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Imagine a company that just a couple of years ago operated according to traditional models: an office, business trips, PowerPoint presentations, and standard online meetings. Now, the same team gathers in a virtual office, communicates through avatars, conducts product demonstrations in realistic 3D spaces, and trains employees within interactive simulations. Customers visit their digital showroom and interact with products in ways that were previously only possible in person. This company is not fiction — stories like this are becoming increasingly common. And it’s all thanks to the Metaverse. The McKinsey report states that the metaverse could generate up to $5…
The Eclipse Foundation today introduced the Agent Definition Language (ADL), an open language and visual toolkit for defining agent behavior. It was introduced as a part of the Eclipse Language Models Operating System (LMOS) project, an open source platform for building and running multi-agent systems. “Agentic AI is redefining enterprise software, yet until now there has been no open source alternatives to proprietary offerings,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. “With Eclipse LMOS and ADL, we’re delivering a powerful, open platform that any organisation can use to build scalable, intelligent, and transparent agentic systems.” According to the…
Today’s web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising “One Weird Trick!” to cure your ailments. Social media sites are tuned for engagement, and few things are more engaging than a fight. Today it seems that people want to quarrel; I have seen flame wars among birders. Article Continues Below These tensions are often at odds with a site’s goals. If we are providing support and advice to customers, we don’t want those customers to wrangle with each other. If…
Managing media is a really difficult task if you try to do all of it yourself, especially if the media comes from other sources. The file can be submitted in any state and size, but what if you need something really specific? You can code it all yourself or you can use an awesome service like Filestack, a utility to upload, transform, and deliver that media in the most optimal style imaginable! The Setup The first step in the Filestack journey is signing up for free. You’ll get at 21 day free trial and can cancel at any time. Once…
I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I’m pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that talks to the webcam via the browser APIs. For YouTubes, I’ll use Riverside or StreamYard, also webapps. I’ve done this reliably for the last several years without any trouble. Yesterday, I started seeing the most weird thing and it was absolutely perplexing and…
A common challenge in software development is creating and maintaining robust development environments. The rise of AI agents has amplified this complexity by adding new demands around permission controls, environment isolation, and resource management. Ona is a platform for AI-native software development and engineering agents. The platform combines autonomous agents with secure, standardized environments, with a focus on giving enterprises control, security, and productivity so they can scale AI-native engineering without scaling risk. Chris Weichel has more than two decades of experience spanning software engineering and human–computer interaction. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Ona – formerly Gitpod…
Embracing DevOps from the project’s inception has become more than just a best practice; it’s a strategic imperative. This blog delves into the crucial reasons why initiating your project with DevOps principles is a game-changer. DevOps, the fusion of development and operations, offers a systematic approach to streamline the software development lifecycle, fostering collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement. By embedding DevOps at the project’s outset, organizations can ensure faster time-to-market, improved quality, enhanced security, and greater agility. This proactive approach not only minimizes post-release headaches but also establishes a solid foundation for sustainable and efficient development cycles. Join us as we…
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeBeing an engineer there are so many problems that I have to solve every day that you get into the flow pretty easily. But at work you are mostly solving the same type of problems on a daily basis that you forget that there are other exciting types of problems out there that require you to think differently. A great starting place is Leetcode or any other daily coding puzzle website. Let’s go over how to get started and best practices!The Fundamentals of Solving Coding PuzzlesI think Leetcode does a great…
Lookup TableThe key advantage of using a lookup table over traditional conditional structures like if-else or switch statements is that lookup table turns multiple instances of comparative logic into data.const colorHexCode ={‘blue’: ‘#4169E1′,’green’: ‘#98FF98′,’butter’: ‘#FFE4C9′,’pink’: ‘#E78895′,’default’: ‘#B4B4B8’}const setColor = (color) => {let colorHexCode = ”;document.getElementById(‘button’).style.color = colorHexCode[color]? colorHexCode[color]: colorHexCode[‘default’];};in the above example, there is only one logic check using a ternary operation for the default fallback.const colorHexCode = {blue: ‘#4169E1’,green: ‘#98FF98’,butter: ‘#FFE4C9’,pink: ‘#E78895’,default: ‘#B4B4B8’,};const setColor = (color) => {let colorHexCode = ”;document.getElementById(‘button’).style.color = colorHexCode[color] || colorHexCode[‘default’];};in the above example, there is only one logic check but we avoid ternary operation…
Agile frameworks like Scrum are built on two fundamental principles: iterative development and incremental development. These terms are so frequently used (and misused) that their impact can be lost, but understanding how each approach works—and why combining them is so powerful—is key to building better software, faster. This article breaks down each approach, uses real-world analogies, and explores why the combination is more effective than either one alone. What Is Iterative Development? An iterative process makes progress through refinement. An iterative approach to work starts with a rough version of a feature or product, then improves it through repeated cycles—each one getting closer…