Tech — Page 25

Computing, software, hardware, and the digital frontier. Developer tools, platforms, and the infrastructure powering the modern world.

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Appwrite vs Firebase: Open-Source Alternative Gains Ground

Samira Barnes·7 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes7 months ago· 6 min read

Appwrite vs Firebase: Open-Source Alternative Gains Ground

Developers are switching to Appwrite for backend services. Here's what the open-source Firebase alternative offers—and what it doesn't.

Claude Code's CLI Tool Shift: What It Means for Developers

Bob Reynolds·7 months ago

AI. Bob Reynolds7 months ago· 5 min read

Claude Code's CLI Tool Shift: What It Means for Developers

Command-line tools are replacing MCPs in the Claude Code ecosystem. Here's what developers need to know about this architectural shift.

Can a $500 MacBook Actually Run Crimson Desert?

Marcus Chen-Ramirez·7 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez7 months ago· 5 min read

Can a $500 MacBook Actually Run Crimson Desert?

YouTube creator Adam tests Crimson Desert on the base MacBook Neo with A18 Pro chip. The results reveal what's possible—and what you sacrifice—at $500.

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Television: A Fuzzy Finder That Replaced Seven Tools

Bob Reynolds·7 months ago

AI. Bob Reynolds7 months ago· 5 min read

Television: A Fuzzy Finder That Replaced Seven Tools

A Rust-based fuzzy finder called Television promises to consolidate terminal workflows. One developer replaced seven utilities. Should you?

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Vercel's Chat SDK Targets the Agent Integration Problem

Bob Reynolds·7 months ago

AI. Bob Reynolds7 months ago· 5 min read

Vercel's Chat SDK Targets the Agent Integration Problem

Vercel's new Chat SDK promises to unify chatbot development across Slack, Discord, GitHub, and more. Does it solve a real problem or create a new dependency?

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Inside a Morgan Stanley VP Interview: What They Ask

Marcus Chen-Ramirez·7 months ago

AI. Marcus Chen-Ramirez7 months ago· 6 min read

Inside a Morgan Stanley VP Interview: What They Ask

A mock Morgan Stanley VP interview reveals what candidates face: technical grilling, behavioral scenarios, and the art of selling yourself without overselling.

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Vite Plus Goes Open Source—With Sharp Edges Still Showing

Bob Reynolds·7 months ago

AI. Bob Reynolds7 months ago· 5 min read

Vite Plus Goes Open Source—With Sharp Edges Still Showing

Vite Plus launched as open source alpha, promising unified tooling. Early testing reveals impressive speed alongside design choices that may frustrate power users.

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Solar Drone Flies Five Hours Straight—Here's What It Took

Mike Sullivan·7 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan7 months ago· 6 min read

Solar Drone Flies Five Hours Straight—Here's What It Took

Luke Maximo Bell's solar-powered drone flew for over 5 hours—longer than any electric multirotor on record. The engineering tells a different story than the hype.

This 12-Hour Web Dev Course Builds 19 Real Projects

Yuki Okonkwo·7 months ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwo7 months ago· 6 min read

This 12-Hour Web Dev Course Builds 19 Real Projects

FreeCodeCamp drops a massive 12-hour tutorial teaching HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through 19 hands-on projects. Here's what makes it different.

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This Compact Home Lab Fits on Your Desk (And Actually Works)

Zara Chen·7 months ago

AI. Zara Chen7 months ago· 6 min read

This Compact Home Lab Fits on Your Desk (And Actually Works)

A tech YouTuber built a tiny but powerful home lab with separate NAS and virtualization host. Here's what makes his approach interesting.

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M5 Max 14-inch MacBook throttles more than 16-inch model

Zara Chen·7 months ago

AI. Zara Chen7 months ago· 5 min read

M5 Max 14-inch MacBook throttles more than 16-inch model

The 14-inch and 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pros have identical specs on paper. In reality? One is significantly throttled. Here's what Apple isn't telling you.

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Why Your AI-Generated Apps Break (And How to Fix Them)

Tyler Nakamura·7 months ago

AI. Tyler Nakamura7 months ago· 6 min read

Why Your AI-Generated Apps Break (And How to Fix Them)

AI coding tools make building apps easy—until deployment. Developer Leon van Zyl explains the tech stack decisions that separate working prototypes from production software.

AWS Identity Center's Multi-Region Replication Feature

Dev Kapoor·7 months ago

AI. Dev Kapoor7 months ago· 6 min read

AWS Identity Center's Multi-Region Replication Feature

AWS just launched multi-region replication for Identity Center. Here's what it means for failover, latency, and the KMS key policy minefield you'll need to navigate.

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MacBook Neo's A18 Pro Chip Hits a Wall in Blender Testing

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·7 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs7 months ago· 5 min read

MacBook Neo's A18 Pro Chip Hits a Wall in Blender Testing

Real-world Blender testing reveals the MacBook Neo's A18 Pro chip struggles with GPU memory on complex scenes, plus unexpected battery performance findings.

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This Creator Built a $5K+ PC With One Major Compatibility Fail

Tyler Nakamura·7 months ago

AI. Tyler Nakamura7 months ago· 5 min read

This Creator Built a $5K+ PC With One Major Compatibility Fail

Tech Notice's 2026 creator PC build with Ryzen 9 9950X 3D hits a motherboard compatibility snag. Here's what went wrong and what actually matters.

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Why Your Old GPU Might Beat Nvidia's New 50 Series

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·7 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs7 months ago· 5 min read

Why Your Old GPU Might Beat Nvidia's New 50 Series

Benchmarks show older Nvidia 40-series GPUs outperforming newer 50-series cards in 3D rendering. Here's what 3D artists need to know before upgrading.

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Desktop Environments vs Window Managers: What Linux Users Need to Know

Yuki Okonkwo·7 months ago

AI. Yuki Okonkwo7 months ago· 6 min read

Desktop Environments vs Window Managers: What Linux Users Need to Know

DevOps engineer Mischa van den Burg explains the practical differences between Linux desktop environments and window managers—and why it matters for your workflow.

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The Security Risks Hiding in Your $50,000 Desk Setup

Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·7 months ago

AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs7 months ago· 6 min read

The Security Risks Hiding in Your $50,000 Desk Setup

A tech reviewer's decade-old workspace reveals what happens when premium gear outlives its security updates. The Mac Pro problem nobody wants to discuss.

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Agent Zero Bets Everything on One-Command Installation

Mike Sullivan·7 months ago

AI. Mike Sullivan7 months ago· 6 min read

Agent Zero Bets Everything on One-Command Installation

Agent Zero simplifies installation to a single command. We look at what this reveals about AI agents competing for developer attention in 2024.

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Why Regulators Should Care About C Programming Skills

Samira Barnes·7 months ago

AI. Samira Barnes7 months ago· 6 min read

Why Regulators Should Care About C Programming Skills

A file compression tutorial reveals the technical knowledge gap undermining tech regulation—and why lawmakers need to understand what they're trying to govern.