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Latest Updates
Deep Tech Startups In India Get A Boost
The Indian government has updated its startup framework, doubling the period for which deep tech companies are treated as startups to 20 years and increasing the revenue threshold for tax, grant, and regulatory benefits to ₹3 billion. This move aims to support the long development cycles of science- and engineering-led businesses, and is part of a broader effort to build a deep tech ecosystem in the country.
Cognizant's Big Hiring Push
Cognizant plans to hire approximately 24,000-25,000 fresh graduates in 2026. The company is keen on a "broader pyramid" strategy, shifting high-value tech expertise to entry-level employees.
Changelog
Spotify - Reduced Development Mode scope to support learning, experimentation, and non-commercial use by individual developers with new restrictions on API access.
Trending Projects / Code Repositories
Page Index | Document Index for Vectorless, Reasoning-based RAG
React2Aws | Write AWS infrastructure like you write React components
Dash | Self-learning data agent that grounds its answers in 6 layers of context. Inspired by OpenAI's in-house implementation.
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Miscellaneous
I Left FAANG For A Startup And Regretted It
A former Amazon employee shares the stark contrast between the tech giant's slow and bureaucratic pace and the fast-paced startup environment they joined in San Francisco.
Reverse Engineering Figma Make Files
Figma's AI-powered prototyping tool Figma Make hides code in ZIP archive with custom extension, requiring reverse engineering to extract React application.
This Glitch Prompt Instantly Makes ChatGPT Smarter
Use the "glitch prompt" to force AI assistants like ChatGPT to double-check and rewrite answers for accuracy, adding a confidence rating (1-10), to reduce the risk of trusting AI too much.
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