Sampling: the philosopher’s stone of distributed tracing
In modern observability, distributed tracing is often considered the most expressive signal. It can be used to capture much of what logs provide, while adding rich...
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To make video games for Gen Z, be authentic
‘They’re playing games. It’s just that their attention and needs are changing,’ says Astrid Entertainment CEO Sharon Tal Yguado.
Read moreModal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree
You probably have been there before. How do we choose between showing a modal to users, and when do we navigate them to a separate, new...
Read moreStarbreeze lands new partner to adapt Payday series for film and TV
Starbreeze Entertainment has partnered with VICE Studios to attract “new audiences” into the franchise.
Read moreNigerian Firms Embrace Kit-Based EV Assembly for Cost Savings
A growing number of Nigerian companies are turning to kit-based assembly to bring electric vehicles to market in Africa. Lagos-based Saglev Micromobility Nigeria recently partnered with...
Read moreRadicle 1.7.0 released
Version 1.7.0 (“Daffodil”) of the Radicle peer-to-peer, local-first code collaboration stack has been released. Some of the changes in this release include improved I/O usage, the...
Read more[$] Development tools: Sashiko, b4 review, and API specification
The kernel project has a unique approach to tooling that avoids many commonly used development systems that do not fit the community’s scale and ways of...
Read moreFOSS Weekly #26.12: GNOME 50 Release, Fedora for Apple, New Ageless Linux, Manjaro Drama and More
In the previous newsletter, I discussed how various distros are handling the age verification laws. At the end of the article, I speculated that we would...
Read moreSignal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI. The move could help protect the AI conversations of...
Read more‘Text is evil:’ How making Peak changed indie studio Aggro Crab
What can you learn from shipping a multi-million seller after just a few months of production? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Read more20 years in the AWS Cloud – how time flies!
AWS has reached its 20th anniversary! With a steady pace of innovation, AWS has grown to offer over 240 comprehensive cloud services and continues to launch...
Read moreJavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring
Editor’s note: Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone, an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the...
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