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Swift 4 is now officially released! Swift 4 builds on the strengths of Swift 3, delivering greater robustness and stability, providing source code compatibility with Swift 3, making improvements to the standard library, and adding features like archival…
20 September 2017Hacker News
Update: This blog post has been edited to remove references to outdated features. We’ve been hard at work on some major improvements to how you search, browse, and review code. Today we’re excited to announce several big new features. Already used by…
20 September 2017Hacker News
Many websites and applications these days are designed to trick you into doing things that their creators want. Here are some examples from timewellspent.io: * YouTube autoplays more videos to keep us from leaving. * Instagram shows new likes one at a…
20 September 2017Hacker News
19 September 2017Hacker News
Please submit issues to the aws-amplify repository. Bootstrap a React Native application on AWS. This starter automatically provisions a Serverless infrastructure with authentication, authorization, image storage, API access and database operations. It…
19 September 2017Hacker News
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19 September 2017Percona Database Performance Blog
In this blog post, we’ll look at how ProxySQL improves MySQL SSL connection performance. When deploying MySQL with SSL, the main concern is that the initial handshake causes significant overhead if you are not using connection pools (i.e., mysqlnd-mux with…
19 September 2017Hacker News
In an 8-Hour Day, the Average Worker Is Productive for This Many HoursThe eight-hour workday is not based on the optimal number of hours a human can concentrate. In fact, it has almost nothing to do with the kind of work most people do now: Its origins lie…
18 September 2017Hacker News
As a native New Yorker, I would be a mess without Google Maps every single time I go anywhere outside the city. We take products like Google Maps for granted, but they’re an important convenience. Products like Google or Apple Maps are built on foundations…
18 September 2017LWN.net
The World Wide Web Consortium has put out a press release trumpeting its publication of the "Encrypted Media Extensions" as an official recommendation and enshrining DRM into what was previously a standard for open communication. See the EFF's open…
18 September 2017