🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #221

Happy Tuesday! Let's make today even better than yesterday!

#VSCode - So, this person wrote this super shady article about a VSCode theme being malicious, but really it was just a marketing stunt for some startup's tool. Meanwhile, the VSCode team remotely uninstalled the extension from millions of users without explaining why, and some people are calling foul on the lack of transparency. 😠

#Siri - Apple is struggling to rebuild Siri for the age of generative AI. The company might not release “a true modernized, conversational version of Siri” until iOS 20 comes out in 2027. 📱

#ThinkBookPlus - Apparently, Lenovo's been playing around with a new laptop concept called the Flip AI PC, which has a flexible OLED screen that folds outwards, doubling its size to 18.1 inches. It's like a 2-in-1 on steroids, but let's be real, it's still a bit of a prototype, with a wonky hinge and a screen that's just begging to get scratched. Please - visit this link to see a very funky looking laptop that feels like a gust of wind could break it any minute. 🖥️

#MacBookAir - Apple CEO Tim Cook just teased the launch of a new device coming to its Air lineup this week. In a post on X, Cook posted a short video with the text, “There’s something in the air’. 💻

Ola Electric Lays Off 1000 Workers Amidst Internal Restructuring
Ola Electric, the electric two-wheeler maker led by Bhavish Aggarwal, is set to lay off around 1,000 workers. The company is undergoing internal restructuring to cut costs and make up for losses. The latest round of job cuts accounts for over a quarter of Ola Electric’s workforce of 4,000 as of March 2024.

Uber Pilots "Uber For Teens" Service In India
Uber for Teens is live in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai. The company said it would expand the service in the coming weeks to 35 cities. The service lets parents and guardians set up accounts for their teenagers.

Steam Reaches New Heights
Steam just hit a huge milestone - 40 million people were online at the same time over the weekend! Apparently, a new game called Monster Hunter Wilds was just released and it's super popular, with 1.3 million people playing it at the same time, which is a record for the game and helped push Steam to this new high.

Opera Browser - Introduced Browser Operator, a native AI agent that assists with tasks such as shopping, booking, and more, using local resources and maintaining user data privacy.

Google Gemini - Introduces "Screenshare" feature for real-time screen-based Q&A and video search functionality for asking questions about recorded or live video content.

Gensx | The TypeScript framework for agents & workflows with react-like components. Lightning fast dev loop.

Directus | The flexible backend for all your projects. Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

Css Zero | An opinionated CSS starter kit for your "nobuild" application

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Mastering Function Currying In Javascript
Learn how to properly curry functions in JavaScript, making them more flexible and useful in your code. Discover how Ramda's curry function allows for multiple arguments in a single invocation and explore the implementation of a curry function that enables this behavior.

Git Config Secrets
Git core developers' favorite settings, including branch sorting by committer date, column-based UI, and histogram-based diff algorithm, revealed in a "Spring Cleaning" experiment on the Git mailing list, highlighting settings that should arguably be new defaults.

Manager Antipatterns
Common mistakes companies make with managers, such as promoting the wrong person or poor management skills, are discussed and solutions are provided for employees, supervisors, and the managers themselves in a collection of "antipatterns".