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Geek Gossip
#TCS - TCS Chairman announced that their hiring may not be the same anymore as it seeks to replace humans with AI agents.
#Anthropic - The much feared Mythos model is finally released - albeit with safeguards and is available until June 22 - after which it may only be available through APIs.
#Apple - Apple tightens App Review Guidelines against apps that ‘do not add value to the App Store’. This means that if your app hasn’t been updated in a while or is not attracting users, Apple may kick your app from the App Store.
#MANGOS - Goodbye FAANG. Hello MANGOS - a new acronym was coined as AI shook the IT industry and FAANG companies aren’t the next big thing. Though, there is still some discussion on what the M will stand for. Not many agree Meta is part of the elite group.
Latest Updates
Zepto Prepares For $1 Billion IPO
Indian quick-commerce startup Zepto, backed by Y Combinator, is set to go public with a $1 billion valuation, despite remaining loss-making and intense competition in the market.
Changelog
Apple Appe Store - Subscription Bundles for Apps from Multiple Developers
Google Translate - Released Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, a new audio model for live speech-to-speech translation that automatically detects 70+ languages and generates smooth, natural-sounding translated speech.
Telegram - Native App for Apple Watch Now Available
App Store - App recommendations on Apple’s App Store will now be personalized based on the user’s interests and behaviour.
Opera - New Start Page with Cleaner Design and Search Focus, Dedicated Football Hub with Live Scores and Notifications.
Website Wednesday
Performative UI - Stop sacrificing responsiveness for complexity! Performative UI explores advanced patterns for building fluid interfaces that handle heavy computation without blocking the main thread. By leveraging non-blocking execution strategies, it helps you design high-performance applications that remain snappy even under load. Master these techniques to ensure your UI feels instant and robust.
Microsoft AI - Explore the frontier of intelligence at Microsoft AI. This hub showcases cutting-edge advancements in machine learning, foundation models, and agentic systems powering the next generation of computing. From enterprise-grade Copilot integrations to fundamental research on neural architectures, it provides the resources and insights to build scalable, responsible AI.
CSS Or BullS**t - Stop guessing if a selector is real! CSS or BS is a devious, rapid-fire quiz that tests your knowledge of valid CSS selectors versus total nonsense. It forces you to distinguish between legitimate but obscure syntax and cleverly crafted "BS." It's a quick, fun way to sharpen your CSS mastery and humble your ego.
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Miscellaneous
Career Satisfaction Hurdles
Mid-career tech professionals often struggle with career envy, focusing on external validation rather than personal fulfillment, and neglecting essential factors like competence, work-life balance, and culture fit.
AI Engineering Essentials
For newly graduated programmers, AI engineering is about building applications on top of pretrained models, with a focus on application layer development, model orchestration, and infrastructure management.
Github's Agent Code Challenge
GitHub is struggling to manage 275M commits/week from AI agents and sandboxed code, leading to a need for a durable, programmatic Git layer.
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