This article was originally published on .cult by Mikaella C. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. The job posting looked great. The company is interesting. The role offers you a challenge you’re excited to tackle. But when you get to the first interview, you have a strange feeling of unease… or worse, you think the interview is fine
Heartbreaks are bad, but have you ever experienced the pain of your favorite app shutting down? It’s devastating when you learn about the death of a tool or service you cherished using, and dreamt you’d grow old with. It happens more than we’d like, and it doesn’t ever get easier. We asked you about the discontinued apps that you’re sad about, and wanted to raise a toast to our beloved tools. Google Reader Mentioning Google Reader on the internet always brings the strongest emotions out of mille
We’re getting closer to the vehicle automation dream. No, I don’t mean Elon Musk’s self-driving Level 2 nonsense. I’m talking about vehicles that can function without any human intervention. But while the tech itself is evolving and going through growing pains, there’s a problem: inadequate road infrastructure. While there’s been huge investment in developing vehicular autonomous driving technology, there’s been little by cities in the infrastructure necessary for vehicles to communicate with e
There is a certain point in a developer’s career where you go from contributing to projects to inventing your own schtick. For some it’s earlier, for some later, and some never get there at all. Most developers with a long career do experience this point, though. I’ll call it the build-it-yourself point. If you’ve arrived there yet, you know what the first questions are: How does it work? What does the user experience? What’s the architecture? How does the data flow? And many more questions like
The invasion of Ukraine has led European leaders to reconsider their dependence on Russian natural gas for electricity and heating. While other countries are working hard to offer alternatives like Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), this still leaves the continent dependent on foreign supply. Luckily, literally everyone on Earth is standing right on top of a virtually limitless energy source; geothermal energy. Recently, an American startup called Quaise made headlines with their plan to drill super deep
Picture the scene. It’s 50 years in the future. We’re sitting with our grandchildren. They wobble over to us, lean closer, and ask what it was like when Apple’s M1 chips were first announced. “Those were simpler times,” we’d say, “back in 2020, there was only a single M1 processor.” Now it’s 2072, and the company has just launched the M1 Plus Pro Max Ultra Mega Demon Alpha Theta Gamma Burrito. Okay, we’re not quite there yet, but it’s getting closer. You know, like last night at Apple’s first 20
It’s the season of software comebacks. Google’s Inbox has been resurrected by a new company. The music streaming service 8tracks was reborn. And legendary media player WinAmp is being overhauled. And the latest entrant to the pack? Limewire. Yep, that file-sharing service where you got your MP3s in high school. Now, it’s making a comeback as a… digital collectible service in the music space? Shockingly, there’s a crypto element to it too. Who would’ve thought? Anyway, we’ll talk about all that l
The repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have already spread to space. The International Space Station (ISS) has been at the forefront of the extraterrestrial fallout. Dmitry Rogozin, the controversial head of Russian space agency Roscomos, warned last week that sanctions threatened the very existence of the lab: If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe? There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton s
A team of researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published research indicating they’d identified and observed the specific brain cells responsible for creating, storing, and retrieving human memories. Dubbed “Neurons detect cognitive boundaries to structure episodic memories in humans,” the paper essentially lays out a paradigm where “boundary” and “event” cells in the human brain act as markers between specific memories. This means each of our memories are discrete o
Apple just held its first event of 2022, and as expected, it was jam-packed with announcements — some of them predicted, and some of them genuine surprises. Didn’t have time to watch the event yourself? Here’s what you need to know. The new iPhone SE Apple has updated the iPhone SE for 2022 with the same A15 Bionic processor in the iPhone 13, as well as 5G support and improved cameras to make it a much better offering at an affordable price. Although it’s still using a dated iPhone 6-era design,