AI-enabled developer productivity, build systems, and engineering leadership
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AI-assisted development tools are software applications that use artificial intelligence (AI) to help developers write code more efficiently and effectively.These tools can perform a variety of tasks, such as:
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When it comes to code search, there are two main players: Sourcegraph and GitHub Code Search. Both tools offer powerful features for finding code, but they have different strengths and weaknesses.
Sourcegraph is a more comprehensive code search tool. It supports a wider range of code hosts, including GitHub, GitLab …
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When you are developing a C++ project, you need to choose a build system. A build system is a tool that automates the process of compiling, linking, and testing your code. There are many different build systems available, but some are more popular than others.
In this blog post, we …
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Go 1.20.4 was released on May 2, 2023, and includes four changes to the language, as well as bug fixes to the compiler, the go command, the linker, the runtime, and the standard library.
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A polyglot source code repository is a repository that contains source code written in multiple programming languages. This can be useful for projects that require the use of multiple languages, such as web applications that use both JavaScript and Python.
There are several benefits to using a polyglot source code …
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Go is a programming language that is known for its simplicity and efficiency. One of the things that makes Go so easy to use is its flexible directory structure. There are no strict rules about how to organize your Go code, which gives you a lot of freedom to create …
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In software engineering, a push experiment is a type of experiment where a new version of a software product is pushed to users without their consent. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as through an automatic update or by requiring users to manually install the new …
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Bazel and Gradle are two of the most popular build systems for Java and other languages. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses, and the best choice for you will depend on your specific needs.
In this article, we will compare and contrast Bazel and Gradle in terms of …
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In software development, vendoring a library means to include the library's source code in your project's codebase. This is done instead of installing the library as a dependency, which would require the library to be installed on the user's machine.
There are a few reasons why you might want to …
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Microservices are all the rage these days. They're a great way to build scalable, resilient applications. And the best language for microservices development is Rust.
Rust is a newer language, but it's quickly gaining popularity. It's memory-safe, fast, and expressive. And it has a great community of developers who are …
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Tcp1323Opts is the legacy Windows registry setting for TCP window scaling and timestamps. Learn what it controls, what the values mean, and why modern Windows tuning should usually start with autotuning instead of registry edits.
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Here are some of the new features in Python 3.11:
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Type checking is a process of verifying that the types of variables, expressions, and statements in a program are consistent with the expected types. Type checking can be performed statically, at compile time, or dynamically, at runtime.
There are many …
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Remote-tracking branches are Git's cached view of branches on another server:
origin/feature/login, not your local feature/login. When a branch is deleted
on GitHub or GitLab, Git does not remove that cached name until a fetch with
pruning asks it to. The result is familiar: a branch appears …
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Bazel and Buck are two popular build systems used by large software companies. Both systems offer a number of features that make them well-suited for building large, complex codebases, including:
