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    Many modern development teams incorporate devops, site reliability engineering (SRE), and platform engineering — or at least they claim to. But figuring out what each of these buzzwords actually means can be a slippery proposition, and at first glance they cover much of the same ground.   We spoke to a number of developers and

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    Last week I talked about connascence, a measure of the coupling of code. We all agree that loosely coupled code is good, but what that means isn’t always clear. Connascence helps us reason about how code is coupled. You can’t decouple your code if you don’t understand how code couples together, right? Of course, modules of

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    Svelte introduced the idea of using a compiler to optimize and transform specialized syntax into front-end components. The idea has caught on with a variety of frameworks, including React. In this style of reactive development, using a compiler lets the framework be more flexible and streamlined in its definitions. Svelte, the originator, uses the idea

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    Autonomous bots acting as virtual shoppers for consumers and businesses are likely to be common by within the next two to three years — but online retailers are nowhere near ready for what’s coming. The arrival of bot shoppers is going to force a change in how retail sales are conducted at all stages of

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    Need to create and share a presentation? If so, you probably turn to the most popular presentation application in the world, Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. Microsoft sells Office under two models: Individuals and businesses can pay for the software license up front and own it forever (what the company calls the “perpetual” version of the

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    Workday on Tuesday released new research that reveals that, despite the fact AI agents are gaining ground in the workplace, employees are still looking for what the company described as “clear boundaries.” A spokesperson said, “we wanted to cut through the hype to understand what people really think about AI agents in the workplace and

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    Agentic AI has the potential to transform (or even fully take over) workflows and fundamentally change the way we work. But although the use of the technology is skyrocketing, it is still immature; AI agents can cut corners, struggle with multi-step tasks, become disoriented, lie, and attempt to cover their tracks when they mess up.

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    The launch of a major Windows 10 update isn’t the end of a process — it’s really just the beginning. As soon as one of Microsoft’s feature updates (such as Windows 10 version 22H2) is released, the company quickly gets to work on improving it by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new

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    A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — it’s really just the beginning. Microsoft continually works on improving Windows 11 by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new features. In this story we summarize what you need to know about each update released to the public for the most recent version of

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    It really is time to bury the assumption that Macs are more expensive than Windows PCs. That’s because for every low-spec, barely functional Windows computer you can pick up for less than the cost of a Mac, there will be a dozen that cost much more. IT purchasers already know this as they wade through

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