A Post-Pandemic “Reset” Leads to a Big Wave of “Layoffs” in Tech If you follow the stock & cryptocurrency markets, chances are that your investments just fell more than you would have expected they would. …

Node 18 Last week, we have seen a new update to the JavaScript runtime. Version 18 did not introduce too many new features. In fact, we have seen only two of them. Few or not, they were anticipated by the Node.js community. We have also seen some breaking changes, including removal of…

Andreessen Horowitz Publicly Announces a16z START After Running A Stealth Pilot Program Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm that’s backed some of the world’s most well-known companies, announces its new program, a16z START. According to TechCrunch, START aims to invest $1 million from a16z’s $400 million seed fund into companies at the very early stages. Andreessen Horowitz’s program seems to be taking…

React just received a stable version of its version 18 release; what changes did we get, and how will they affect you? — React just received a stable version of its version 18 release; There are many changes that will improve the lives of React developers, including Server Components, Suspense improvements, or Concurrent Rendering; As with any tool, this one also has its use case. It’s great for some tasks, and not optimal…

React 18 React 18, the next major upgrade to the popular JavaScript framework, is here. We have already written about some new features coming to the library, and we are currently preparing a long rundown of all important changes React developers must know about. Stay tuned, and check back this week. The…

Rust, Graydon Hoare’s creation, is the famous language for creating fast and secure applications. The language is also universally well-liked, earning the top spot in the Stack Overflow Survey 6 years in a row! It’s no wonder, then, that many major companies, such as Discord, 1Password, Dropbox, and Toyota decided…

The Guardian’s React Islands Modern websites, and their composition is, in short, some static HTML (some times more, sometimes less) with a bag full of JavaScript slapped onto it all. It was not always like that, with pages fully rendered on the back-end. Even though terrific for the SEO and load times, when you…

AWS’s Training Program… In a Metaverse? If you are waiting for the next entry in the immensely popular Grand Theft Auto series, then we have bad news. It’s still many years until we see anything about the new game. AWS got you covered, however, with their Cloud Quest. Cloud Quest is a video game which serves…

The 8 tips to hire the right Node.js developer. — How to hire Node.js is a question business and tech managers ask themselves numerous times, as the systems their teams create are often the backbones of companies; LinkedIn, Job Boards, Social Media Groups or GitHub are only a few examples of websites where you may find your next developer; The…