Wednesday 31st July, 2019 #
- C++20 is feature complete; here’s what changes are coming - honestly I zoned out after a few paragraphs of this article, but I’m linking to it because it probably is quite a good article, but also I really like the website design, it’s like dark mode but really readable, on my iOS device the text size is just right so the right amount of words fit on the screen and the contrast works really well especially against the links, there isn’t any clutter - one day maybe I’ll get back into C++, it’s an important language so it’s good to see it’s progressing
- I hadn’t heard of the Data Transfer Project, an open source project to move data between cloud providers, but it looks interesting and Apple has just officially joined, data portability is a good idea, hopefully it’s not just for the giants
- Facebook Closer to Augmented Reality Glasses With Brain Implant That Decodes Dialogue From Neural Activity - typescript for your head meh can’t say I’m all that into it, apparently typescript also cures weird debilitating illnesses
- We'll block trade deal if Brexit imperils open Irish border says US - the US has been a player for a long time and still makes a lot of cool things, but the action in years to come might be shifting to other emerging markets
- KaiOS which is the os on the Jio phones has the spidermonkey javascript engine built in, and appears to be based on Firefox os - I’m still unsure what the default browser installed on the phone is, some of the information I’ve read online is a bit confusing
- Jio Phone Review - This is the phone that is becoming very popular in India at the minute, it’s not as flashy as a smart phone but it has an internet connection and importantly it has a web browser which means linkblog is accessible - I wonder what type of browser it’s running, and if the browser has a javascript engine
- Learn a little jq, awk and sed - A post that fits in very nicely with the Stripe article link from earlier
- Chrome 76 arrives with Flash blocked by default, detecting Incognito mode disabled, and PWA improvements
- A look at how Stripe uses what they call “canonical log lines” in their stack to get visibility into how their system is operating - I’m struck by how much similarity there is with some of the logging I’ve setup on linkblog, of course they have developed their system with several additional levels of functionality, but it highlights how important logging is in running s saas