Shinji Kim on Context-Aware SQL and Metadata

A common challenge in data-rich organizations is that critical context about the data is often hard to capture and even harder to keep up to date. As more people across the organization use data and data models get more complex, simply finding the right dataset can be slow and create bottlenecks. Select Star is a

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SED News: Perplexity’s Chrome Play, Meta’s AI Freeze, and Intel Becomes Too Big to Fail

SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they discuss Perplexity’s headline-grabbing offer to buy Google Chrome, the U.S. government’s large stake in Intel, Meta’s abrupt pause on AI

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“Mastering Angular with Jessica Janiuk”

Modern web development faces several challenges, particularly when building scalable, maintainable, and high-performance applications. As applications grow, managing complex user interfaces, and ensuring efficient data handling and modular code structures, becomes increasingly difficult. Angular is a TypeScript-based web framework developed by Google. It’s component-driven and designed for building single-page applications with a strong emphasis on

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SurrealDB 3.0: Creating Event-Driven AI Applications with Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

Modern application development often involves juggling multiple types of databases to handle diverse data models. The lack of unification can lead to complex architectures with attendant security concerns and fragmented development workflows. SurrealDB is an open-source, multi-model database developed in Rust and integrates functionalities of many databases including relational, document, graph, time series, search and

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Zoltan Kochan: Exploring pnpm

Traditional package management systems for JavaScript have faced several inefficiencies related to dependency storage, resolution, and project performance. pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, serving as an alternative to npm and Yarn. Due to its efficiency and reliability, pnpm is increasingly popular for managing monorepos and large-scale applications. Zoltan

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Rethinking GraphQL Frontends: Insights from Robert Balicki

A challenge in modern frontend application design is efficiently fetching and managing GraphQL data while keeping UI components responsive and maintainable. Developers often face issues like over-fetching, under-fetching, and handling complex query dependencies, which can lead to performance bottlenecks and increased development effort. Relay is a JavaScript framework developed by Meta for managing GraphQL data

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AirPods Pro 3: $50 Off, Near Best-Ever Price

Less than a week ago, Apple announced the forthcoming AirPods Max 2, a pair of over-ear headphones that leverage the company’s H2 chip for AI-powered live translation, conversation awareness, and a host of newer features. However, if you’re okay with a pair of earbuds, the AirPods Pro 3 offer access to all the same features […]

The Diminishing Relevance of Touchscreen Laptops: Comprehending Their Decreased Essentiality

best laptops of 2025 by Consumer Reports feature a touchscreen interface. This is merely one instance. Other prominent PC brands such as Acer, Asus, and Lenovo offer similar models. MacBooks have been behind in this area, and there has never been a model with a touchscreen display, although some reports suggest that Apple may release a touchscreen laptop soon.

Nonetheless, while certain companies have kept introducing such models, it can be confidently stated that the demand for these devices has diminished. In fact, we could assert that for most users, acquiring a touchscreen laptop is largely unnecessary, as the disadvantages significantly surpass the benefits. The touchscreen capability often leads to increased battery consumption, and utilizing it necessitates frequent cleaning of the screen to eliminate fingerprint stains.

Touchscreen laptops are burdened by numerous problems