About 24% of people now primarily use social media for online searches. A third accessing the internet solely via mobile phones. Gen Z uses Google 25% less than Gen X, opting more for platforms like TikTok for their searches. YouTube is also increasingly being used like Google, with 57% of people searching for information on it.

Apple's revealed Apple Intelligence (personal AI) and Siri got a significant AI upgrade at WWDC. The company is integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT for improved understanding and query handling. iOS 18 introduces enhanced customization options for the Control Center and homescreen, while macOS 15 allows users to mirror their iPhone on their Mac. watchOS 11 will automatically surface relevant widgets based on user needs. visionOS 2 brings spatial photos and ultrawide Mac display support to the Vision Pro headset.

You can use custom conditions to live-update TypeScript types in monorepos. This involves user-defined conditional exports in package.json and customConditions in tsconfig.json.

Frontend build systems evolved as JavaScript codebases grew larger and developer needs became more complex. They consist of three steps: transpilation to address unsupported language features, bundling to reduce network requests, and minification to decrease file sizes. These steps are facilitated by tools like Babel, SWC, and Webpack, among others, and enhanced by developer tools like meta-frameworks, sourcemaps, hot module replacement, and monorepo tools.

SVG is a widely supported and powerful format for vector graphics, but it's also bloated, complex, and not well-suited for either machine processing or direct human use. It's part of the web standard, making it annoying for implementation due to its large specification and dependencies on other standards like XLink, CSS, and JavaScript. The ideal solution would be a simpler machine-focused exchange format, potentially JSON-based, with a minimal feature set and strict test suite for universal compatibility and easier implementation.

Achieving 100% code coverage doesn't guarantee the absence of bugs. This developer provides an example of a single line of code with 100% coverage that still contains a critical error. Code coverage is not a reliable indicator of software quality and formal verification/proof checkers are better used for mission-critical software.

The concept of the "10x developer" is a myth, as individual contributions have less impact on project success than the quality of collaboration. Successful organizations foster a culture of community learning, enabling knowledge sharing and collaboration across teams. Developers can contribute to this culture by actively engaging in learning and sharing mistakes.

Improving software design to support new features is a process that inevitably involves a temporary decline in performance before reaching a better state. The software designer's role is to envision the desired state and strategically manage the transition process, considering factors like the size of improvement steps, the time to achieve initial value, and the rate of improvement after the initial dip. This process is called "succession" and involves making choices about the design transformation, sequencing steps to minimize disruptions, and balancing risk with efficiency.

Google's Universal Analytics officially shuts down on July 1, at which point all data will be deleted. Businesses that rely on Universal Analytics for website measurement and data analysis need to act quickly to avoid losing access to their historical data and maintain continuity in their analytics capabilities. Prior to July 1, website owners should export Universal Analytics data, set up and configure a Google Analytics 4 property, migrate Google Ads links, and create new conversions based on GA4 events.

UUIDv7 is a 128-bit unique identifier designed to be time-sortable with 1 ms precision, making it suitable for use in databases, including distributed systems. Unlike its predecessor UUIDv4, UUIDv7 integrates both timestamp and random components, ensuring sequential ordering based on time. This makes UUIDv7 a great option for generating unique identifiers for database records that require precise chronological ordering.

Netflix initially implemented prioritized load shedding at the API gateway level, then extended it to individual service level for finer-grained control and better cloud capacity utilization. One example is its PlayAPI, which prioritized user-initiated requests over pre-fetch requests during an infrastructure outage, maintaining high availability for critical requests. Netflix also created an internal library for prioritized load shedding and experimented with CPU-based and IO-based load shedding.

Triplit is an open-source database that syncs data between server and browser in real time.

Glasskube is a package manager for Kubernetes. It makes deploying, updating, and configuring packages on Kubernetes 20 times faster than other similar tools.

NLUX is an open-source JavaScript library for building conversational AI interfaces quickly with React and other frameworks. It offers components, hooks, and adapters for popular AI models.

Canva's collaboration team implemented real-time mouse pointers to make its whiteboard product better. Initially, they utilized a backend-centric architecture using WebSockets and Redis, which scaled to support hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users, but had limitations in update rate. Recognizing these limitations, the team migrated to a WebRTC-based architecture, which allowed direct peer-to-peer communication between clients, reducing latency and improving scalability.

OpenAI plans to rebrand in 2024, introducing a new logo that employees found lacking in creativity. The company is shifting from a non-profit to a for-profit structure. This rebranding aims to solidify its identity as OpenAI becomes more recognized.

JSON For You is a tool that visualizes and processes JSON data with features like graph and table views, comparisons, validation, nested parsing, jq support, CSV import/export, and more.