In Spain they can force you to work without payment for more than a year NOTA : Este artículo es una traducción del original en Español . NOTE : This is a translation of the original article in Spanish . Beware, its context is very specific to Spain, may not apply to you or your situation at all. The normal life of an ant If one turns on the TV at any point in time, in a program about economy, you…
En España te pueden obligar a trabajar sin salario durante más de un año NOTE : While most of the blog content is in English, this article is very specific to Spain, so it is written in Spanish. You can read a translation to English if you wish so. La vida normal de una hormiga Si uno enciende la televisión en cualquier momento del día, en un programa de debate económico, da la sensación de que…
Jetbrains backs off on Kotlin/Native memory model, Android devs too stupid to learn new tricks Now that Google IO 2021 is behind our backs and it essentially boiled down to refining existing libs, fresh coat of paint , and copying Apple Privacy policies , the most shocking revelation to me was Jetbrains update on the Kotlin/Native memory model which dropped like a bomb: TL;DR: The original…
Machine learning is killing Dropbox search Waking up with your left foot Recently the Dropbox Tech Blog published one article titled Using machine learning to predict what file you need next which ended ticking me off. The reason is simple, Dropbox search feature stopped working for me about two years ago. Unfortunately I'm used to dozens of products having bugs that make them inconvenient, and…
From Python windows console to Nim Karax webapp A challenger appears Between people who really love programming and those who treat technology like inscrutable magic there are those like Kpopalypse who are capable of building software without being dedicated programmers. If you go to Kpopalypse's website and click on Sully you will find out many facts about his persona, but you will miss that he…
Package managers, the lazy alternative to git submodules The problem Package managers have always looked strange to me. Why would you want to use one? It is actually not weird to have that point of view, especially if your background comes from programming languages like C or C++, which don't have any well known package manager ( even though people keep trying to build some ) and developers resort…