Laravel inventor tells devs to quit writing ‘cathedrals of complexity’ Summary Taylor Otwell, creator and long-time maintainer of the PHP framework Laravel, urges developers to avoid over-engineering and “clever” solutions…
Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered at Forest City, Malaysia, to attend “Network School,” a programme founded by Balaji Srinivasan that blends product sprints, coding, seminars on statecraft and…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A plaintiff has sued Amazon Prime Video, arguing the service misleads customers by labelling time-limited streaming…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ devs unionise — 3,500 Microsoft workers now unionised Summary Over 450 developers from Blizzard’s Diablo team have voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of America…
The Age of Cheap Online Shopping is Ending Summary The Atlantic reports that the long-standing US “de minimis” duty-free import exemption has been scrapped, ending the rule that allowed parcels…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Some Microsoft Azure customers received automated budget alerts after a problematic account migration caused cost forecasts to spike dramatically.…
400 ‘Tech Utopian’ Refuges Consider New Crypto-Friendly State Summary Nearly 400 students and entrepreneurs have gathered in Forest City, Malaysia — a largely unoccupied megaproject — to attend “Network School”,…
Blizzard’s ‘Diablo’ Devs Unionize. There’s Now 3,500 Unionized Microsoft Workers Summary The Diablo development team at Blizzard has voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).…
Lawsuit Says Amazon Prime Video Misleads When You ‘Buy’ a Long-Term Streaming Rental Summary A California lawsuit alleges Amazon Prime Video misleads customers by labelling long-term streaming licences as “buy”…
Azure Budget Alerts Go Berserk After Microsoft Account Migration Misfire Summary Microsoft Azure customers reported a problematic account migration that caused Azure’s cost forecasts to spike dramatically, triggering automated budget…
