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How to Overcome a Negative Performance Review and Become a Better Developer
I was a year into my new job at Google. After repeated warnings about underperformance, my manager sat me down. I was being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). For those unfamiliar, a PIP at Google is a two-month plan to show improvement – a final chance to prove yourself. You’re given a project […]
How to Build Your Own MCP Server with Python
Artificial intelligence is evolving at a remarkable pace. Models today can reason, write, code, and analyze information in ways that once seemed impossible. But there’s one major limitation that still holds them back: context. Most AI models don’t have access to your system, files, APIs, or live data. They only know what you tell them […]
New to Jellyfin? Here’s How to Set Up a Custom Theme
Many prefer to use Jellyfin over Plex because it’s free and open-source, supports features like hardware transcoding, and runs on almost anything. Though the default Jellyfin theme is functional, it’s a bit dull to look at every day. Fortunately, there are a good number of themes out there that you can import, and you can […]
5 Reasons Jupyter Notebooks With Python Are Better Than Excel for Data Analysis
While you can do some good data analysis with a spreadsheet like Excel, if you want to take your calculations to the next level, you might try Python in a Jupyter notebook instead. Here are some reasons why. Separation of Data and Operations The advantage of Jupyter notebooks over spreadsheets like Excel or LibreOffice Calc […]
How to Improve Your Programming Skills by Building Games
When most people think about learning to code, they imagine building websites or automating small tasks. Few think of building games as a serious way to improve programming skills. But creating even a simple game can teach lessons that no tutorial ever could. Games force you to think about performance, user input, structure, and creative […]
F-Droid Says Google Is Lying About the Future of Sideloading on Android
Summary Google’s developer-ID decree forces gov IDs, fees, and approval for every Android app by Sept 2026. Though Google says sideloading remains, the rule gives Google control — sideloading is effectively dead. Security rationale is weak; Play Store has malware, and F‑Droid warns this threatens app freedom. One of the biggest benefits Android has always […]
Mobile App Development with Dart and Flutter
Mobile app development lets you build applications that run on multiple platforms. Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. Flutter apps are written in Dart, a statically typed, object-oriented language. Modern mobile development requires understanding widgets, state management, navigation, and data storage. The ecosystem includes […]
How to Use Streams in Flutter
Flutter, Google’s open-source UI software development toolkit, has rapidly become a preferred choice for building natively compiled, cross-platform applications from a single codebase. Its declarative UI paradigm, coupled with robust performance, helps developers craft beautiful and highly responsive user experiences. But in order to build such dynamic and efficient applications in Flutter, you’ll need a […]










