Author: Samuel Alejandro

New metrics are now available in GitHub’s Copilot usage metrics API, offering deeper insights into pull request throughput and time to merge. These updates help organizations understand Copilot’s impact on development workflows, from initial review suggestions to final merged pull requests.

SIMA 2 represents a significant advancement in AI agents, evolving from an instruction-follower into an interactive gaming companion powered by Gemini models. It can now reason about goals, converse with users, and self-improve, marking a crucial step towards Artificial General Intelligence in virtual 3D worlds.

Creating a custom Visual Studio Code theme might seem daunting, but this guide demonstrates how to build one efficiently, from initial color choices with Shiki to granular control with TextMate tokens, leveraging AI assistance and effective debugging techniques.

Many old laptops are often overlooked for self-hosting tasks, yet they frequently offer superior performance and cost-effectiveness compared to most single-board computers (SBCs). Repurposing an older laptop can provide a robust and economical solution for running demanding self-hosted applications, outperforming SBCs in raw power, GPU capabilities, and overall value.

Joy-Con alternatives typically provide improvements aplenty, but this prototype doesn’t.

Google executives are facing significant pressure from nearly 900 employees who have signed an open letter demanding the company sever its ties with federal immigration enforcement agencies, including ICE and CBP. Staff are calling for greater transparency regarding Google’s technology use by the US government, expressing moral objections to their work supporting operations that have recently turned violent and deadly. This internal activism echoes past employee-led efforts that prompted Google to abandon a Pentagon contract.

Moltworker offers an alternative to running Moltbot, an open-source personal AI agent, on dedicated hardware. By leveraging Cloudflare’s Developer Platform APIs, including Workers, Sandboxes, R2, AI Gateway, Browser Rendering, and Zero Trust Access, Moltworker enables efficient and secure online deployment of your personal AI assistant without the need for a Mac mini.

This article explores methods for approximating the functionality of the proposed CSS `contrast-color()` function, which dynamically adjusts text color (light or dark) based on a background color for optimal accessibility. While `contrast-color()` has limited browser support, modern CSS features like color spaces and `oklch()` can be leveraged to create cross-browser compatible solutions. The piece details approaches based on WCAG 2.2 luminance calculations and a simplified method using perceptual lightness from `oklch()`, highlighting the trade-offs and potential for customizability.

X has introduced voice and video calling for all users, a feature enabled by default. This guide provides instructions on how to turn off the new communication functionality within the app’s settings.

You may not like it, but big phone and tiny keyboard is what peak performance looks like.