Halfway through the week - happy Wednesday!
Geek Gossip
#AppleSourceCode - Inspect it before they fix it - Apple’s web store has their minification sourcemap deployed to production, allowing anybody to check out their source code. It appears they use Svelte to write it - QUICK - check it out before it’s gone. (Not a security problem as such - just a minor goof-up).
#TechYouTuber - A tech YouTuber is besides themselves after YouTube’s bots decided that their 9 year old YouTube channel with over 350K subscribers violated their community guidelines (which the owner claims they did not). It’s more frustrating because they got striked by a bot with no recourse for human intervention.
#AppleTV - Here’s a sneakpeak at the new Apple TV Logo - and their new intro sound.
Latest Updates
Zoho Mail Reaches $100 Million Annual Revenue
Zoho Mail is approaching $100 million annual revenue, over 70% from outside India.
Pine Labs IPO Pricing Hits A Snag
Pine Labs is an Indian merchant-commerce startup backed by PayPal and Mastercard. The Gurugram-based fintech has set a price band of ₹210–₹221 a share. This represents a decline of about 40% from its last private valuation of over $5 billion.
Spotify Exceeds Expectations In Q3 2025
Spotify has reported its third quarter earnings today, reporting that it now has 700 million monthly active users. Its total revenue increased by 12% year-over-year to €4.3 billion which is about €100 million above the Q2 2025 results. The Swedish business said that it has been focused on Accelerated Execution by launching new updates and features.
Changelog
WhatsApp - The app is finally available on iWatch
Chrome - Enhanced autofill now supports passport and driver’s license numbers, vehicle information, and improved form accuracy with varied formatting requirements.
iOS - New toggle to turn off Liquid Glass transparency effect, language support for live translation, and more.
Facebook Groups - Add Option to Convert Private Groups to Public without exposing private member posts or information.
Apple App Store - You can now browser the App Store on the web too.
Website Wednesday
Affinity By Canva - The all-in-one creative app, with everything you need to craft designs, edit images, and lay it all out, without ever leaving your document or paying a thing.
Geo Util - All-in-one online geography toolkit for working with maps, coordinates, and geographic data.
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Technical Lead (SDE 3) @ Infibooks (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 6+ years (Java | SQL | MongoDB)
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Full Stack Developer @ Bigairlab (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 5+ years (Python | MongoDB | Docker | Next.Js)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹35L / year
Golang Backend Developer @ PranaTree (Onsite - Bengaluru)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Node.js | Redis | PostgreSQL | Kafka | Go (Golang) | Apache Cassandra)
💰Expected Salary : ₹30L – ₹42L / year
Sr. Python Developer @ ApexNeural (Remote)
✨Experience : 5+ years (Python | Docker | French language | AWS | Generative AI | LLMs | AI Agents)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹30L / year
Senior Software Engineer (Backend) @ VideoVerse (Remote)
✨Experience : 4+ years (Python | Node.js)
💰Expected Salary : ₹35L – ₹40L / year
Frontend Developer - Nextjs @ Proof of Skill (Onsite - Mumbai)
✨Experience : 5+ years (Node.js | Redis | React.js | Next.Js | Shadcn UI)
💰Expected Salary : ₹20L – ₹24L / year
Miscellaneous
Your URL Is Your State
Forget about Redux or Zustand for a second. URLs make web applications resilient and predictable. They’re the web’s original state management solution, and they’ve been working reliably since 1991. URLs aren’t just technical addresses that browsers use to fetch resources. They are interfaces and part of the user experience.
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