Community Picks·3yWhat I learned from Software Engineering at Google
The difference between Software Engineering and Programming is at the core of this book. Software Engineering is programming over time and programming is about writing code. When you're big, anyone might touch your code. The whole thing fits in your head. The earlier you find a mistake, the easier it is to fix.
freeCodeCamp·3yBuild an SEO-Optimized Blog with Next.js
The course leverages the power of several modern tools and frameworks to build the blog. This includes Next.js for the core application, Tailwind CSS for styling, Contentlayer to render Markdown blogs seamlessly. Lottie Animation for interactive animations, React hook form for form functionalities, Next Sitemap for creating a sitemap.
UX Planet·3yMobile-First Design Guide 2023
Mobile-first is a design approach in which we start the product design process from the mobile end. In 2012, 10.88% of all global web traffic came through mobile phones. In 2023, that figure was a whopping 56.86%! Mobile searches have accounted for over 50% ofall searches on Google for the past four years.
gitconnected·3y10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023
10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023. In the past, I have hared some of the best online courses to prepare coding interviews. These books are enough to crack even the toughest of the job interviews at Amazon, or Microsoft. They provide excellent coverage of all essential topics for programming job interviews.
Spread Privacy·3yCelebrating 15 Years of DuckDuckGo
15 years ago, Gabriel Weinberg launched DuckDuckGo from his basement in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, hoping to offer a user-centric alternative to Google. Today it’s a free, mobile and desktop browser with our private search engine built-in. We’ve been an independent company since our founding in 2008.
The Verge·3yGoogle’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive
Google’s Bard AI chatbot is no longer limited to pulling answers from just the web. It can now scan your Gmail, Docs, and Drive to help you find the information you’re looking for. With the new integration, you can ask Bard to do things like find and summarize the contents of an email.
KDnuggets·3yIf You Want to Master Generative AI, Ignore All (But Two) Tools
Microsoft is ready to announce Bing Chat, a chatbot built on top of the next-generation model from OpenAI. Google is doomed for the second time in a matter of three months, no less. The generative AI frenzy is making us unconsciously trade off our mental sanity for the absorbing trap of overabundance.
This Dot·3yCreator of Vue.js and Vite: Evan You's Journey From Google Engineer to Open Source Pioneer
Evan You, the creator of Vue.js and Vite, discusses his journey to becoming a full-time open-source developer. Evan attributes his success to a combination of luck and persistence. He outlines his approach to API-driven development, where he designs how things should work before implementing them.
freeCodeCamp·3yHow to Code Dark Mode for Google Sheets with Apps Script and JavaScript
Google Sheets is a great tool for working and collaborating on spreadsheets, but it doesn't have native support for dark mode. In this article, we'll create a style selector that has four different styles triggered by a new dropdown menu or by clicking a custom button icon. We'll create four functions, one for each style mode.
Community Picks·3yGrokking Scalability in System Design: How I Learned the Techniques, Principles, and Best Practices
We’ll delve into four key areas of scalability to ensure you stand out from the competition and secure that dream job. Scalability Techniques: Become well-versed in the techniques that make a system scalable, such as caching, load balancing, sharding, partitioning, data replication and message queues.
Community Picks·3yBurning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned
Learn about the misconceptions surrounding paid ads, the different objectives of conversion and awareness, and the effectiveness of paid ads on developers. Discover tips and recommendations for various paid ad channels, including Google Search, Google Display, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Quora, Product Hunt, Carbon Ads, Bing, and sponsoring newsletters. Get started with paid ads by experimenting with multiple channels and focusing on good results. Additional reading resources are also provided.
