Common vulnerabilities and their remedies Introduction Layer-2 blockchain solutions are protocols that are built on top of an existing blockchain, with the aim of increasing the scalability and performance of the underlying blockchain. These protocols often utilize off-chain transactions and smart contracts to reduce the burden on the main blockchain, allowing…

Save effort, time, and money by testing CI/CD pipelines on your system GitHub Actions is a tool that allows developers to automate workflows related to their GitHub repositories. With GitHub Actions, developers can build, test, and deploy their code directly from GitHub. While GitHub Actions can be very useful, they…

Finally, a worthy contender for VS Code language server In software development, it is common to use remote and provisioned workers to execute code and run tasks. These workers can be located in remote data centers or cloud environments, and they can be accessed through a local integrated development environment…

Set up the new system, learn how to use it, and know the pros and cons — Version control systems are software tools that help developers track and manage changes to source code. There are several different version control systems available, each with its own set of features and capabilities. Some popular version control systems include Git, Mercurial, and Subversion. All of these version control systems are…

Step up your formatting game When working on a data science project in R, one often needs to write up a good-looking report, including some tables, formulas, and funny formatting. In this article, I will show you how to use Latex in RMarkdown to produce beautiful documents. This article assumes…

The long-awaited switch-case statement is finally here! — Python is a multi-purpose language that is beloved by data scientists and full-stack engineers alike. It promotes clear and concise code thanks to its syntactic sugariness and philosophy. In this article, I will explain how structural pattern matching — the most anticipated Python feature — works. Note: Structural pattern matching…

They have benefits — but they aren’t a universal cure for poor development practices — Microservice architecture had gotten much praise in the last few years. Scalability, fault isolation, and simpler codebases are some of the advantages microservices are meant to provide. …

The long-awaited switch statements are finally here! — Python is beloved by many data scientists and general-purpose developers for its simplicity and elegance. The latest version of Python (3.10) is currently in beta phase, but no new features will be added ahead of its final release in October 2021. …

Lack of energy, cynicism, and lowered productivity are common symptoms of burnout — The pandemic’s changed a lot in the way we structure our work. While developer burnout had been a problem long before this virus came along, remote work only worsened our work-life balance — and our mental health requires more attention now than ever. What Is Professional Burnout? Before we go on talking about how…