Cambridge Analytica, Serverless, and More…

Each week in the Dev Digest we try to bring you unique angles on the top stories from around the web. It’s likely you’ve heard about Facebook’s user data privacy issues this week. We read through the articles to find the best reporting and different perspectives on the story. Of course, we’ve also got the other top stories, guides, and opinions on tech, software, and being a developer…

Cambridge Analytica & Facebook User Data

• Probably the best reporting on the entire Cambridge Analytica scandal is Ars Technica’s guide. If you haven’t had time to read what’s going on with Facebook, then that’s the link to get you all caught up.
• Wired’s reporting takes a bunch of different angles on the story and is a great way to get new perspectives on how the data was used and why Facebook’s new policies might restrict honest researchers moving forward.
• An academic researcher in network science says that Cambridge Analytica’s data set of 50 million users was “puny small” compared to other research he has seen.

Other Tech News

• Alphabet company Jigsaw introduces an open-source DIY VPN.
• GitHub has a new tool that identifies and flags open source software license violations.
• Microsoft has a problem with simultaneous pull requests for its engineers working on Windows. Here’s how they address it.

Going Serverless

• Many developers believe serverless architecture will overtake containers in the coming years.
• Tutorial to get started with serverless architecture using AWS Lambda.

Developer’s Corner

• TypeScript is taking over JavaScript development in many places. Here’s why you should consider learning it.
• Java 10 is out! (I know, Java 9 just came out and most companies haven’t even upgraded to Java 8 yet.) Here’s what you can expect in the new release.

Top Tips from Intertech

• Soft skills can be just as important for your career as a developer as your technical knowledge. Jeff Jensen has some tips to share to improve your communication and interpersonal skills.
• Mark Root put together an in-depth tutorial to get started with the Angular 5 CLI.
• Rust has landed at the top of the list of developers’ favorite programming languages. In his new post, Jim Karg explains why Rust is so popular and how you can get started.

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Originally published at Intertech Blog.