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Whitepaper state-machines A state machine, also referred to as a finite state machine (FSM) or state diagram, is a programming paradigm used that manages state changes and makes the current state of a system explicit. To implement a state machine, you must design the syst...

Talk to ChatGPT on a Phone Call

Talk to ChatGPT on a Phone Call The integration of voice communication and AI represents a big step forward in human-machine interaction that can potentially transform traditional methods of communication. For instance, in the context of a phone call, you no longer need another ...

AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead | AWS News Blog

AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead | AWS News Blog I have a very vague memory of a 2013-era meeting with my then-colleague Tim Wagner. The term serverless did not exist, but we chatted about various ways to allow developers to focus on code instead of on infrastructure. At some I recall throwing m...

How a BBC navigation bar component broke depending on which external monitor it was on - Josh Tumath

How a BBC navigation bar component broke depending on which external monitor it was on - Josh Tumath Recently, my team and I fixed an absolutely bizarre bug that only one person in the team could reproduce. And to make it even weirder, she was only able to reproduce the issue when using her work laptop at home; it worked fine with the same laptop...

Will we care about frameworks in the future?

Will we care about frameworks in the future? I've been building lots of apps by using LLMs and Agents. I'm currently up to about 17 tools, utilities and demos over the duration of a couple of weeks. I build them for me and because tools like Replit have enabled me during my small spots of fr...

Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted | Bryan Braun - Frontend Developer In mid-2022 I bought a new domain name. The name was musicbox.fun. I got it for a side-project, an interactive online music box that I had built and hosted at musicboxfun.com. The new name was shorter and more quirky. I felt lucky to have grabbed...

Vercel Makes Changes to Next.js To Simplify Self-Hosting - The New Stack

Vercel Makes Changes to Next.js To Simplify Self-Hosting - The New Stack The Next.js team rolled out improvements to the Next.js core and new documentation that will make it easier for frontend developers to self-host Next.js, said Vercel’s Vice President of Product Lee Robinson during the October Next.js conference in...

Why would anyone need JavaScript generator functions?

Why would anyone need JavaScript generator functions? Generators are an odd part of the JavaScript language. And some people find them a bit of a puzzle. You might be a successful developer for decades and never feel the need to reach for them. Which raises the question, if you can go so long without...

State of React 2024

State of React 2024 Let's face it: neither you or I have the dedication, patience, and sheer force of will it would take to properly keep up with the React ecosystem, as new APIs, new libraries, and even new versions are introduced week after week. Thankfully for al...

Typosquat Campaign Targeting Puppeteer Users

Typosquat Campaign Targeting Puppeteer Users Ghosts and goblins abound on Halloween. Nowhere is this more true than throughout open source package registries, where specters lurk around every package install. On the eve of October 31, 2024, our automated detection platform surfaced several p...