It may sound like a daunting topic, but Boolean logic is very easy to explain and to understand. It represents the simplest of all the logics and the very basis of computing.

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CSS - it's all about presentation and style, the sort of thing designers worry about, not programmers. In fact, CSS is more important than HTML5. After all, it actually controls how the UI looks and even how it behaves. If you plan to build a custom control, then it is CSS you need to learn.

The latest edition of Veracode's annual State of Software Security report has identified that 80% of the applications tested over the last year have at least one security flaw, and just under half of all applications have flaws ranked in the OWASP Top 10 as the 10 most critical risks.

Or "Use SQL For Everything Part 2". Like the previously covered Steampipe tool, Stackql enables the use of SQL for querying everything too, but with a twist.

Google has added inline filtering to its AlloyDB for PostgreSQL database. Another addition is observability and management tooling for vector indexes, including a new recall evaluator and Google is also introducing vector index distribution statistics.

A free course on how Agents work by practically showing how to build your own using the latest libraries and tools. If you are bogged down by repetitive tasks, this course is certainly worth your time.

MongoDB is to acquire Voyage AI with the intention of using Voyage AI's facilities within MongoDB so developers can build apps that use AI more reliably. Voyage AI produces embedding and reranking models.

Google has announced the public preview of Gemini Code Assist for individuals, a free version of Google's AI-coding assistant together with Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, which provides free, AI-powered code reviews for both public and private repositories.

Christie's online auction of AI-generated artworks that ran from February 20 to March 5 realized $728,784, compared to its $600,000 projection. The sale had an 82% sell-through rate, but is this really a good result?

As we approach International Women's Day on March 8, a report by Gendex has revealed what is described as a costly gender gap in EU deep tech.

Google Summer of Code recently announced that 185 open source projects had been selected for participation as mentoring organizations for 2025.  One of those pleased to be selected is the Rust Foundation, for whom this is only the second year.

Constantly updating its compatible foundation models list, Amazon Bedrock has added to its offerings, including Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 3.7.

Deno 2.2 has been released with built-in OpenTelemetry among its improvements. Other changes include new Lint plugins, and support for node:sqlite.

Author: Daniel Shiffman
Publisher: No Starch
Date: September 2024
Pages: 640
ISBN: 978-1718503700
Audience: General
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Mike James
The nature of code - what is it?

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This book shows how to write effective multithreaded and asynchronous software in C#. Nir Dobovizki demonstrates practical techniques, real-world examples, and useful code samples to cut through the confusion around async/await and help you write rapid, reliable, and bug-free code. The book focuses on the practical use of the C# async-await feature to simplify asynchronous tasks. It teaches how to avoid common pitfalls, addresses classic multithreading issues like deadlocks and race conditions, and advanced topics such as controlling thread of execution and using thread-safe collections.

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This book has been fully updated for the latest version of Office 365,  and covers coding basics and syntax for writing simple or complex macros that can automate routine Excel tasks. Dick Kusleika shows how to automate data management, user forms, and pivot tables. The book also teaches how to control the security settings for macros and save macros to use across files and apps. Plus updated coverage of Copilot AI integration.

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In this book, subtitled "Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West",  Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska, co-founder and his deputy at Palantir argue that timid leadership, intellectual fragility, and an unambitious view of technology’s potential in Silicon Valley have made the U.S. vulnerable in an era of mounting global threats.

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