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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #361
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Happy Tuesday! Let's take it step by step!
Geek Gossip
#IndianTechIndustry - The young guns are getting squeezed out by AI, and the industry is shrinking for the first time in decades! The big players like TCS and Infosys are laying off junior staff left and right.
#DigitalDemocracy - Did you know that Nepal’s GenZ came together to decide their next leader - on Discord? Here’s an insight into how they arrived at a consensus.
Latest Updates
Swiggy Launches New App Toing To Take On Zepto Cafe And Rapido's Ownly
Swiggy, a leading food delivery company, has launched a new app called Toing, targeting affordable food ordering in a bid to compete with Zepto Cafe and Rapido's Ownly in the market. The app is live in certain locations of Pune and focuses on mini meals and snacks at a price range of ₹100-150.
Google Sued By Major Media Company Over AI Summaries
Google is being sued by Penske Media Corporation, a company that publishes Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter, over its AI-powered search summaries that allegedly hurt traffic and revenue for the media company. The company claims that the summaries leave users with little reason to click through to the source, hurting traffic.
Changelog
Instagram - Expanded access to "Shots" quick image sharing feature to more regions.
Spotify - Free listeners can now choose any track, eliminating the album shuffle requirement.
Windows 11 - A keyboard settings page is being added to Bluetooth & devices. Will house keyboard backlight and keyboard character repeat options (latter migrated from Control Panel).
iPhone - iOS 26 will start rolling out for all phones
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Devtools | Ultimate developers toolkit desktop app
Reshaped | Professionally crafted React & Figma components for building beautiful products or starting your own design system
Mediabunny | Pure TypeScript media toolkit for reading, writing, and converting video and audio files, directly in the browser.
In Case You Missed It
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Thales is hosting the GenTech India Hackathon 3.0, challenging you to build solutions in Cybersecurity, EdTech, AI, or Aerospace. With a prize pool of over ₹3,00,000 and a top prize of ₹1,50,000, it's time to showcase your skills. Compete solo or in a team of up to five to make your mark on the future of technology. More details here.
The Plotly Analytics Vibe-a-Thon challenges you to build and deploy a data application using Plotly Studio and Plotly Cloud. With a total prize pool of over $1,750, the top "Chief Viber" will walk away with $1,000 in cash. Showcase your data visualization skills and share your creation on social media for a chance to win. More details here.
Job Board
Senior UI / UX Designer @ Masai (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 6+ years (Product Design)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹50L / year
Technical Lead @ DoctusTech (Remote)
✨Experience : 10+ years (Python | Django | TypeScript | React.js)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹35L / year
Backend Tech Lead @ dialflo (Remote)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Python | AWS | FastAPI)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹40L / year
Full Stack Engineer @ Mave Health (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 2+ years (Django | React.js | NextJs)
💰Expected Salary : ₹24L – ₹36L / year
Miscellaneous
Creating Elastic Bounce Effects Using Expressive Animator
Elastic and bounce effects have long been among the most desirable but time-consuming techniques in motion design. Expressive Animator streamlines the process, making it possible to produce lively animations in seconds, bypassing the tedious work of manual keyframe editing.
Many Hard Leetcode Problems Are Easy Constraint
A lot of "hard" LeetCode problems aren't so hard after all! This article reveals how constraint programming can simplify complex challenges like the change counter and stock profit problems. Learn a new approach to problem-solving that makes seemingly impossible tasks a breeze.
Will All User Interfaces Become AI Chat
Large language models are transforming conversational interfaces, enabling real-time answers, personalization, and task automation, but traditional UIs still provide consistency, serendipity, and organization, making a hybrid approach the future of software design.
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