While we’re down a compadre this week, Sujan Kapadia and Becca Refford step up to share some of this week’s DevNews.
Show Notes:
Get your tickets to Philly ETE 2021! Alan Kay, Kent Beck, Jessica Kerr, and more incredible speakers. Tickets are $89 for three days. https://2021.phillyemergingtech.com
Supreme Court rules in Google’s favor against Oracle, “fair use” of a copyrighted API: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/4/5/22367851/google-oracle-supreme-court-ruling-java-android-api
Github updates their authentication token format. Reset your personal access tokens! https://github.blog/2021-04-05-behind-githubs-new-authentication-token-formats/
Django 3.2 released: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2021/apr/06/django-32-released/
Build your own web browser in a 1000 lines of Python: https://browser.engineering/
The weirdest new tech at CES 2021: https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-weirdest-new-tech-at-ces-2021
Brings to mind last year’s event, where Charmin unveiled their ‘RollBot’ which brings you a fresh roll of TP with a request sent from your smartphone: https://www.businessinsider.com/toilet-paper-bathroom-delivery-robot-charmin-2020-1)
Ingenuity is alive, it’s alive! Survives the first night: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-mars-helicopter-survives-first-cold-martian-night-on-its-own
The iconic SpaceJam website was redesigned for a reboot, but a link to the old site was thankfully built into the new version: https://www.spacejam.com/
Incredible Rolling Stone thinkpiece about the Space Jam site, like “a cave painting from the early internet”: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/space-jam-forever-the-website-that-wouldnt-die-70507/
An open source Spotify client built with Angular 11, ng-zorro, and TailwindCSS: https://github.com/trungk18/angular-spotify
AWS billing:
CloudWatch Metric Streams to capture usage and billing data for later analysis: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/announcing-amazon-cloudwatch-metric-streams/
CloudFormation support for Budget Actions: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/aws-budgets-announces-cloudformation-support-for-budget-actions/
Yahoo Answers shutting down May 4, 2021: https://www.engadget.com/yahoo-answers-shutdown-may-4th-210240460.html
What the heck is Clubhouse? iOS app, drop-in audio chat (voice-only, no video), still invite-only, reportedly already has a $1 billion valuation(!): https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/155697-what-is-clubhouse-how-does-it-work-how-to-join
Soon you’ll have to go through NJ to get to NYC, even in Minecraft! https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/04/gamers-are-re-creating-all-of-nj-in-minecraft-down-to-every-pothole-and-jug-handle.html
An accurate model of the Earth, for the Unreal gaming engine: https://cesium.com/blog/2021/03/30/cesium-for-unreal-now-available/
Thanks for watching! See you next Tuesday at noon!
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