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Latest Updates
Mapmyindia's Mappls App Launches Live Traffic Signal Countdowns In Bengaluru
MapmyIndia’s flagship Mappls app has become the first navigation app in India to display live traffic signal countdowns to drivers in Bengaluru. Timers appeared as drivers approached a signal typically within 500 metres.
Lenskart Launches UPI-Integrated Smartglasses
Lenskart’s B Camera Smartglasses will come with built-in UPI integration. Users can scan QR codes and make payments instantly using voice authentication. Lenskart describes this new product as combining “vision, intelligence, and commerce”
India's Sovereign AI Model To Be Ready By February
India is developing its own artificial intelligence model, a significant step in reducing dependence on foreign tech. The government aims to deploy a foundational model by the end of the year and a sovereign model by February, driven by a rapid expansion of compute infrastructure.
Changelog
Apple TV Plus - Rebranded as simply "Apple TV" with a new identity.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Recall | Give Claude perfect recall - Redis-powered persistent memory for LLMs
Jetski | Authentication, analytics, and prompt visibility for MCP servers with zero code changes.
Winboat | Run Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
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Miscellaneous
Vibe Coding Hell
Newly-minted developers now struggle with "vibe coding hell", characterized by over-reliance on AI tools and online communities, hindering their understanding of software fundamentals.
How Flipkart Built A Highly Available MySQL Cluster For 150+ Million Users
Flipkart is one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms with over 500 million users and 150-200 million daily users. It handles extreme surges in traffic during events like its Big Billion Days sale. To keep the business running smoothly, the company relies on thousands of microservices that cover every part of its operations. To solve this, the Flipkart engineering team built Altair, an internally managed service designed to offer MySQL with high availability as a standard feature.
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