Erlang Solutions: Blockchain in Sustainable Programming
The benefits of blockchain implementation across multiple sectors are well-documented, but how can this decentralised solution be used to achieve more sustainable programming?

As the effects of the ongoing climate crisis continue to impact weather patterns and living conditions across the planet, we must continue to make every aspect of our lives, from transport and energy usage to all of our technology, greener and more sustain … ⌘ Read more

Best practices for organizations and teams using GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Learn how you can structure your enterprise to get the most value out of GitHub and provide the best experience for your developers! ⌘ Read more

My July ‘23 in Review
I have already read a few monthly reviews from my fellow bloggers, and now it’s time for my version: ⌘ Read more

How we build containerized services at GitHub using GitHub
Learn about how we build containerized services that power microservices on the GitHub.com platform and many internal tools. ⌘ Read more

Improve Docker Compose Modularity with “include”
Learn how the new “include” attribute, introduced in Docker Compose 2.20, makes Compose files more modular and reusable. ⌘ Read more

Build and Deploy a LangChain-Powered Chat App with Docker and Streamlit
We are happy to have another great AI/ML story to share from our community. In this blog post, MA Raza, Ph.D., provides a guide to building and deploying a LangChain-powered chat app with Docker and Streamlit. This article reinforces the value that Docker brings to AI/ML projects — the speed and consistency of deployment, the […] ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, First U.S. Patent https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/31/patent.html #programming #project #devjournal

After two weeks of traveling by train at a maximum speed of about 120 km/h, sitting in a 230 km/h train is mind-blowing. 🤯 ⌘ Read more

This will be my accommodation for the next 15 hours. Tomorrow morning I’ll be back in Budapest (from Bucharest) and hopefully catch a train that will take me back home by tomorrow evening. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Project Ballad, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/29/project-ballad-1.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/24 to 07/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/28/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Smarter, more efficient coding: GitHub Copilot goes beyond Codex with improved AI model
We’re thrilled to announce two major updates to GitHub Copilot Code Complete’s AI capabilities that will help developers work even more efficiently and effectively. ⌘ Read more

Closing vulnerabilities in Decidim, a Ruby-based citizen participation platform
This blog post describes two security vulnerabilities in Decidim, a digital platform for citizen participation. Both vulnerabilities were addressed by the Decidim team with corresponding update releases for the supported versions in May 2023. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Déjà Q https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/27/deja-q.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Scaling merge-ort across GitHub
GitHub switched to performing merges and rebases using merge-ort. Come behind the scenes to see why and how we made this change. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Ship RabbitMQ logs to Elasticsearch
RabbitMQ is a popular message broker that facilitates the exchange of data between applications. However, as with any system, it’s important to have visibility into the logs generated by RabbitMQ to identify issues and ensure smooth operation. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the process of shipping RabbitMQ logs to Elasticsearch, a distributed search and analytics engine. By centralising and analysing RabbitMQ logs with Elasticsea … ⌘ Read more

How to get AI regulation right for open source
Sharing our coalition paper to inform the final negotiation of the EU AI Act. ⌘ Read more

Game Bytes · July 2023
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on! ⌘ Read more

How to build a GPT-3 App with Nextjs, React, and GitHub Copilot
In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to use GitHub Copilot to build an application with OpenAI’s gpt-3.5-turbo model. ⌘ Read more

How to responsibly adopt GitHub Copilot with the GitHub Copilot Trust Center
We’re launching the GitHub Copilot Trust Center to provide transparency about how GitHub Copilot works and help organizations innovate responsibly with generative AI. ⌘ Read more

Paul Schaub: PGPainless meets the Web-of-Trust
We are very proud to announce the release of PGPainless-WOT, an implementation of the OpenPGP Web of Trust specification using PGPainless.

The release is available on the Maven Central repository.

The work on this project begun a bit over a year ago as an [NLnet project which recei … ⌘ Read more

Supercharging AI/ML Development with JupyterLab and Docker
We show how to use Docker Desktop to containerize JupyterLab 4.0 and evaluate its features without affecting your existing environment. ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Jabber Browsing Openfire Plugin 1.0.1 released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Jabber Browsing plugin for Openfire.

This is a plugin for the Openfire Real-time Communications server. It provides an implementation for service discovery using the jabber:iq:browse namespace, as specified in XEP-0011: Jabber Browsing. Note that this feature is considered obsolete! The plug … ⌘ Read more

GitHub Repository Rules are now generally available
Repository rules provide an easy, flexible way to define branch protections and ensure consistency in code across repositories. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Simón Bolívar Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/24/bolivar.html #programming #project #devjournal

Ignite Realtime Blog: Agent Information plugin for Openfire release 1.0.1
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Agent Information plugin for Openfire.

This plugin implements the XEP-0094 ‘Agent Information’ specification for service discovery using the jabber:iq:agents namespace. Note that this feature is considered obsolete! The plugin should only be used by people that seek backwards compatibility with very old and very specific IM … ⌘ Read more

I’m still on vacation. It’s hot most days, but it’s interesting to get to know a new country and visit some places from my mother’s youth. I will write a more detailed report when I return. 😊 ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Archive of Our Own, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/22/ao3-2.html #freeculture #bookclub

projects: felt release @0.2.2; logs/blog: zen app dev with the stackless stack

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/17 to 07/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/21/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The High Ground https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/20/high-ground.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Ignite Realtime Blog: Certificate Manager plugin for Openfire release 1.1.1
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Certificate Manager plugin for Openfire.

This plugin allows you to automate TLS certificate management tasks. This is particularly helpful when your certificates are short-lived, like the ones issued by Let’s Encrypt.

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations. More details are available in the [changelog] … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: JmxWeb plugin for Openfire 0.9.1 release
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the JmxWeb plugin for Openfire.

This plugin provides a web based platform for managing and monitoring Openfire via JMX

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations and fixes one bug. More details are available in the changelog.

Your instance of Openf … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Push Notification Openfire plugin 0.9.2 released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Push Notification plugin for Openfire.

This plugin enables clients to register for push notifications.

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations and a configuration page. More details are available in the changelog

Yo … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Search Openfire plugin 0.7.4 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Search plugin for Openfire.

This plugin adds features to Openfire that makes it easier for users to find each-other.

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations. More details are available in the changelog

Your instance of Openfire should automatically … ⌘ Read more

Why Are There More Than 100 Million Pull Requests for AI/ML Images on Docker Hub?
We look more closely at how Docker provides a powerful tool for AI/ML development. ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Candy plugin for Openfire 2.2.0 Release 4 now available!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Openfire plugin for Candy.

Candy is a third-party chat client. The Openfire plugin makes deploying it a one-click affair!

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations and updates dependencies on third-party libraries. More details are available in the [changelog](ht … ⌘ Read more

GitHub Copilot Chat beta now available for every organization
All GitHub Copilot for Business users now have access to a limited GitHub Copilot Chat beta, bringing the power of conversational coding right to the IDE. ⌘ Read more

4 Reasons I’m Excited to Attend DockerCon 2023
Get insider details about DockerCon 2023 from Dockerhand and former Docker Captain, Michael Irwin. Register today! ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: How IoT is Revolutionising Supply Chain Management
As global supply chains continue to face significant disruptions, many businesses are turning to IoT to access greater visibility, reactivity, and streamlined operations.

Unforeseen geopolitical conflicts, economic pressures due to inflation and severe climate change events have all contributed to an uncertain and cost … ⌘ Read more

Exploring developer happiness, inclusion, and productivity at GitHub’s Design Conference
As a design organization, we have the opportunity to make a significant impact on designing the platform for all developers. How does the emergence of creative AI impact our work? How can we achieve an inclusive experience for a spectrum of all abilities? What does designing for developer happiness look like? ⌘ Read more

Metrics for issues, pull requests, and discussions
With the new Issue Metrics GitHub Action, you can now track and monitor important metrics related to issues, pull requests, and discussions, such as time to first response, time to close, and more! ⌘ Read more

Security alert: social engineering campaign targets technology industry employees
GitHub has identified a low-volume social engineering campaign that targets the personal accounts of employees of technology firms. No GitHub or npm systems were compromised in this campaign. We’re publishing this blog post as a warning for our customers to prevent exploitation by this threat actor. ⌘ Read more

A developer’s guide to prompt engineering and LLMs
Prompt engineering is the art of communicating with a generative AI model. In this article, we’ll cover how we approach prompt engineering at GitHub, and how you can use it to build your own LLM-based application. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Yongle Emperor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/17/yongle.html #programming #project #devjournal

#SlowTravel in the IC/IR 73 Traianus from Budapest to Timişoara. 🚂 ⌘ Read more

#SlowTravel in the IC/IR 73 Traianus from Budapest to Timişoara. 🚂 ⌘ Read more

#SlowTravel in the IC/IR 73 Traianus from Budapest to Bukarest. 🚂 ⌘ Read more

First day of Interrail to Romania ✅ ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Archive of Our Own, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/15/ao3-1.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/10 to 07/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/14/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

I bought myself a Tilley LTM6 hat. It was expensive and still feels a bit strange to wear because nobody wears hats here. But it’s comfortable even with my big head (I always have to buy XXL caps and helmets) and it protects my face and neck pretty well from the sun. And it comes with a lifetime warranty! ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Effortlessly Extract Data from Websites with Crawly YML

So in our ideal world scenario, it should work in the following way:

1. Pull Crawly Docker image from DockerHub.
   
2. Create a simple configuration file.
   
3. Start it!
   
4. Create a spider via the YML interface.
   

The detailed documentation and the example can be found on HexDocs here: [https://hexdocs.pm/crawly/spiders_in_yml.html#content](https://hexdocs.pm/crawly/spiders_in_yml.html#c … ⌘ Read more

Release Radar · Spring 2023 Edition
It’s been a while since we’ve published our Release Radar. You can blame IRL conferences coming back, getting influenza, and being struck down by the weather. But those are just me problems. While I’ve been down or travelling, the community has been hard at work shipping new releases and new projects. So, we thought we’d […] ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Hunted https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/13/hunted.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

(De)coding conventions
Navigating the ebb and flow of programming paradigms–from the shifts in the JavaScript ecosystem and TypeScript’s rise, to AI’s role in advancing accessibility, and strategies for encouraging non-code contributions–tune in to the latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more. ⌘ Read more

Using Docker Desktop and JFrog Artifactory for the Enterprise
Learn how to configure Docker Desktop to work with JFrog Artifactory as your Docker registry to manage the push and pull of container images. ⌘ Read more

Moving from a product to a service mindset
Thanks to DevOps, cloud computing and other industry trends, many organizations are shifting from a product mindset to a service mindset. Here’s how you can implement a service-led strategy. ⌘ Read more

Finding peace in ignorance
During and after my studies, I used to refresh my Miniflux start page (the feed reader, which I use to keep up with things on websites I want to follow) every few minutes. As soon as there was a new article, I would read it. I also used to use this tool to read the news by following a local national newspaper website. ⌘ Read more

GitHub Availability Report: June 2023
In June, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.  June 7 16:11 UTC (lasting 2 hours 28 minutes) On June 7 at 16:11 UTC, GitHub started experiencing increasing delays in an internal job queue used to process Git pushes. Our monitoring systems alerted our first responders after 19 minutes. During […] ⌘ Read more

No cyber resilience without open source sustainability
Have your say to protect open source in the EU. ⌘ Read more

GitHub merge queue is generally available
Supercharge pull request merges on your busiest branches by enabling your team to queue. ⌘ Read more

Introducing passwordless authentication on GitHub.com
Passkeys are now available in public beta. Opting in lets you upgrade security keys to passkeys, and use those in place of both your password and your 2FA method. ⌘ Read more

Introducing passwordless authentication on GitHub.com
Passkeys are now available in public beta. Opting in lets you upgrade security keys to passkeys, and use those in place of both your password and your 2FA method. ⌘ Read more

GitHub CLI project command is now generally available!
Level up your use of GitHub Projects on the command line and in GitHub Actions with the new project CLI command. ⌘ Read more

Demonstrating end-to-end traceability with pull requests
Reduce developer and auditor friction involved in demonstrating compliance and maintaining end-to-end traceability by focusing your efforts around the pull request. ⌘ Read more

How Kinsta Improved the End-to-End Development Experience by Dockerizing Every Step of the Production Cycle
Kinsta relies heavily on Docker for this consistent experience at every step, from development to production. This article shows to leverage Docker Desktop to increase developers’ productivity. ⌘ Read more

Optimizing Deep Learning Workflows: Leveraging Stable Diffusion and Docker on WSL 2
Learn how to set up the Stable Diffusion WebUI Docker, which includes enabling WSL2 and installing Docker Desktop. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Wyoming Statehood https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/10/wyoming.html #programming #project #devjournal

Mathieu Pasquet: Finding a new home for poezio and slixmpp
After more than a decade of starting the Poezio project, and more than half after starting the slixmpp fork or SleekXMPP, louiz’ does not have any day-to-day involvement in them.

Nonetheless, he has provided us with the space to host repositories and bug trackers (redmine at first, then gitlab), done the required sysadmin work every time it was needed, and has also paid ever … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Affirmative Action in Gentle Terms https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/09/affirmative.html #harm #politics #quora #rant

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Someone Like You https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/08/glider-ink.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/03 to 07/07 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/07/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Erlang Solutions: Optimización para lograr concurrencia: comparación y contraste de las máquinas virtuales BEAM y JVM
En esta nota exploraremos los aspectos internos de la máquina virtual BEAM o VM por sus siglas en inglés (Virtual Machine). Y haremos una comparación con la máquina virtual de Java, la JVM.

El éxito de cualquier lenguaje de programación en el ecosistema Erlang puede ser repartido a tres componentes estrechamente … ⌘ Read more

Quelques semaines de repos
Le mois de juillet est bien entamé, et il devient impossible d’imaginer continuer encore longtemps sans d’indispensables vacances. Le blog va s’assoupir un peu quelques semaines pour laisser à l’actualité le temps de s’engoncer dans sa douce médiocrité habituelle. Les mois qui ont précédé ont été l’occasion de multiples billets qui n’ont qu’assez rarement permis […] ⌘ Read more

Paul Schaub: Creating an OpenPGP Web-of-Trust Implementation – Knitting a Net
There are two obvious operations your OpenPGP implementation needs to be capable of performing if you want to build a Web-of-Trust. First you need to be able to sign other users public keys (certificates), and second, you need to be able to verify those certifications.

The first is certainly the easier of the two tasks. In order to sign another users certificate, you simply take your own s … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Defector https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/06/defector.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Accessibility considerations behind code search and code view
A look at how we improved the readability of code on GitHub. ⌘ Read more

Keeping up with big shifts in tech
Deciding whether or not to adopt a tool can be hard enough, but what about when it seems to break the paradigms you know? ⌘ Read more

Conversational AI Made Easy: Developing an ML FAQ Model Demo from Scratch Using Rasa and Docker
How to use the open source Rasa framework along with Docker to build and deploy a containerized, conversational AI chatbot. ⌘ Read more

Docker Desktop 4.21: Support for new Wasm runtimes, Docker Init support for Rust, Docker Scout Dashboard enhancements, Builds view (Beta), and more
Docker Desktop 4.21 is now available, uses less memory, and includes Docker init support for Rust, new Wasm runtimes support, enhancements to Docker Scout dashboards, Builds view (Beta), and performance and filesystem enhancements to Docker Desktop on macOS. ⌘ Read more

GitHub achieves ISO/IEC 27701:2019, 27018:2019, and CSA STAR certifications
GitHub’s Information Security and Privacy Management System (ISPMS) has been certified against ISO/IEC 27701:2019 (PII Processor) and 27018:2019 standards, as well as the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). These standards and frameworks are internationally recognized for security and privacy program best practices. ⌘ Read more

Introduction to SELinux
SELinux is the most popular Linux Security Module used to isolate and protect system components from one another. Learn about different access control systems and Linux security as I introduce the foundations of a popular type system. ⌘ Read more

Ditching Pocket Premium: Streamline link saving with Telegram
For the past two years, I’ve been using Pocket to save links that I want to revisit later. However, as my yearly subscription is about to expire, I’ve started thinking about finding a free alternative that offers the features I actually use, without paying for unnecessary extras. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: How to Manage Your RabbitMQ Logs: Tips and Best Practices
RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker software that allows you to build distributed systems and implement message-based architectures. It’s a reliable and scalable messaging system that enables efficient communication between different parts of your application. However, managing RabbitMQ logs can be a challenging task, especially when it’s deployed on a large cluster. In this article, we’ll ta … ⌘ Read more

Leading your platform migration with developer experience
Developer experience (DevEx) is a key theme when it comes to transforming businesses with GitHub. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Pickett’s Charge https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/03/pickett.html #programming #project #devjournal

My June ‘23 in Review
So, another month is over and with it the first half of the year 2023. Time for a short review. ⌘ Read more

logs/blog: poem - slow blink

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — kiki the nano bot https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/01/kiki.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/26 to 06/30 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/30/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Game Bytes · June 2023
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on! ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Vengeance Factor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/29/vengeance-factor.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.9 is now generally available
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.9 is now generally available. Organizations can now take advantage of more features that enable deeper collaboration, greater observability and faster workflows. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: The business value behind green coding
Most large businesses – and many smaller ones – now have a sustainability strategy. Measuring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact has been transformed from a fringe activity into a fundamental differentiator.

That’s partly because organisations want to do the right thing – climate change affects everyone, after all – and also because sustainability makes sound business sense.

B2C businesses are dealing with increasingl … ⌘ Read more

Bloatware removal on Android without Root and without a PC
In this blog post, I want to share an alternative method for removing bloatware from your Android phone without the need for a PC. I discovered most of the apps during my recent adventure of migrating to a new phone. With the help of a few tools and some basic knowledge, you can debloat your phone and easily revert any changes if necessary. ⌘ Read more

Ditching Pocket Premium: Streamline link saving with Telegram
For the past two years, I’ve been using Pocket to save links that I want to revisit later. However, as my yearly subscription is about to expire, I’ve started thinking about finding a free alternative that offers the features I actually use, without paying for unnecessary extras. ⌘ Read more

Shot on my new Galaxy A54. ⌘ Read more

Docker Acquires Mutagen for Continued Investment in Performance and Flexibility of Docker Desktop
I’m excited to announce that Docker, voted the most-used and most-desired tool in Stack Overflow’s 2023 Developer Survey, has acquired Mutagen IO, Inc., the company behind the open source Mutagen file synchronization and networking technologies that enable high-performance remote development. Mutagen’s synchronization and forwarding capabilities facilitate the seamless transfer of code, binary artifacts, and network […] ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire inVerse plugin v10.1.4-1 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the immediate release of version “10.1.4 release 1” of the inVerse plugin for Openfire!

The inVerse plugin adds a Converse-based web client to Openfire ( Converse is a third party implementation). With this plugin, you’ll be able to set up a fully functional Converse-based chat clients with just a few mouse-clicks!

This update includes an … ⌘ Read more