David Heinemeier Hansson·3yHardware is fun again
Ever since Apple's M1 premiered, it seems the floodgates to interesting and large improvements have opened up. The generational jumps are happening more frequently, and the gains aren't measly any longer. As more companies start redoing the math on cloud, and pulling their applications off the rental racket, I think we'll see a resurgence.
Community Picks·3yWhat’s the future of React Native? And why does Facebook care?
Facebook's Web App approach for mobile users was quickly falling behind in capabilities and features available in natively developed mobile apps. At the time, the Facebook App was still running as a Web App on smartphones. In 2013, Facebook acquired Parse, a mobile backend-as-a-service (BaaS) company.
Hacker News·3yApple unveils MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
Apple unveils MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, Apple’s next-generation pro silicon that brings even more power-efficient performance and battery life to pro users. With up to 96GB of unified memory, creators can work on scenes so large that PC laptops can’t even run them.
Pointer·3yWhat Big Tech layoffs suggest for the industry
Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce have announced large layoffs in January. What will these events mean for the rest of the industry? This is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. We cover one out of five topics in today’s subscriber-only The Scoop issue.
