🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #122

Wednesday calls for determination and progress!

#Blinkit-Notice-Period - Blinkit has extended the notice period for several top-level employees from zero to two months. Of course, due to the increase in competion… but we are more amazed that BlinkIt’s earlier notice period was ZERO days!!

#MicrosoftAI - Microsoft is building an AI companion to help you erase your Ex. At least that’s what their marketing is trying to say, for something that sounds more like surveillance.

#ZeptoFailNotification - A women that used Zepto got a very weird notification - that her anti pregnancy pill was missing her… Yeah, so, that happened…

Swiggy Delves Into Record Books With A Massive Vada Pav Order
Online food ordering and delivery company Swiggy has set a new Guinness World Record in collaboration with actor Ajay Devgn and director Rohit Shetty. The new record has been made for delivering the largest vada pav order - 11,000 vada Pavilion in a single delivery. The order was delivered using the newly launched XL EVs for bulk deliveries.

India Shifts Stance On Satellite Spectrum Allocation
India will allocate spectrum for satellite services through administrative means rather than auction. Move aligns with recent comments by Elon Musk and rebuffs lobbying efforts by the country’s largest telecom operators.

Reliance's Digital Ambition: Jio Platforms Launches 4G-enabled Handsets For 1099 Rupees
Reliance's digital arm, Jio Platforms, has launched two new 4G-enabled handsets that offer access to live TV, music and video streaming as well as host the ability to make digital payments. The JioBharat V3 and V4, successors to last year’s Jiobharat model, feature 1.77-inch displays, 48MB of RAM, 128MB of internal storage (expandable up to 128GB), and 1,000mAh batteries.

Google Rolls Out Android 15 Update Across Eligible Devices
Google is starting to roll out Android 15 across eligible devices. Pixel devices are the first to get access to Android 15. Android 15 will be available on eligible devices from other manufacturers in the coming months.

Microsoft Takes A Big Step Towards A Greener Gaming Future-with Its Disc-less Xbox Series X
Microsoft’s disc-less Xbox Series X goes on sale today, and while it looks slightly different on the outside thanks to a white paint job and the lack of a disc drive, inside, it has been redesigned. Microsoft has redesigned the motherboard on the white Xbox SeriesX and new 2TB models, shrunk the system-on-a-chip (SoC) down to 6nm, and switched to a new cooling solution.

Apple Announces New Ipad Mini
Apple just announced a new iPad Mini. It’s the first upgrade for the smallest tablet since 2021. It runs a new A17 Pro chip, which Apple says has a 30 percent faster CPU, 25 percent faster GPU, and a Neural Engine twice as fast as the previous model. The new Mini starts at $499.

Nigerian Edtech Startup Flexisaf Ditches Google Workspace, Saves $6,960 Annually With Zoho
Zoho is stepping up in Africa as an affordable alternative to the global giants. It has hired local staff, introduced payment options in local currencies, and even sponsored a cricket tournament to dig its heels into the market. But African tech experts say Zoho needs to strengthen its branding and engage with the local tech community.

Microsoft Office Apps - Microsoft announces end-of-life for Office 2016 and Office 2019 suites, ends support on October 14, 2025.

Windows 10 - Added 12 months until end of support date, with some users able to continue receiving security updates for a fee

Instagram - Introduces Profile Cards to Help Users Make New Friends and Share Profiles Creatively.

YouTube Music - Custom Image Upload for Playlist Thumbnails.

YouTube - Introducing Fine-Tuned Playback Speeds, Collaborative Playlists, Sleep Timer, and More

React To Print | Print React components in the browser.

Consola | Elegant Console Logger for Node.js and Browser

This week (14th October to 18th October) we will not display any jobs. We are in the middle of making some changes to this section and hope to get it back soon.

New Security Guide
The Copenhagen Book is a free, open-source guide to implementing authentication in web applications, covering topics like server-side tokens, password authentication, and cryptography.

Vercel Launches Serverless Servers
Vercel tweeted an announcement for a new Vercel Functions feature. The tweet garnered a lot of attention and led to countless meme responses. The new feature is a telltale of how React’s new full-stack architecture vision needs more than a framework.

Bad Abstractions
When abstractions masquerade as layers of indirection, they add complexity without value. Good abstractions like TCP hide underlying complexity, allowing developers to operate as if it didn't exist. But bad abstractions create cognitive overhead, add performance penalties, and simplify nothing.