I got my first pull request merged!
I got my first pull request merged! Oluwaseun Mon, 09/19/2022 – 03:00 Words cannot express my joy when I got the notification about the merge below, and I owe it to my current engineering school, AltSchool Africa. Image by: (Awosise Oluwaseun, CC BY-SA 4.0) Before this, I had been introduced to open source many times, told about its importance in the tech space, and even attended open source conferences (e.g., OSCAFest). I had...
PyLint: The good, the bad, and the ugly
PyLint: The good, the bad, and the ugly Moshe Zadka Mon, 09/19/2022 – 03:00 Hot take: PyLint is actually good! “PyLint can save your life” is an exaggeration, but not as much as you might think! PyLint can keep you from really really hard to find and complicated bugs. At worst, it can save you the time of a test run. At best, it can help you avoid complicated production mistakes. The good I’m embarrassed to say...
US Border Agents May Have a Copy of Your Text Messages
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Ethereum-Based ‘Cryptoruble’ Token Under Development in Russia
Developers are working on a “cryptoruble” that, as they say, can improve Russians’ access to global exchanges and be used for cross-border payments. Defi platform Indefibank, which is behind the project, says the token will be pegged to the national fiat but independent from a state-issued digital ruble. Cryptoruble to Give Russian Companies Another Option for International Settlements Work is underway in Russia to launch a “tokenized...
Crypto Payment Infrastructure Firm Opennode to Test Bitcoin Payments in Bahrain
Opennode, a bitcoin payment infrastructure firm, recently said it will run trials of its bitcoin processing and payout solution through the Central Bank of Bahrain’s regulatory sandbox. According to Dalal Buhejji, an executive director with the Bahrain Economic Development Board, the central bank’s sandbox helps to ensure that fintechs will continue to innovate and adhere to best regulatory practices. Helping Grow Bahrain’s Economy A...
