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Shells Review – Best Personal Cloud Computer

The Crazy Programmer

Virtual desktops are preinstalled copies of operating systems on the cloud. It helps in isolating the desktop environment from the existing system that is accessible on any device. All of the high-end processing tasks and heavy lifting operating system work is carried out on the cloud and not the existing system.

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20 years working on the same software product

Successful Software

I released version 1 of my table seating planning software , PerfectTablePlan, in February 2005. A world of Windows, shareware and CDs. It’s success is due to a lot of hard work, and a certain amount of dumb luck. I looked around for some software to help me. Web-based software was still in its infancy in 2005.

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Operating System Characteristics (Features)

The Crazy Programmer

Do you know all the applications, including MS Office, editing software, browser, and games need a suitable environment to execute their task? The operating system is the software that enables an ideal environment for all these application software to work effectively. What is an Operating System?

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The End of Programming as We Know It

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Theres a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. They were succeeded by programmers writing machine instructions as binary code to be input one bit at a time by flipping switches on the front of a computer. Consumer operating systems were also a big part of the story.

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‘Memsad’ software rot threatens to leak your digital secrets

The Parallax

VANCOUVER—If coding and updating software is like building and maintaining a house, one might say software that leaks passcodes is like a home with a rotting foundation—but you don’t know it. “ [Memsad] is literally everywhere. If we can’t get it right, what hope is there for mere mortals?”—Ilja

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Consumer-grade VPNs that work on your Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS devices are effective and affordable. Step 5: Keep your software up-to-date. Whether you’re using an iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, or Linux device, one of the easiest ways to avoid getting hacked is to ensure that all your software is up-to-date.

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Book Review: Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Henrik Warne

Kleppmann starts by creating a simple database in 2 lines of bash code. Backward compatibility – newer code can read data written by older code. Forward compatibility – older code can read data written by newer code. The Trouble with Distributed Systems. Encoding and Evolution. Both are needed.