Tag: Programming
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When you no longer need that object: Dealing with garbage in Python
Posted on September 22, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
This article delves into the automatic garbage collection in Python, explaining how objects are removed from memory when no longer needed. It highlights the importance of understanding this mechanism for maintaining efficient and error-free code. By Stephen Gruppetta.
Tags oop python programming web-development app-development
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Make Cline enterprise-ready using an AI Gateway
Posted on July 12, 2025, Level advanced Resource Length medium
Cline is an AI-powered coding assistant that enhances developers' productivity by offering advanced code suggestions and support in debugging and architectural tasks. However, when scaling Cline across an organization, challenges such as security risks, usage tracking, and compliance arise. Portkey's AI Gateway addresses these challenges by providing enterprise-ready features like centralized access, observability, governance, and security guardrails. By Drishti Shah.
Tags software ai programming web-development app-development
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How to run GUI-based applications in Docker
Posted on July 4, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Docker is commonly used for server-side and command-line apps. However, with the right setup, you can also run GUI-based applications inside containers. These containers can include GUI libraries and display tools, which enable apps to run in a secure and isolated environment. Docker containers can run GUI applications by configuring display sharing with the host system. This approach packages applications with their dependencies while maintaining isolation, enabling consistent cross-platform deployment without cluttering the host system. By Anees Asghar.
Tags programming cloud docker devops iot how-to
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Multimodal AI for IoT devices requires a new class of MCU
Posted on July 2, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
Context-aware computing enables ultra-low-power operation while maintaining high-performance AI capabilities when needed. The rise of AI-driven IoT devices is pushing the limits of today's microcontroller unit (MCU) landscape. While AI-powered perception applications—such as voice, facial recognition, object detection, and gesture control—are becoming essential in everything from smart home devices to industrial automation, the hardware available to support them is not keeping pace. By Todd Dust.
Tags programming cloud ai infosec servers iot how-to
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The edge of security: How edge computing is revolutionizing cyber protection
Posted on July 1, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The traditional centralized model of cloud computing presents significant cybersecurity risks, creating a single point of failure and suffering from latency that can delay critical security updates. Edge computing emerges as a superior, decentralized solution that brings processing power closer to where data is generated. By Andrew Garfield.
Tags programming cloud cio infosec servers iot
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Wget to wipeout: Malicious Go modules fetch destructive payload
Posted on June 30, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Sockets threat research team uncovered a destructive supply-chain attack targeting Go developers. In April 2025, three malicious Go modules were identified, using obfuscated code to fetch and execute remote payloads that wipe disks clean. The Go ecosystem's decentralized nature, lacking central gatekeeping, makes it vulnerable to namespace confusion and typosquatting, allowing attackers to disguise malicious modules as legitimate ones. By @socket.dev.
Tags programming golang app-development infosec servers
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Why Go rocks for building a Lua interpreter
Posted on June 28, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length short
The interpreter's structure in Go is divided into packages for scanning, parsing, and execution, leveraging Go's interfaces for Lua value representation. This design choice, along with Go's garbage collector and testing tools, simplified development compared to the PUC-Rio Lua implementation. Challenges included error handling and compatibility issues with Lua's standard libraries. Nice one!
Tags programming golang app-development web-development google
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Can vibe coding produce production-grade software?
Posted on May 1, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
Thoughtworks explored "vibe coding," where an AI generates software from minimal functional requirements without detailed architectural guidance. They tested this approach through three experiments building the System Update Planner application. By Premanand Chandrasekaran.
Tags ai programming miscellaneous how-to learning
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Fourteen advanced Python features
Posted on April 28, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
Python is one of the most widely adopted programming languages in the world. Yet, because of it's ease and simplicity to just "get something working", it's also one of the most underappreciated. By Edward Li.
Tags programming python how-to learning
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Ansible tutorial for beginners: Playbook, commands & example
Posted on February 24, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies software provisioning, configuration management, and deployment across Unix-like and Windows systems by using infrastructure as code principles. Its standout features include ease of installation, agentless architecture (utilizing SSH for connections without requiring additional client-side installations), and comprehensive documentation which facilitates its use even among those with minimal system administration skills. Ansible's modularity supports large-scale orchestration efforts, making it ideal for managing complex environments. By David Carter.
Tags ansible learning devops programming cicd containers
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MVP (Model View Presenter) architecture pattern in Android with example
Posted on February 20, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
The MVP (Model View Presenter) architecture pattern is widely adopted in Android development for structuring application code into separate layers that enhance maintainability, readability, and scalability. This approach involves three distinct components: Model, View, and Presenter. By GeeksforGeeks.
Tags software software-architecture android programming jvm java
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How Meta ported million Lines of Android code from Java to Kotlin
Posted on December 31, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
The Meta Java project is an open-source effort to create a new, more efficient, and modern compiler for the Java language. One of its key goals is to make Kotlin, which is widely used in Android app development, compatible with the Meta Java platform. This means that developers can write Kotlin code that targets the Meta Java virtual machine (VM) and run on it, rather than relying on the traditional Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The goal is to provide a more efficient and secure way to develop high-performance applications. By Sergio De Simone.
Tags java kotlin app-development android programming performance