Boosting Project: A Production-Grade Deep Dive 1. Introduction Last quarter, a critical anomaly in our fraud detection system resulted in a 12% increase in false positives, triggering a cascade of customer service escalations and a temporary revenue dip. Root cause analysis revealed a newly deployed model, while performing well in offline evaluation, exhibited significant performance…
I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I’m pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that…
See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum, and then later republished them for reference purposes. This code holds an important place in history and is a fascinating read of an operating…
I’ve been doing not just Unit Testing for my sites but full on Integration Testing and Browser Automation Testing as early as 2007 with Selenium. Lately, however, I’ve been using the faster and generally more compatible Playwright. It has one API and can test on Windows, Linux, Mac, locally, in a container (headless), in my…
Android TV users have spotted new discovery tabs in Play Next It’s a server-side update, not a firmware update Android TV has been replace by Google TV in retail products Android TV is getting an update that brings it much closer in appearance to Google TV. The update, which is rolling out to select Android…
I’ve been building a CSV Payments Processing system, based on a real-world project I’ve worked on at Worldfirst. https://github.com/mbarcia/CSV-Payments-PoC Originally, I set out only to write a better version using a “pipeline-oriented” design based on the Command pattern. The idea was to use the project as a sandbox/playground, that could also serve as a proof…
Data is one of the most valuable assets for businesses. While raw data in its original form is often incomplete, fragmented, or lacks the context needed to drive meaningful decisions, data enrichment — a process that enhances raw data by adding external information, makes it comprehensive and actionable. This article will dive into the basics…
In today’s digital landscape, react internationalization is critical for delivering personalized, accessible content to users around the world. Whether you’re building a multilingual eCommerce platform or a SaaS dashboard, adding i18n to react app helps extend your product’s reach and improve user experience. This step-by-step guide shows you how to add i18n to react app…
I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I’m pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that…
See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum, and then later republished them for reference purposes. This code holds an important place in history and is a fascinating read of an operating…
