Document Freedom Day, Microsoft Lockin, and Free Software
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Juha-Matti Santala ☛ I teach, therefore I learn
There are many ways to improve your skills as a developer. Teaching programming is an awesome but bit under-appreciated one. Becoming a senior developer is about so much more than just technical competency. It’s about helping others succeed, it’s about becoming a leader and it’s about being a good communicator with users, clients and teammates.
In this talk, I will share how 6+ years of programming teaching has made me a better developer in the core understanding of topics, communication, and perspective as well as reveal all the additional perks of joy, diversity, and making friends.
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Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)
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Futurism ☛ Man's Entire Life Destroyed After Downloading AI Software
Last February, Disney employee Matthew Van Andel downloaded what seemed like a helpful AI tool from the developer site GitHub.
Little did he know that the decision would totally upend his life — resulting in everything from his credit cards to social security number being leaked to losing his job, as the Wall Street Journal reports.
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The Register UK ☛ Over 200 convincing GitHub repos serving up malware
The Russian infosec house reckons the rotten repositories are evidence of a campaign that’s run for two years and attempts to fool developers and other netizens with projects that look authentic as they list “tens of thousands” of commits and include multi-language README.MD files.
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Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
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Document Foundation ☛ Document Freedom Day @ LibreOffice
In one month, on March 26, we will celebrate Document Freedom Day 2025. For the first time in a while, the LibreOffice project will play a major role in organizing the event.
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Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)
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James G ☛ Adding duplicate permalink warnings to my static site generator
My site generator, Aurora, also lets me create pages with custom permalinks. For example, /starbucks is a static HTML page that I have generated with my static site generator.
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Education
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Rlang ☛ Shiny Gathering x Pharmaverse Recap: Simplifying R Package Quality with the {riskassessment} App
At our recent Shiny Gathering x Pharmaverse webinar, Aaron Clark and Jeff Thompson from Arcus Biosciences shared how the app helps teams simplify package validation.
This post breaks down how it works and why it’s useful for organizations navigating the complexities of R package approval. The recording of the webinar is available below.
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Kodsnack ☛ Kodsnack 631 - Comfortable in uncertainty, with Barry O'Reilly
Fredrik talks to Barry O’Reilly about software architecture.
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