GitHub's mobile app - finally!

I'm so glad to finally see this. Downloaded and will be trying it out. I remember downloading a mobile GitHub app years ago (like 2016) and not being impressed. A few of the apps I tried were just frustrating because I didn't want to see everyone's feed but just my own updates for personal reasons.

Anyhow, let's see how smooth this operates over mobile. Thanks, GitHub team!
https://github.blog/2019-11-13-universe-day-one/#mobile

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android

Google's TensorFlow Quantum for Quantum Machine Learning

Today's read coming from Google AI's Blog:
https://ai.googleblog.com/2020/03/announcing-tensorflow-quantum-open.html

Since I'm on this topic, check this out too if you have time.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/11/google-cloud-launches-new-mlops-tools-for-deploying-ml-pipelines/

Review: Facebook's Hermes

Wow, look at FB becoming more involved with the developer community eco-system! This makes sense because FB is more concerned about their mobile app experience for users. So, they are doing whatever it takes to make their mobile apps the best for all users no matter the device used. Specifically, they seemed to be focused on mobile devices, smartphones in particular. Hence, why they are creating code solving mobile app issues on smartphones including ReactJS and GraphQL.

Thanks to the author for this article:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-just-released-a-new-open-source-javascript-engine/

Facebook's Hermes

Website - https://hermesengine.dev/
Code - https://github.com/facebook/hermes

Conferences

Chain React Conference 2019 (Jul)

https://infinite.red/ChainReactConf

GraphQL Summit 2019 (Oct)

https://summit.graphql.com/

Facebook Developer Conference "F8" 2019 (May)

https://www.f8.com/

References

https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/12/facebook-open-sources-hermes-javascript-engine-to-improve-react-native-android-app-performance/

Review: Red Hat Summit 2019

I watched this recap and it seems the improvements were more for server-side technologies than anything else (with a strong emphasis on OpenShift and Cloud Computing, Cloud Development).

I may need to look into more articles and videos to learn if I missed anything transformative in tech.



On the business side however, their partnership with Microsoft and being acquired by IBM are two big things for the open source community. The direction with such leadership will be interesting for all things open source supported and promoted.

Microsoft's partnership with Red Hat

Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

IBM's acquisition of Red Hat

Interview with IBM's CEO Ginni Rometty

Read Summary

Here's a good article to read a summary of this summit.
https://hub.packtpub.com/red-hat-summit-2019-highlights-microsoft-collaboration-red-hat-enterprise-linux-8-rhel-8-idc-study-predicts-support-for-software-worth-10-trillion/?utm_source=all+updates&utm_campaign=6dccc7274b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_09_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c970747b22-6dccc7274b-173383461&mc_cid=6dccc7274b&mc_eid=e79d6c1eb8

References

• https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-acquire-red-hat-completely-changing-cloud-landscape-and-becoming-worlds-1-hybrid-cloud-provider

Review: GitHub finally has "Sponsor Me"

I'm really happy to hear GitHub finally have this feature of letting people conveniently sponsor each other (i.e. financially supporting each other) because we like the work a person (or group of people) are doing.

Happy Coding Indeed!

Read Articles

• https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/23/github-launches-sponsors-lets-you-pay-your-favorite-open-source-contributors/
• https://github.blog/2019-05-23-announcing-github-sponsors-a-new-way-to-contribute-to-open-source/

Review: GitHub's Package Registry

I love what GitHub is doing here with their Package Registry. As one of the largest, if not the largest, coding repositories in the world, they are making it easier for the open source communities to download libraries and specific packages for continual advancement in the world of development. After all, who likes to reinvent the wheel? Furthermore, who likes to wait for a committee to approve a library or package before the world can use it?

Sure, there are benefits in waiting for a committee to verify a library or package. So, I'm not saying that committees and organizations are bad. Not at all! But, I am saying that we, developers, need a route where we don't have to wait if we want to experiment.

But, it's early and maybe too early to make opinions. I, myself, need to play with it and see what happens.

Read Article
https://github.blog/2019-05-10-introducing-github-package-registry/

Happy Coding!

Review: Season of Docs (by Google)

If you're interested in the world of Technical Writers or the push for improving the documentation, or lack of, for open source projects then check this out (below).

https://opensource.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-season-of-docs.html

Once again, Google is shifting the tech culture by taking software documentation seriously.

Review: Open Dialogue about Open Source Software

I really like this author and article. I'll be keeping an eye on the roadmap laid out. If you like Open Source Software, then I strongly suggest that you fill out the form as well.

https://github.blog/2019-01-17-lets-talk-about-open-source-sustainability/

Review: Microsoft Open Source Stories - Starting the .NET Open Source Revolution

I really appreciate the author (and his reference to the other authors) on telling this story (and continuing to tell the story of open source revolution).

Quite interesting to see how legal teams slow down tech teams. Even more interesting that legal teams seem to work more independent unlike many tech teams that work more interdependent (because no one likes to re-invent the wheel). Someone's going to need to change the legal system. Well, at least for the tech industry.

https://medium.com/microsoft-open-source-stories/starting-the-net-open-source-revolution-e0268b02ac8a