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Imagine this scenario: you’ve built a new tool or service for software developers and engineers. Now you’re faced with a dilemma: what’s the best way to get it out into the world? "One potato, two potato, three potato, four..."
Or potato, however you prefer to pronounce it.
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Not the point of the article, but my criteria is:
1. The least # of tools possible yet maximizing the benefit of the ones I choose. So pretty much, Notepad++, IrfanView, Visual Studio, SSMS, WinSCP, Filezilla, and if I have to VS Code. And I avoid 99% of open source tools like the plague.
2. Apps - I guess I listed apps above, lol, but apps are tools. And again, avoid open source apps unless they are proven - viewed as an industry standard, long life, and does exactly what I need. Same with tools.
And to the point of the article, I don't write tools for the general coding public - I don't have the infrastructure in place for support, maintenances, dealing with bug reports and feature requests. Blech.
I write "ideas" and people can take them or leave them. 
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DORA metrics have become the de facto standard for measuring software development and delivery success, but a study last month identifies where those measures alone were lacking. "Let's go, jump in! ¡Vámonos! You can lead the way, hey, hey"
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Elite engineering teams are, by definition, very rare. Only a few will consciously decide to hire top-notch talent. They must then know how to find it, screen it, and be willing to pay for it. With rare exceptions, every shop of more than size epsilon will be average.
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As the Kotlin community and ecosystem are expanding – and the demand for Kotlin developers is on the rise – we’re looking to equip computer science educators with the relevant tools and up-to-date resources necessary to meet this need. I would imagine it might also work to learn Kotlin
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Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told Click here to read this article
And click somewhere else to comment
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The discovery is a boost to the rover's mission: finding signs of ancient life on Mars. "Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show"
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Sign up for the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge and you'll get a head start on immersive and curated AI training content across Microsoft products and services, as well as four awesome AI-themed challenges. If all the other kids are learning AI development, will do you it too?
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The retail giant feels ‘unfairly singled out’ by the EU’s crackdown on illegal content Dog bites man
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The app formerly known as Tailwind gives you an AI model trained only on the documents you care about. Not cancelled yet?
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The espionage-focused group had access to impacted email data for a month before being detected. Put your stuff in the cloud, they said. It will be safe, they said.
Do I smell a theme coming on?
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Microsoft blocks a new batch of system drivers, but the loophole empowering them remains. Sign your drivers, they said. It means it's safe, they said.
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Sign your driver's, they said, with dollar sign in their eyes!
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Planets that contain liquid water, the key ingredient for life as we know it, may be 100 times more common than previously assumed, according to results that were presented at a major geochemistry conference on Monday. I like this potentially habitable world the best, thanks
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VGHF's Phil Salvador talks to Ars about his groundbreaking game availability study. The game is kaput!
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FTC v. Microsoft is over, and the judge has decided to deny the FTC’s preliminary injunction request. "The game is afoot!"
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Yep, a Federal Judge, working under the authority of Article III of the US Constitution. The FTC wanted to slow roll this by using an Administrative Judge, who works for them. This was a win for the US Constitution. I don't know if it's a win for consumers.
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Quote: ... the Court finds the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content...
Huh? 'Competition' =/= 'access'. Not the first stupid judge I've heard about, but that statement is amongst the stupider...
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This preview includes features designed to lay the groundwork for future performance enhancements. Looks like they might finally be running low on things to shovel in
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We are thrilled to announce the release of #include cleanup, a tool that helps you maintain clean code. #notinclude
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We're thrilled to announce .NET 8 Preview 6 which is packed with plenty of library updates, a new WASM mode, more source generators, constant performance improvements, and NativeAOT support on iOS. I'm tempted to do an '86' joke, but it's the second stupidest idea I've had today
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Microsoft warned customers today that multiple editions of Windows 11, version 21H2, will reach the end-of-service (EOS) in three months, on October 10, 2023. Does this mean it's the last version of the Windows 11 upgrade notice?
(I know, it may never be - at least until Win 12)
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Why concrete is better than abstract Fooey on FooBar
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How could they miss the obvious pun: "FooBar is FUBAR"
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Now, it's Oracle's turn to jump into the Red Hat open-source Linux code kerfuffle. Because Oracle has always been about defending the little guy (assuming the little guy is an Oracle support contract)
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