The Union - it looks like a struct but doesn't quite fly like a struct. So what is a Union for exactly? Find out in this extract from my latest book Deep C Dives .

<ASIN:1871962889>

Put on your thinking cap for another challenge that requires computational thinking. This time Melvin Frammis and his junior partner Bugsy Cottman need to respond to an emergency.

The latest addition to the GNU Compiler Collection is Algol 68 and you can be forgiven for thinking it sounds like a blast from the past. However, you need to remember that ALGOL, standing for ALGOrihtmic Programming Language is the progenitor of almost all the languages in common use today and may still have more to teach us.

Given the announcement of the free version of the GitHub Copilot, we take a more detailed look at recent developments.

OpenTofu 1.9 has been released. The open source infrastructure as code tool is a fork of Terraform. It began development with backing from the Linux Foundation when Terraform developers HashiCorp changed the Terraform license from Mozilla Public License to Business Source License.

SQLite lives in the browser thanks to WebAssembly. With Sqlime you can run your workload online with no need of setting up anything. On top of that ask questions on your data with AI enabled CLI utilities.

JetBrains has launched Junie, an AI coding agent, that the company says is redefining how we code by using its "agentic power" for co-creation right in your IDE.

A place where you can compare common task syntax between top web component JavaScript frameworks. Why is that useful?

Chinese robotics company Unitree has made a significant breakthrough with its G1 humanoid robot which walks and runs in a convincingly natural way. This is thanks to its advanced hip joint design. See the G1's locomotion in action!

2025 will be the  21st consecutive year of Google Summer of Code and the 4th year in which it will accept anybody aged 18 years and over who is a newcomer to open source software. As usual, GSoC is looking to recruit between 20 and 30 new open source mentoring organisations this year.

The recorded lectures and webinars of the Robot Learning lecture series run by Professor Jitendra Malik at the University of  California, Berkeley have been released as a YouTube playlist.

Zasper is a supercharged IDE written in Go that allows you to run data science workloads locally and efficiently.

DryRun Security is introducing Natural Language Code Policies  to provide AppSec teams with an automated way to build and maintain security policy rules.

Author: Sebastian Raschka
Publisher: No Starch Press
Date: April 2024
Pages: 264
ISBN: 978-1718503762
Audience: Developers interested in AI
Rating: 4
Reviewer: Mike James
Q and AI, a play on Q&A is a clever title, but is the book equally clever?

<ASIN:1718503768>

This book is a complete, practical foundation for writing professional web applications. Dr. Matt Smith starts with PHP fundamentals, then progresses through six carefully crafted sections covering essential patterns, security best practices, database integration, and advanced concepts like object-oriented programming. Each chapter builds on real-world examples showing how to solve common development challenges.

<ASIN:1718502524 >

This is a quick-start reference to the core concepts of React. Max Schwarzmüller provides simple explanations, relevant examples, and step-by-step derivations. This second edition includes changes brought by React 19, including the new use() hook, form actions, and how to think about React on the server.

<ASIN:183620227X >

This book introduces readers to ROS 2 without requiring prior experience in robotics. Jonathan Cacace blends theoretical explanations with practical exercises, empowering readers to solve specific robotics problems while understanding the reasoning behind various approaches. The book covers a broad spectrum of robotics topics, including mobile robots, industrial manipulators, and aerial robots. These systems are simulated using the modern Gazebo simulator and programmed with ROS 2’s out-of-the-box tools and custom solutions using the ROS 2 API.

<ASIN:B0DRW88ZJ8 >