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This is an interactive guide to SVG paths, focusing on the path element and its various commands for drawing shapes. It covers basic commands like Move and Line, then goes into Bézier curves (quadratic and cubic) and the complex Arc command, explaining each parameter with interactive examples. The guide also covers extra details like closing paths, relative commands, and chained curves.
Open source projects are often underfunded, leading to maintainer burnout, but innovative revenue models are starting to show up. The Wix Toolset uses an "Open Source Maintenance Fee," which charges users for issue reporting and pull requests based on company size, providing income for maintainers. Another example is Astral's uv package manager, which offers a free version and a paid, enterprise-focused registry called pyx with more features.
Creating debug views in your database can simplify complex queries and improve debugging efficiency. These views predefine joins and include relevant information, making it easier to find specific data based on various criteria. By making these views, it removes the need to repeatedly write lengthy queries.
AWS CEO Matt Garman dismissed the idea of replacing junior staff with AI as the dumbest thing he's ever heard, arguing that these employees are inexpensive and AI-savvy. Instead, it's important to continue to hire and train junior developers to create a future workforce with critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
When first coding with Claude Code, this dev had a speed boost in his coding tasks. However, as his app grew, the review and debugging process became painstakingly slow, despite using multiple instances of Claude Code simultaneously. He found himself spending a lot of time as a QA engineer, fixing issues generated by Claude, including hallucinations about library features.
The industry is experiencing a shift from deterministic software, where inputs predictably map to outputs, to a probabilistic era driven by AI. Traditional methods of building and managing software based on pre-defined features and measurable funnels are becoming obsolete as AI models exhibit emergent, unpredictable behaviors. To succeed, companies must adopt an empirical, scientific approach, focusing on managing uncertainty and understanding user behavior through user trajectories.
Sim is an open-source platform for building and deploying AI agent workflows. It supports local AI models using Ollama.
Expo SDK 54 beta is now available, with React Native 0.81, React 19.1.0, and new features like iOS 26 Liquid Glass icons. A big improvement is precompiled React Native for iOS, reducing build times by a lot. This release also targets Android 16, enabling edge-to-edge display by default and introducing predictive back gestures.
Compounding engineering is a development approach where AI tools learn from every code review, bug fix, and pull request, building systems that improve themselves. By codifying preferences and architectural decisions, engineers can train AI agents like Claude to automate tasks and enforce consistent standards. This method turns production errors into permanent fixes.
Google has secured a big six-year cloud contract with Meta worth over $10 billion. Meta has usually been reliant on Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, but is expanding its cloud infrastructure to support its growing artificial intelligence workloads.
GPT-5 automatically selects the right model for each task and proactively suggests solutions rather than just answering questions. It's possible to give it a vague coding prompt and receive a fully functional app with features never requested. This shows a shift in AI becoming more proactive over time.
A writer at Wired was able to "work/vibe-code" for Notion for two days, showing the potential for AI to supercharge coding productivity.
A simple guide to good design, which is simple, clear, functional, and doesn't show unnecessary options.
DeepSeek-V3.1 is a hybrid inference model with faster thinking capabilities, better agent skills through post-training, and API updates, including expanded context length, Anthropic API support, and function calling.
CSS is evolving from a simple styling language into a modern, powerful tool for layouts, motion, and accessibility, with growing developer confidence and satisfaction.