Best of The New Stack — February 2024

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   Freenginx: A Fork of Nginx

   A Nginx developer, Maxim Dounin, is forking Nginx into Freenginx due to grievances with Ngnix corporate owner F5's management and security policies. Freenginx aims to be a free and open source project developed for the public good, independent of corporate control. Initial interest in Freenginx appears to be low, but it remains to be seen if the project will gain traction.

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   How to Use VS Code as Your Python IDE

   Learn how to use Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as your Python IDE. Install the necessary bits, create a Python app, and run it in the user-friendly VS Code IDE.

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   JavaScript on Demand: How Qwik Differs From React Hydration

   This post explains the concept of resumability in Qwik and how it differs from React's hydration. It also discusses route chunking and dynamic component chunking in Qwik.

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   Microsoft: We Are Not ‘Abandoning’ C# for Rust

   Despite recent speculation, Microsoft affirms its commitment to C# programming language while expressing its interest in Rust for certain use cases. The company is looking for Rust developers to help transition existing C# cloud services to Rust code in an effort to modernize and optimize its global platform services.

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