Erlang Solutions: Understanding Elixir processes and concurrency
Welcome to the second chapter of the “Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey” series.
In the first chapter, we talk about the Erlang Virtual Machine, the BEAM, and the characteristics that Elixir takes advantage of to develop systems that are:
- Concurrent
- Fault-tolerant
- Scalable and
- Distributed
In this note, I’ll explain … ⌘ Read more
GitHub celebrates developers with disabilities on Global Accessibility Awareness Day
GitHub is the home for all developers and on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day we are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of disabled developers and recent ships that help them build on GitHub. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Entendiendo procesos y concurrencia
Bienvenidos al segundo capítulo de la serie “ Elixir, 7 pasos para iniciar tu viaje” .
En el primer capítulo hablamos sobre la máquina virtual de Erlang, la BEAM, y las características que Elixir aprovecha de ella para desarrollar sistemas que son:
- Concurrentes
- Tolerantes a fallos
- Escalables
- Distribuidos
En esta nota explicaremos qué si … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Understanding Elixir processes and concurrency
Welcome to the second chapter of the “Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey” series.
In the first chapter, we talk about the Erlang Virtual Machine, the BEAM, and the characteristics that Elixir takes advantage of to develop systems that are:
- Concurrent
- Fault-tolerant
- Scalable
- Distributed
In this note, I’ll explain wha … ⌘ Read more
Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot
Developers behind GitHub Copilot discuss what it was like to work with OpenAI’s large language model and how it informed the development of Copilot as we know it today. ⌘ Read more
How GitHub Copilot is getting better at understanding your code
With a new Fill-in-the-Middle paradigm, GitHub engineers improved the way GitHub Copilot contextualizes your code. By continuing to develop and test advanced retrieval algorithms, they’re working on making our AI tool even more advanced. ⌘ Read more
Design’s journey towards accessibility
Design can have a significant impact on delivering accessible experiences to our users. It takes a cultural shift, dedicated experts, and permission to make progress over perfection in order to build momentum. We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re starting to see a real shift in our journey to make GitHub a true home for all developers. ⌘ Read more
Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues
GitHub recently experienced several availability incidents, both long running and shorter duration. We have since mitigated these incidents and all systems are now operating normally. Read on for more details about what caused these incidents and what we’re doing to mitigate in the future. ⌘ Read more
Boost Your Local Testing Game With LambdaTest Tunnel Docker Extension
Learn how the LambdaTest Tunnel Docker Extension can streamline your testing workflow. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Nabka Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/15/nabka.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Jectoons Random Vignettes https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/13/vignettes.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/08 to 05/12 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/12/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
This month on The ReadME Podcast: Balancing openness and control
Open vs. control: the paradox of open source. We take a look at the expectations of open source, how the definition has evolved, and when ‘closed to contributions’ is the right move. Tune in to the latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more. ⌘ Read more
How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
Here’s how, in seven steps, I built my first browser extension with GitHub Copilot—and my three major takeaways about learning and pair programming in the age of AI. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Ensigns of Command https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/11/ensigns-command.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Navigation and search improvements for accessibility
Discover the accessibility features within our new navigation and code search which make it easier to use for many more people. ⌘ Read more
Unlocking inclusive design: how Primer’s color system is making GitHub.com more inclusive
How Primer’s updated light and dark theme color contrast strategy resolved hundreds of color-contrast-related accessibility issues over one thousand use cases. ⌘ Read more
Docker Init: Initialize Dockerfiles and Compose files with a single CLI command
This article introduces `docker init`, a new beta feature that simplifies the process of adding Docker to a project. ⌘ Read more
Revolutionize your open source workflows: the top 3 reasons why GitHub Codespaces is a must-have for maintainers
GitHub Codespaces is reliable, accessible, and always-ready. Try it out during Maintainer Month and take your projects to new heights! ⌘ Read more
Game Bytes · May 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
Erlang Solutions: MongooseIM 6.1: Handle more traffic, consume less resources
MongooseIM is a highly customisable instant messaging backend, that can handle millions of messages per minute, exchanged between millions of users from thousands of dynamically configurable XMPP domains. With the new release 6.1.0 it becomes even more cost-efficient, flexible and robust thanks to the new arm64 [Docker containers](https://hub.docker. … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Graphs with Chart.js https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/10/chart-js.html #linux #programming #techtips
How companies are boosting productivity with generative AI
Explore how generative AI coding tools are changing the way developers and companies build software. ⌘ Read more
How to fix a ReDoS
Code scanning detects ReDoS vulnerabilities automatically, but fixing them isn’t always easy. This blog post describes a 4-step strategy for fixing ReDoS bugs. ⌘ Read more
Push protection is generally available, and free for all public repositories
Announcing the general availability of push protection–a feature that proactively prevents secret leaks in your public and private repositories. ⌘ Read more
How we work: inclusive retrospectives for the GitHub Accessibility leadership team
Learn about tools and processes the GitHub Accessibility leadership team uses for retrospectives that fully engage every team member. ⌘ Read more
GitHub code search is generally available
The world’s code is now at your fingertips. ⌘ Read more
It’s green again outside. 🌳 ⌘ Read more
Building a culture of innovation in your business with GitHub
Consider the typical software development practices in an organization. Projects are commonly closed, and causes friction across engineering teams. But open source communities work asynchronously, openly, remotely and at global-scale. What if our internal teams could reuse those same practices? ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, WWII Remembrance https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/08/remembrance.html #programming #project #devjournal
😋🎂❤️ ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Expedition Sasquatch, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/06/sasquatch-3.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/01 to 05/05 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/05/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Building a more inclusive GitHub Global Campus
Every student and teacher deserves the same access to GitHub Education offerings. We’ve enlisted GitHub’s Accessibility team to help identify areas for improving inclusivity. ⌘ Read more
Web Summit Rio 2023: Building an app in 18 minutes with GitHub Copilot X
GitHub CEO Thomas Domke demonstrated the power of GitHub Copilot X live on stage. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Evolution https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/04/evolution.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Manage your application security stack effectively with the tool status page
Code scanning’s tool status gives you a bird’s eye view of your application security stack, allowing you to quickly confirm everything is working, or troubleshoot any tool in your application security arsenal. ⌘ Read more
All In for Students 2023 cohort: our biggest group of open source leaders yet!
The second cohort of All In for Students has graduated! With a cohort 12 times as large as the pilot, learn about how this group of college students is leaning into the future of technology. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: April 2023
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into three March incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. ⌘ Read more
More than meets the pull request: maintainers talk contributions
Creating an open source project can feel a bit like sending out an open invite to a party—will it be a roaring good time, or will you unbegrudginly dine on leftover junk food for the following week after nobody shows? When the first guest arrives, you breathe a sigh of relief. The party’s a success, […] ⌘ Read more
Building a Local Application Development Environment for Kubernetes with the Gefyra Docker Extension
Gefyra is an easy-to-use Docker Desktop extension that connects with Kubernetes to improve development workflows and team collaboration. We show how to install and configure Gefyra in this article. ⌘ Read more
Dependabot relieves alert fatigue from npm devDependencies
A new alert rules engine for Dependabot leverages alert metadata to identify and auto-dismiss up to 15% of alerts as false positives. ⌘ Read more
Docker Desktop 4.19: Compose v2, the Moby project, and more
Docker Desktop 4.19 includes performance enhancements, new language support, and a Moby update. Container-to-host networking performance is 5x faster on macOS, and Docker Init supports Python and Node.js. ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: Jabber ID Discovery, New Referral Codes
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free … ⌘ Read more
My April ‘23 in Review
I almost forgot this monthly review, although it should actually be a routine after more than two years. But so much exciting has not happened this month… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, International Workers’ Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/01/workers.html #programming #project #devjournal
A beautiful flowering tree that I see from the window of my second home. 🌸 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Expedition Sasquatch, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/29/sasquatch-2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/24 to 04/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/28/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
This month on The ReadME Podcast: exploring the fusion of technology and progress
Open source’s impact on nuclear fusion research, adapting to technological change, and mastering GitHub essentials. ⌘ Read more
Viewing PDFs in Firefox works again
A few months ago I complained about Firefox not being able to open PDFs without downloading them. Recently, I also wanted to start developing a custom Firefox addon to fix this behavior. ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: 🧰 5 changes to fix the EC’s #RightToRepair proposal 🛠️
1️⃣ No contractual overrides
2️⃣ No digital locks
3️⃣ Go beyond just fixing things
4️⃣ Don’t limit who can repair
5️⃣ Broaden the scope of what can be repaired
Blog 👉 https://www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/still-time-to-repair-the-commission-proposal-on-the-right-to-repair/
Response 👉 https://kr21.info/r2r**
🧰 5 changes to fix the EC’s #RightToRepair proposal 🛠️
1️⃣ No contractual ov … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Season 2, TNG https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/27/ng-season-2.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
I miss running
I’ve talked about this a few times and posted some of the pictures OneDrive shows me every day. Photos taken on the same day, week or month in previous years. It always gives me a “throwback” and I think about the situation at the time I took the photo. ⌘ Read more
I deleted my Twitter account a long time ago, but sometimes I still used Nitter to search Twitter or we linked tweets. I decided to stop that and removed Nitter from my home server and added “twitter.com” to the deny list at NextDNS. There are too many reasons to list here. ⌘ Read more
CLI tricks every developer should know
Learn some tips, tricks, and tools for mastering the command line from GitHub’s own developers. ⌘ Read more
A VirusTotal introduziu agora a ferramenta de Inspeção de código usando IA generativa para reforçar a análise de ameaças.
logs/blog: building a computer desktop environment just cuz
Git security vulnerabilities announced
A new set of Git releases were published to address a variety of security vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade. Take a look at GitHub’s view of the latest round of releases. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Re-implement our first blog scrapper with Crawly 0.15.0
It has been almost four years since my first article about scraping with Elixir and Crawly was published. Since then, many changes have occurred, the most significant being Erlang Solution’s blog design update. As a result, the 2019 tutorial is no longer functional.
This situation provided an excellent opportunity to update the original work and re-implement the Crawler using the new version of Cra … ⌘ Read more
Gearing up for Maintainer Month this May!
Are you looking for ways to support open source maintainers? Maintainer Month is the perfect opportunity! ⌘ Read more
IndiePass, Indigenous or whatever it’s called now (for Android) supports unlisted and private posts now! 🎉 Or did it already before and I just did not notice the setting? At least that was a feature I always missed and needed to use frontmatter when creating a new reply for example. Thanks Mark Sutherland! ⌘ Read more
QOA Benchmark Results and File Format Specification
The specification for the Quite OK Audio Format,
announced in a previous blog post,
is now finalized. QOA is a lossy audio compression format. Typical audio
signals (44100hz, stereo) are encoded into 278 kbits/s, or more precisely 3.2
bits per sample – exactly 1/5 of the bits needed for an uncompressed WAV.
The QOA-Specification [fits on a single … ⌘ Read more
Shaping the GitHub of the future as COO
GitHub is driving the future of software development and, after 10 years as a Hubber, I’m more energized than ever as I take on the role of COO to help bring our vision to life. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Fashion Revolution Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/24/fashion.html #programming #project #devjournal
Samsung is known for using Apple references in their advertisements. In this ad, they do it again. Kind of funny. 😂 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Why Federate? https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/23/federation.html #rant #socialmedia #fediverse
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Expedition Sasquatch, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/22/sasquatch-1.html #freeculture #bookclub
“the secret list of websites”
Chris Coyier wrote a post mentioning a Washington Post article that analyzed which websites Google used to train its AI model. And it seems that both my blog and my website (I think I should merge them one day) are used. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/17 to 04/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/21/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Tillitis TKey
The Tillitis TKey, which I first wrote about in September last year,
is now available for sale at the the Tillitis webshop.
The TKey is a small bare-bones RISC-V computer in a USB stick form
factor with no persistent storage that measures apps uploaded to it
and derives a deterministic secret every time the same app is started.
You can use it, for instance, as a security token to keep your private
key and do signing operations. Everyt … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 22.10
This ejabberd 22.10 release includes six months of work, over 140 commits, including relevant improvements in MIX, MUC, SQL, and installers, and bug fixes as usual.
This version brings support for latest MIX protocol version, and significantly improves detection and recovery of SQL connection issues.
There are no breaking changes in SQL schem … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Shades of Gray https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/20/shades-gray.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Announcing GitHub Actions Deployment Protection Rules, now in public beta
Create and share your own deployment protection rules, or use the rules from our great partners, like Datadog, Honeycomb, New Relic, NodeSource, Sentry, and ServiceNow, to control your deployments with more confidence. And the API is open for the community to build their own rules to make GitHub Enterprise Cloud even better. ⌘ Read more
Docker Compose Experiment: Sync Files and Automatically Rebuild Services with Watch Mode
Starting with Compose v2.17, we’re excited to share an early look at the new development-specific configuration in Compose YAML as well as an experimental file watch command. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Re-implement our first blog scrapper with Crawly 0.15.0
It has been almost four years since my first article about scraping with Elixir and Crawly was published. Since then, many changes have occurred, the most significant being Erlang Solution’s blog design update. As a result, the 2019 tutorial is no longer functional.
This situation provided an excellent opportunity to update the original work and re-implement the Crawler using the new version of Crawl … ⌘ Read more
Private vulnerability reporting now generally available
Open source maintainers and security researchers embrace a new best practice to report and fix vulnerabilities. ⌘ Read more
Introducing npm package provenance
How to verifiably link npm packages to their source repository and build instructions. ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.
- Many SQL database improvements
mod_mamsupport for XEP-0425: Message Moderation
- New
mod_muc_rtbl, Real-Time Block List for MUC rooms
- Binaries useErlang/OTP 25.3, and changes in containers
A more detailed explanatio … ⌘ Read more
GitHub joins industry commitment to curb cyber mercenaries
GitHub is proud to join 40 companies endorsing the Cybersecurity Tech Accord principles limiting offensive operations in cyberspace. ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.
- Many SQL database improvements
mod_mamsupport for XEP-0425: Message Moderation
- New
mod_muc_rtbl, Real-Time Block List for MUC rooms
- Binaries useErlang/OTP 25.3, and changes in containers
A more detailed explanatio … ⌘ Read more
The world’s fastest train
I like trains, if that should not have been known yet. This year I even have two major vacations (Romania and Scotland) coming up, both by train, even if flying would be possible. But if it can be done by train, then I also prefer the train. ⌘ Read more
Multi-repository enablement: effortlessly scale code scanning across your repositories
We’ve gotten great feedback on default setup, a simple way to set up code scanning on your repository. Now, you have the ability to use default setup across your organization’s repositories, in just one click. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Lena Massacre https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/17/lena.html #programming #project #devjournal
The XMPP Standards Foundation: Elbe-Sprint Hamburg 2023
Elbe-Sprint Hamburg 2023 - _Source: Wiki Commons, Container terminals in port of Hamburg_
A new sprint is being organised within the XMPP Community: The Elbe-Sprint Hamburg!
We will have several days of good and fruitful exchange … ⌘ Read more
Sam Whited: Concord and Spring Road Linear Parks
In my earlier review of Rose Garden and Jonquil public parks I mentioned
the Mountain-to-River Trail
(M2R), a mixed-use bicycle
and walking trail that connects the two parks.
The two parks I’m going to review today are also connected by the M2R trail in
addition to the [Concord Road Trail](https://blog.samwhited.com/cate … ⌘ Read more
💭 While some people like to jump between blogging software all the time, or go back to Hugo from a custom one, I don’t really miss Hugo after switching to GoBlog in 2020, but enjoy having my own system quite a bit. Not that Hugo, WordPress, etc. are bad blogging systems, but I really enjoy being able to quickly code a fix without having to research docs, StackOverflow, or the source on GitHub. And when I have an idea for a new feature, it would often not be easy to implement in the existing systems. ⌘ Read more


After multiple years of delays, my Solo V2’s finally arrived. Let’s see what I’ll do with them. I also have a YubiKey, I can’t even find right now. 😅 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Snowbound Blood part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/15/snowbound-blood-4.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 04/10 to 04/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/14/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
3 benefits of migrating and consolidating your source code
Explore how migrating your source code and collaboration history to GitHub can lead to some surprising benefits. ⌘ Read more
How generative AI is changing the way developers work
Rapid advancements in generative AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot are accelerating the next wave of software development. Here’s what you need to know. ⌘ Read more
After multiple years of delays, my Solo V2’s finally arrived. Let’s see what I’ll do with them. I also have a YubiKey, I can’t even find right now. 😅 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Peak Performance https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/04/13/peak-performance.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
I finished my first “Hell Week” and with it the first “Training Journey” in Freeletics. 48 training sessions. On to the next one! 💪 ⌘ Read more
Ensuring compliance in developer workflows
How GitHub Enterprise ensures secure and compliant developer workflows for highly regulated industries. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Accelerator: our first cohort and what’s next
Meet the individuals that make up the first GitHub Accelerator cohort and learn about how GitHub is helping bring their visions to reality. ⌘ Read more
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 ac … ⌘ Read more