Best of Tech News — August 2023
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The New Stack·3y
Good-Bye Kris Nóva
Kris Nóva had co-founded The Nivenly Foundation, a member-controlled and democratically-governed open source foundation. She was an open source developer who contributed significantly to Linux, Kubernetes, distributed runtime environments, Falco, and the Go programming language. In a word, she was “impressive.
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ByteByteGo·3y
EP72: OAuth 2.0 Explained With Simple Terms
This week’s system design refresher: Git Merge vs. Rebase vs. Squash Commit. OAuth 2.0 is a powerful and secure framework that allows different applications to securely interact with each other on behalf of users. New Relic Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) is now in public preview.
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David Heinemeier Hansson·3y
Et tu, Zoom?
The company that literally lives to sell us all on the wonders of remote collaboration wants its own people back into the office again. The balance of power will presumably turn around one day again, and when it does, voting with your feet will be an option again. Until then, I suspect that the likes of Remote work might be receding.
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Machine Learning News·3y
Meet FraudGPT: The Dark Side Twin of ChatGPT
Researchers at Netenrich have uncovered a promising new artificial intelligence tool called ‘FraudGPT’ The tool was built specifically for malicious activities, including sending spear phishing emails, developing cracking tools, doing carding, etc. The product may be purchased on numerous Dark Web marketplaces and the Telegram app.
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Top 40+ Generative AI Tools (September 2023)
GPT-4 is the latest LLM of OpenAI, which is more inventive, accurate, and safer than its predecessors. It can now run its own code to avoid hallucinations and provide accurate answers. It also has the ability to process images, PDFs, CSVs, etc.
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Hacker Noon·3y
How I Built My Own PaaS Company
Jibri's On Demand is a leader in the open-source video conferencing community. It has reached 63 countries, assisting over 500 businesses in effortlessly recording Jitsi video. It became a lifeline during the 2020 pandemic, enabling everything from telemedicine to Santa's virtual visits.
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Community Picks·3y
How Open Source helped me get into the GitHub Octernships program.
The GitHub Octernships program connects students with industry partners in paid professional experiences and mentorship on open source and software development projects. The program is amazing in itself, but I couldn't have asked for a better organization to collaborate with than OpenSauced. I wish to share some of my learnings and the project that I worked on.
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Best AI Tools For Students (September 2023)
The market for AI in schools is expected to reach several billion dollars in the next years. Gradescope is an AI program that saves time by having students evaluate and provide comments to one another. The Hostinger AI Website Builder offers an intuitive interface combined with advanced AI capabilities, designed for crafting websites for any purpose.
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BioDrop: A Fresh Start for the Open Source Project Formerly Known as LinkFree
BioDrop: A Fresh Start for the Open Source Project Formerly Known as LinkFree. The name change comes as a strategic move to differentiate it from similarly named services, most notably Linktree. BioDrop serves as a platform that enables users to connect with their audience via a single link.
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daily.dev·3y
Source Spotlight by daily.dev: Product Hunt 💡
Product Hunt's platform, known for showcasing the latest tech products, aligns perfectly with daily. The collaboration has driven hundreds of thousands of organic clicks to Product Hunt over the past year, enhancing both traffic and engagement. The platform aims to provide a space for developers to improve, interact and collaborate with each other.