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…
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…
Some Pixel 6a units will soon have much worse battery performance Affected users can claim a free battery replacement, or may be able to get cash Other Pixel models could be next in line Usually, software updates bring desirable new features or bug fixes, but one upcoming Google Pixel 6a update could actually make your…
The Galaxy tri-fold could go on sale by the end of 2025 A new report tips a 10-inch screen and a Snapdragon processor We can expect a high price and limited availability We’ve been patiently waiting for the Samsung tri-fold phone to launch since it was briefly teased back in January, but a new report…
HPE’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks has now completed EU and UK approval came quickly, US approval not so much The networking business could account for 50% of revenue More than 18 months after HPE initially disclosed plans to acquire Juniper Networks, and several regulatory hurdles later, the merger has now been completed. With…
This is a submission for the World’s Largest Hackathon Writing Challenge: Building with Bolt. My project is a software developers’ and students’ collaboration platform where each developer can easily post an idea or a query and fellow developers and seniors on the platform can view and react to it. I used Bolt to create it…
