Bug to Production. Here's the Fix That Takes 3 Seconds.
Last month, a senior engineer on my team spent six hours debugging a production incident. The root cause? A single line of code that AI-generated — it imported a package that didn't exist in our dependency tree. No linter caught it. No type checker flagged it. The code looked perfectly fine until a...

US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B
The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement...

Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company
These layoffs could help Facebook's parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and...

‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again
The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from...

Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the...

Nyne, founded by a father-son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing
The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park...
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is coming to current-gen Xbox consoles this year
Xbox is getting ready to launch its Gaming Copilot AI assistant on "current-generation consoles" this year, according to a report from GamesRadar. Sonali Yadav, Xbox's product manager for gaming AI, revealed the news during a panel at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), adding that the company...

Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
Unicode that's invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned—until attackers took...

Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films
At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV...

The biggest AI stories of the year (so far)
The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry, and existentially dangerous contract...

The wild six weeks for NanoClaw’s creator that led to a deal with Docker
Gavriel Cohen is living an open source developer's dream as his project has achieved acclaim and a partnership with Docker in a matter of...

Spotify will let you edit your Taste Profile to control your recommendations
When you edit your Taste Profile, you'll impact your personalized playlists like Discover Weekly, recommendations, and...
The $32B acquisition that one VC is calling the ‘Deal of the Decade’
According to Index Ventures Partner Shardul Shah, cybersecurity startup Wiz sits “at the center of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend.” Those tailwinds powered what just became the largest venture-backed acquisition in history — Google’s $32 billion deal, finalized after a declined 2024
Why physical AI is becoming manufacturing’s next advantage
For decades, manufacturers have pursued automation to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and stabilize operations. That approach delivered meaningful gains, but it is no longer enough. Today’s manufacturing leaders face a different challenge: how to grow amid labor constraints, rising complexity, and i
Peacock expands into AI-driven video, mobile-first live sports, and gaming
Peacock is betting on new AI-powered video experiences, vertical clips, and mobile games to help its growth.

Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API
The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating...
Before quantum computing arrives, this startup wants enterprises already running on it
After selling his AI startup to AMD for $665 million, Peter Sarlin is back with Qutwo, a new venture building the infrastructure it believes enterprises will need when quantum computing finally arrives.
Truecaller now lets you hang up on scammers — on behalf of your family
Caller identity platform Truecaller recently launched a new feature that lets one person become an admin of a family group, get alerts about fraud calls received by other members, and even end a call on their behalf if they suspect a family member might get scammed.
How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote
GTC — which stands for GPU Technology Conference — is Nvidia's flagship annual event, where the chipmaker typically uses the spotlight to announce new products, champion partnerships, and lay out its vision for the future of computing. Huang's keynote will focus on Nvidia's role in the future of com