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ISSUE #21 - July 23rd

Aviyel is on a mission to enlighten people about the importance of using open source software and to develop relationships between diverse groups in the open source community.

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Google expands its photo and canvas printing service to Europe and Canada

Google has made printed photo books accessible in the US since 2017, and the service made its debut in Europe the following year. Then, in 2019, Google began providing photo and canvas prints in the US. Users of Google Photos may now access these two more printing options essentially in the entire EU & UK, as well as in Canada.

How To land a job at FAANG as a self-taught AI engineer in 2022?

Discover in greater detail how FAANG companies are revolutionizing the tech job market by recruiting self-taught AI developers.

Medusa Raises $8m to Build the Leading E-Commerce Platform for Developers

Medusa closes Seed round after seeing record growth among Javascript developer community for its open-source alternative to Shopify.

This niche cryptographic technique could transform privacy in web3

Once you know a crypto wallet address corresponds to a certain individual, you can track all the transactions that individual has made throughout their wallet on any public blockchain. Learn more about the fully homomorphic encryption process and how it may be used to secure and scale the blockchain.

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Edge computing is becoming a popular way to deliver modern web applications. Check this video to find out if the Edge is really faster by comparing Firebase to Vercel Edge Functions with Next.js.

In this full Golang course you will learn about one of the youngest programming languages that is becoming more and more popular in the cloud engineering world, which is Go or also commonly known as Golang. You will learn everything you need to get started with Go and start using it in your projects.

In this video, you will learn how to use portfolio builder in Figma, where you can easily drag & drop, copy & paste, to make an amazing looking UX/UI portfolio or case studies.

Learn how to use Kubernetes in this complete course. Kubernetes makes it possible to containerize applications and simplifies app deployment to production.

#CODE

The case for using Sass in 2022

Is Sass still relevant? It seems like we need to have this conversation every few months. Most recently, it was Jeremy Keith who suggested in his CSS Day talk that Sass has become obsolete.

Where’s the fun in accessibility?

UX is about functionality, as well as delight, whimsy, wit, and beauty. But when it comes to accessibility, we tend to take the term literally. Why?

A Look At Remix And The Differences With Next.js

Let’s talk about Remix, the framework to create JavaScript projects using server-side rendering. This article will go through its core features and principles, as well as the similarities and differences with Next.js.

Bun is a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime

Bundle, transpile, install and run JavaScript & TypeScript projects — all in Bun. Bun is a new JavaScript runtime with a native bundler, transpiler, task runner and npm client built-in.

#NEWS

DALL·E Now Available in Beta

Users can create with DALL·E using free credits that refill every month, and buy additional credits in 115-generation increments for $15.

Squarespace radically revamps its web design tools for the first time in 10 years

Squarespace has made a name for itself by helping people build their own websites. Now, almost 20 years after it launched, it’s unlocking the template that made it famous, giving users unprecedented control over the entire screen.

GitHub Copilot and Open Source: A Love Story That Won’t End Well?

Is Microsoft/GitHub taking too many liberties with the open source software that has been handed to their repositories with Copilot?

ALL THESE IMAGES WERE GENERATED BY GOOGLE’S LATEST TEXT-TO-IMAGE AI

Google has released its latest text-to-image AI system, named Imagen, and the results are extremely impressive.

#LEARN

MIT researchers develop silk capsules to replace microplastics

Researchers at MIT have created a silk-based alternative to microplastics. Microplastics are used to protect active compounds from air and moisture until they are needed. Silk-based capsules are a low-cost biodegradable alternative to the polymer capsules already in use.

Tesla is getting closer to integrating Steam to take its gaming platform to whole new level

Tesla is getting closer to integrating Valve's Steam game platform into its cars. The manufacturer intends to hold a demonstration next month. Tesla has been working on developing a video game platform called Tesla Arcade and porting titles to it. Adding Steam support would significantly expand the amount of games accessible in Tesla vehicles.

Is the Google UX course any good?

Learn more about Michal Malewicz, a senior designer who took the Google UX Course at Coursera for seven weeks and finished it after devoting two days each week to it, by reading what he has to say about it.

New open-source model that dwarfs GPT-3 aims to free AI from Big Tech labs

Large Language Model called BLOOM is accessible to everyone without charge. LLM are rarely open sourced, particularly when they offer competitive advantages. BLOOM's 176-billion-parameter model is larger than OpenAI's GPT-3 and MetaAI's OPT. It will give researchers a unique chance to explore the risks and benefits of LLMs. BLOOM can generate text in 46 languages and dialects and 13 programming languages.

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AppFlowy: open source alternative to Notion

AppFlowy is an open-source replacement for Notion. You have complete control over your data and modifications, which are built with Flutter and Rust.

Fosscord: For better and secure communication

Fosscord is a free open source selfhostable discord compatible chat, voice and video platform.

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