by HELLO EVERYONE!!! It’s November 1th 2024 and you are reading the 35th edition of the Codeminer42’s tech news report. Let’s check out what the tech world showed us this week!
4 Mistakes Every Beginner Developer Should Avoid – by CyCoderX
CyCoderX’s article highlights common pitfalls for new developers. It emphasizes passive learning, focusing solely on learning languages, neglecting essential tools and frameworks, and neglecting problem-solving and algorithms. The article recommend to beginners to engage actively in learning, stay updated with industry trends, and build real-world projects to solidify their skills and grow as developers.
Managing Distributed State with GenServers in Phoenix and Elixir – by Pulkit Goyal
Phoenix and Elixir are used for real-time, fault-tolerant applications. This series guides developers in using Phoenix in distributed environments, focusing on GenServers for state management, ensuring data consistency and fault tolerance.
The Basics of Rack for Ruby – by Ayush Newatia
Rack is the interface between Ruby applications and web servers, allowing any Rack-compliant server to work with any Rack-compliant framework. It has limitations, but Rack 3 addresses them, prompting further examination of its evolution.
How to Use Developer Tools to Debug JavaScript in the Browser – by Kolade Chris
Kolade Chris’ article on debugging JavaScript in Chrome Developer Tools explains how to identify issues by navigating to the Sources tab, setting breakpoints, inspecting variable values, and using the "watch" feature.
Speed Up Compound Full-Text Searches in PostgreSQL by 300x – by Julian Rubisch
Julian Rubisch’s article on Ruby on Rails focuses on optimizing full-text searches in PostgreSQL for Ruby on Rails applications, achieving up to 300 times faster speeds. Julian also discusses the use of materialized views, background jobs, and other strategies to maintain the view and avoid locking issues.
At Last! Simple details/summary animation with pure CSS – by Kevin Powell
On this Kevin Powell’s tutorial, he teaches how to create animated details and summary elements using modern CSS without hacks. It emphasizes proper spacing, styling, and the use of the interpolate size CSS property for smooth transitions. Check it out!
Hanami 2.2.0.rc1 – by Tim Riley
Hanami 2.2.0.rc1 is the final release candidate for the official 2.2.0 launch, featuring improvements to the new database layer, improved gateway configuration, and automatic database syncing for CLI commands. The team encourages testing and acknowledges contributors.
What are Smart Pointers in Rust? Explained with Code Examples – by Oduah Chigozie
The article discusses smart pointers in Rust, which are advanced data structures that offer additional functionalities compared to regular pointers. Our friend Oduah provides code examples to illustrate each type’s use cases and advantages in memory management and safety.
How Message Queues Help Make Distributed Systems More Reliable – by Anant Chowdhary
Anant Chowdhary’s article highlights the importance of message queues in enhancing the reliability of distributed systems. These queues facilitate asynchronous communication, allowing greater flexibility, scalability, and fault tolerance. Of course, they also present challenges, so check it out to learn more.
Google Dorking: How to Find Hidden Information on the Web – by Manish Shivanandhan
Google Dorking is a search technique that uses advanced search operators to uncover hidden information on the web. It uses keywords to refine searches, allowing users to locate sensitive data and hidden files. However, it can pose risks for unauthorized access to secure information.
Chinese Hackers Use CloudScout Toolset to Steal Session Cookies from Cloud Services – by The Hacker News
Chinese hackers, known as the Evasive Panda group, have used CloudScout, an extension of the MgBot malware framework, to steal session cookies from cloud services, targeting a Taiwanese government entity and a religious organization. The malware extracts data from Google Drive, Gmail, and Outlook, but new Google security measures may render it obsolete. Check it out!
State in Infrastructure as Code tools – by Brian Grant
Brian Grant’s article explores the importance and challenges of state management in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools. It outlines the various purposes of stored state, including maintaining resource identifiers, providing an inventory of resources, enabling rollback, and facilitating updates and governance. Brian invites readers to share their experiences and challenges with state management in IaC tools. Check it out!
Benchmarking Ruby Parsers – by Benoit Daloze
Benoit Daloze’s blog post highlights the performance of the new Prism parser, which is the default in Ruby 3.4.0 preview 2. The benchmarks were conducted using Ruby files from railties 7.2.1.2. The parsers compared include Prism, the Parser gem, RubyParser, Ripper, and RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree. Check it out!
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