$2.6 Million on Ransomware, the Power of Laziness, and More…
2 min readApr 26, 2018
The dev digest is here once again with the news and guides you’ve come to expect from this fine publication ;). In this week’s dev digest we have great stories about kids using 80s technology, introductions to reactive programming, and Netflix open sourcing their container management platform. Let’s get into it.
Top Stories
- The Gmail redesign began this week with features rolling out gradually over the coming weeks.
- In the wake of articles about how screen time is damaging our eyes comes an article that argues the opposite, quelling health concerns for developers.
- All Nintendo Switches are subject to a hardware hack, and there’s no way to patch a fix.
- This fun video of kids using technology from the 1980s is entertaining (and a bit nostalgic).
- The City of Atlanta spent $2.6 million responding to a ransomware attack. The hackers were only asking for $50,000 in ransom.
Code Corner
- There’s a new coding paradigm called Reactive Programming that’s floating around. Find out what reactive programming is and how you use it.
- JavaZone talked with executives at 14 companies that are using Java. Here’s what they use it for.
- It’s worth the transition to microservices, but breaking down a monolithic system can be a mammoth task.
- Netflix is open sourcing their container management platform, Titus.
- If you’re working on a hard problem, maybe you don’t need another cup of coffee and to pull an all nighter. Try laziness instead.
Tips from Intertech
- Mark Root has another installment in his Angular tutorials series. This one is on setting up routing in your application.
- Speaking of Angular tutorials, we recently released our introduction to Angular tutorials.
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Originally published at Intertech Blog.