🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #57

Let's make this Wednesday one to remember with good vibes and hard work!

Youtube seems to have had a very productive day… Lots of updates on the platform coming out.

#SocialAppSnoops - YouTube’s testing a new Community Spaces feature. Allows fans to view text updates from the creator, while also sharing their own posts. An extension of YouTube’S Community Posts, which enables creators to post text updates.

#BehindTheCode - New YouTube Music feature - AI-generated radio stations are a thing now! You can literally tell it what kind of music you're in the mood for and it'll create a playlist on the fly.

#WhoNeedsDJWhenYouHaveAI - Another new YouTube Music feature. The “hum to search” tool has been in beta for Android users since March. The tool lets people hum the song, sing the song or even play the song on another instrument.

#GoogleSnooping - Google’s AI Gemini is automatically ingesting even the private docs I open in Google Docs? Now I have to go find new settings I was never told about to turn this crap off.

#RegulatoryRuckus - UK antitrust regulators today announced the beginning of a merger inquiry into Microsoft's cash deal with startup Inflection AI. The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) concern stems from the hiring of Inflection's cofounders and "several members" of the team.

Google Invests in Namma Yatri, Rivaling Uber and Ola
Google has invested in Namma Yatri, an open-source ride-hailing app in India, challenging industry leaders Uber and Ola. This investment highlights Google's interest in alternative transportation models and supports Namma Yatri's growth and innovation in the competitive market.

Cummins India Unveils its First IT Global Competency Center
Cummins Group in India, a leading provider of power solutions technology, has opened its first IT Global Competency Center in Pune to enhance operational efficiency and accelerate product development. The center will focus on innovation across sectors like automotive, engineering, and energy, with a strong emphasis on gender diversity and inclusivity.

WhatsApp Simplifies Friendship

WhatsApp, a popular messaging app, has made it easier for users to connect with their closest contacts. You can now easily find and favorite the people and groups that matter most, and access them quickly from the calls or chats tab.

Uber Unveils New Update For Planning Trips Ahead
Uber rolled out a new update that lets users search average fares and wait times for planned trips in other cities. The company said it wants to give people who are planning trips or vacations more visibility into how much it will cost to book Uber rides.

Crawlee-Python | A web scraping and browser automation library for Python to build reliable crawlers

NewPipe | A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

Polyglot.js | Give your JavaScript the ability to speak many languages by AirBnB

Browser Fingerprinting 101
Learn how browser fingerprinting works, its techniques, and how it's used for fraud detection, visitor identification, and enhancing website experiences. This article will help you understand the advantages of browser fingerprinting, including fraud prevention, enhanced security, and website optimization.

Building Sound Software Engineering
Linus Torvalds' quote highlights the importance of considering data structures and their relationships when building software. Good programmers focus on designing code around the data, not the other way around. This approach leads to more reliable, understandable, and maintainable software. When designing software, the data model should be treated as a priority, as it makes code easier to design, maintain, and build upon.

Fog of War in Remix
Remix's latest feature, Fog of War, helps applications stay performant as they grow by decoupling rendering from fetching and eliminating network waterfalls. It achieves this by building a client-side route tree and fetching data and route implementations in parallel.

Improving Your Writing at Work - Communicate Like A Senior
Learn 10 tips to enhance your writing skills from a prolific writer, including structuring your thoughts with frameworks like Problem-Agitate-Solution and Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF).