ESA prepares for the post-ISS era, selects The Exploration Company, Thales Alenia to develop cargo spacecraft

The European Space Agency selected two companies on Wednesday to advance designs of a cargo spacecraft that could establish the continent’s first sovereign access to space.  The two awardees, major aerospace prime Thales Alenia Space and French startup The Exploration Company, will receive €25 million ($27 million) each to advance concepts for vehicles that can … Read more

Stereoscopic Imaging Technologies for PC Game Developers

This article explains the principles of stereoscopic imaging, the technologies used to create and view stereoscopic images on PCs, their evolution, and their impact on game development. It also highlights important aspects for developers planning to add stereoscopic support to their games. My experience in developing stereoscopic drivers allows me to cover this topic not … Read more

Boosting Integration Test Performance with EmbeddedKafka and GraalVM

In this article, I want to share my experience with creating a native image for EmbeddedKafka using GraalVM. Utilizing this image in integration tests not only speeds up the execution of test scenarios but also reduces memory consumption. Interestingly, when compared to using confluentinc/cp-kafka in Testcontainers, there is a noticeable difference in both speed and … Read more