Transit and Peering: How your requests reach GitHub

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A Mystery with open_files_limit

Percona Database Performance Blog

In this blog, we’ll look at a mystery around setting the open_file_limit variable in MySQL and Percona Server for MySQL. MySQL Server needs file descriptors to run. It uses them to open new connections, store tables in the cache, create temporary tables to…

Announcing Rust 1.21

Planet Mozilla

The Rust team is happy to announce the latest version of Rust, 1.21.0. Rust is a systems programming language focused on safety, speed, and concurrency. If you have a previous version of Rust installed, getting Rust 1.21 is as easy as: $ rustup update…

You Should Learn Regex

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Regular Expressions (Regex): One of the most powerful, widely applicable, and sometimes intimidating techniques in software engineering. From validating email addresses to performing complex code refactors, regular expressions have a wide range of uses and…

Celebrating Coming Out Day: Portraits of LGBTQ+ Googlers

The Official Google Blog

As someone who identifies as non-binary, transgender and gay, I’ve come out a lot. As the co-creator of a "Transgender 101" course that introduces Googlers to trans issues, I come out to my coworkers every time I facilitate a session. Yet I still feel…

How to set up Universal Clipboard on macOS High Sierra and iOS 11

Apple World Today

The Universal Clipboard feature in macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 allows you to copy content, including text, images, photos and video from one Apple device and paste it in another. For example, you can browse a recipe on your Mac and paste the ingredients…

Python is the fastest growing language due to a feature you've never heard of

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Everything I know about Python... Looking for Python Tutoring? Remote and local (NYC) slots still available! Email me at [email protected] for more info. Python is the fastest growing programming language due to a feature you've never heard of …

Reverse Engineering MacOS High Sierra Supplemental Update

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Reported by Matheus Mariano, a Brazilian software developer, a programming error was discovered in Apple’s most recent operating system, High Sierra, that exposed passwords of encrypted volumes as password hints. A serious bug that quickly made the…

10 Linux Commands Every Developer Should Know

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Linux Kernel LTS release is now for 6 years instead of 2

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A major change in the maintenance lifecycle of Linux kernels is coming. During a Linaro Connect 2017 presentation on Android's Project Treble, Googler Iliyan Malchev announced that Linux LTS (Long Term Support) kernels were switching from a two-year…