👋 Hey devs, I recently built a super minimal tool: https://package-scan.vercel.app Drop your package.json, and it will: Scan all dependencies Fetch NPM + GitHub info Pull known vulnerabilities via OSV Run AI to generate risk scores, warnings, and upgrade suggestions It’s a tiny tool but the goal is to answer: 👉 “Are my dependencies safe…
In modern backend development, microservices are everywhere, and for good reason. Instead of building a giant monolithic application, we break the system into smaller, focused services, each responsible for doing one thing well. This is the essence of microservice architecture: One service = One responsibility Each service = Independently deployable Services talk to each other…
In my previous post, I walked through how to build a basic AI agent using ADK. It’s exciting to get an agent running and see it respond to prompts — but once the session ends, that context is gone. It has no memory of anything that happened before. This is fine for demos, but if…
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…
More Nothing Headphone 1 details emerge The headphones could offer extended battery life We may see the product launch during July We know that a new Nothing Headphone 1 audio product is on the way, because Nothing has told us so, but as yet we don’t have too much official information about these over-ear headphones…
Colorful Smart 900 mini PC delivers AI-driven performance with 16-core Ryzen processor Another Strix Halo device from a smaller brand while Dell, Asus, MSI remain absent It’s built for creators needing fast graphics, SD card access, and a good range of ports The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is AMD’s flagship AI APU, offering strong performance…
Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, June 29 (game #1252). Quordle…
This is a data type used to represent a situation that can assume only one out of two possibilities. It’s like the outcome of flipping a coin: it must be either head or tails. There’s no third option. Despite its simplicity, it’s a very useful data type that can help remove ambiguity and provide clarity…
