🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #297

Happy Wednesday! Let's finish the week strong!

#Microsoft-v/s-OpenAI - The two companies are in a standoff over OpenAI’s $3 billion acquisition of the AI coding startup, Windsurf. OpenAI executives have considered publicly accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior throughout their partnership.

District I: Bengaluru's New Global Innovation Hub
The Bengaluru Airport City Business Park has unveiled a new innovation hub, District I. The hub aims to boost tech innovation by bringing together startups, enterprises, academia, and the government under one roof. It will focus on driving breakthroughs in key technologies like AI, quantum computing, blockchain, and customer experience tech.

Zoomcar Hacked: 8.4 Million Customer Records Exposed
Zoomcar is an Indian car-sharing company that lets users rent cars on various time bases. They've revealed that a hacker accessed data of 8.4 million customers, including names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers, but not financial info or passwords.

Threads - Adds spoiler tags to posts, allowing users to hide sensitive information behind a tappable overlay.

Meta AI app - Added warning message and extra confirmation step to prevent accidental sharing of private interactions on the public Discover feed.

Mastra AI Agent Course - Master AI tools faster with Mastra - a hands-on course designed for tech professionals. Learn to harness AI for productivity, coding, and automation through real-world projects and expert-led lessons. Boost your skills and stay ahead in the AI-driven future.

Games To Learn SQL - Dive into SQL Noir - an interactive, browser-based detective game where you crack fictional crime cases using real SQL queries. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned dev, you'll write SELECTs, JOINs, GROUP BYs to sift through clues in themed databases. Free, open‑source, narrative‑driven, and praised on Hacker News and HackerNoon for making SQL practice both immersive and fun

Micro Frontend Architecture: A Comprehensive Hands-on Tutorial
Learn about micro frontend architecture, its methods, and tradeoffs, with code, visuals, and real-world insights. Discover how to build independent frontend modules, each owned by a team, using its own tech stack, deployed separately, and integrated at runtime.

System Architecture For Scalability
Developers should focus only on business logic (boring but it is only what brings money) As little as possible technical challenges (junior developer should be able to do most of the work as good as a senior) Easy to understand, maintain and extend (longer to onboard people or higher qualifications required — less profit) code.