Month: April 2024

The Ever-Dwindling Chances for a Stablecoin Law

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Last week, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a joint bill addressing how stablecoins could be regulated in the country. It’s the latest effort to try and get something done in the U.S. legislative front – but is it enough?

The Power of User Feedback in Product Development

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Today, a successful IT product is one that has been developed with customers’ needs, interests, and values in mind. This is why customer feedback is so important if we want to improve customer satisfaction and retention, and ultimately ensure the long-term growth of a business. Collecting user feedback is the foundation of the growth of … Read more

This Game Boy-looking phone stand is why MagSafe is good

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That’s a nice looking charger. | Image by Elago MagSafe isn’t a particularly controversial standard, but I’ve heard people grumble about it. They get upset because it doesn’t charge quite as efficiently as an old-fashioned cable and they get annoyed that any phone case needs to be MagSafe-compatible. But could charging by cable provide you … Read more

Storing Passwords In A Database: A Better Way to Do So

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How Would You Store Your User’s Password? How would you store a password if you were asked to create an authentication system? The easiest solution would be to store the plain text inputted by the users. For example, if the users input their email as codecurated@codecurated.com and password as weakpassword, then we can insert it into our users table, right? … Read more

The EU’s new right-to-repair rules make companies fix your device after a warranty expires

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Cath Virginia / The Verge The European Union has officially adopted a new set of right-to-repair rules designed to encourage people to repair broken devices, rather than replace them. One of the rules extends a product’s warranty by one year if it’s repaired while still covered. The European Union already requires companies to offer a … Read more

How to Use Knowledge Graphs for Retrieval-Augmented Generation—Without a Graph DB

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Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) refers to a variety of techniques for retrieving information and using it to provide contextual information for generative AI. The most common form operates on text chunks and involves: Extracting the text from the original documents (HTML, PDF, Markdown, etc.). Chunking the text to specific sizes based on document structure and … Read more

Software Developers Can Build Beautiful Software: Here’s How

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Software developers rarely design the most aesthetically pleasing software. These principles can help you and other developers change this narrative. Keep it simple. Simplicity is a principle to follow in design. Overcomplicating your design won’t make it better in most cases. Beautiful designs can be created from the simplest ideas. Sometimes, good ideas become useless … Read more

A cheaper Tesla is back on the menu

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The Model 3 might get an affordable younger sibling in 2025. | Image: Tesla Tesla says it will build more affordable electric vehicles — perhaps as soon as 2025 — refuting recent reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had canceled plans for a cheaper “Model 2” vehicle in favor of getting a robotaxi out the … Read more

How to Compare the Same Contents but Different Ordered Arrays in JavaScript

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Welcome, One common challenge developers face is comparing arrays—specifically, determining if two arrays contain the same contents, regardless of the order of those contents. This task might seem straightforward at first glance, but it quickly delves into complexities. In this blog post, we’ll discuss various methods, from the simple and direct to the more sophisticated … Read more