Month: November 2024

100x Simpler – The Ultimate Open-Source Guide

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It has been more than 500 days for me in Open Source. I’ve answered 35+ discussions on GitHub (actively participated in 300+), successfully merged over 200 PRs, earned 500+ Stars, and contributed to more than 40 repositories. I know enough to guide people. Don’t worry. It’s okay if you don’t know the terms, we will … Read more

Proper Navigation in SwiftUI With Coordinators: A Guide

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In this article, I’ll introduce a Coordinators framework for designing navigation in your SwiftUI app using the coordinator pattern. This pattern abstracts navigation logic away from individual views, centralizing it within “coordinator” objects. SwiftUI provides built-in navigation tools like NavigationStack and NavigationLink, but as applications become more complex, managing navigation through a centralized coordinator simplifies … Read more

Australia looks to ban social media for kids under age 16

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced plans in the country to ban social media for children under 16, saying that “social media is doing harm to our kids, and I’m calling time on it.” The proposed legislation will enter parliament this year, taking effect a year after lawmakers ratify it, said Albanese, adding … Read more

‘Prediction markets’ set to pay out $450M to election bettors

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Following Donald Trump’s election victory, thousands of bettors anticipate a potential $450 million payout from online betting sites, says Reuters. As Trump’s odds surged on so-called prediction markets near the end of the race, platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket gained attention for diverging sharply from traditional polls, which suggested a much closer race.  Talking with … Read more

Huawei’s HarmonyOS: Navigating the Landscape of China’s Desire for Digital Sovereignty

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Already the second-largest mobile operating system in China as of early 2024, Huawei launched the HarmonyOS 5.0 recently in mid-October 2024. With the global smartphone operating system market being previously primarily dominated by Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, Huawei’s release of HarmonyOS challenges this duopoly. This marks a significant shift in the mainland Chinese and … Read more

Take-Two is selling its indie games label Private Division

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Pokemon developer Game Freak’s unreleased Project Bloom game is included in the sale. | Image: Private Division Take-Two Interactive is selling off its indie games label Private Division, which published titles such as The Outer Worlds and OlliOlli World, following rumors over the summer that Take-Two laid off most of Private Division’s staff. Take-Two did … Read more

Avoid These 7 Leadership Mistakes That Will Limit Your Team’s Growth

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Leaders aren’t perfect—they make mistakes all the time. Some mistakes are costly to business while others directly impact a team’s productivity and performance. Business-related mistakes don’t go unnoticed—they’re highly visible, discussed at great lengths, and much attention is given to how to prevent such mistakes from happening again. Mistakes that concern the team’s growth though … Read more