Software & Development — Posts
21 posts on "Software & Development" by Shlomo Strauss — bilingual writing on technology, science, and business.
- How AI threatens reading yet enables custom printed books — As visual media and AI reduce our reliance on text, generative tools offer a paradoxical solution by creating highly personalized physical books.
- Liquid metal circuit boards could slash electronics prototyping time — Itera's liquid metal technology instantly reconfigures circuit boards, drastically reducing prototyping time while protecting intellectual property.
- Corning's evolution from Edison's lightbulb to AI optical fibers — Corning has sustained 175 years of relevance by adapting its glass technology for everything from Edison's lightbulbs to modern AI data centers.
- An AI-native game engine is taking aim at Epic and Unity's duopoly — Immense, a new game engine built by a former Epic director, uses parallel AI agents to handle physics, lighting, and audio — and could disrupt the…
- Taiwan Shipwreck Outage Highlights Need for LEO Satellites — After a shipwreck severed an undersea cable in Taiwan, microwave tech provided temporary relief, highlighting the strategic need for LEO satellites.
- IPv6 Usage Surpasses IPv4 on Google Servers for the First Time — After 28 years, IPv6 traffic has officially overtaken IPv4 on Google servers, marking a major milestone for a faster and more secure internet.
- France’s Shift to Linux Signals a Growing Challenge for Microsoft — France's transition to Linux highlights a growing global trend of governments and enterprises seeking alternatives to Microsoft's ecosystem.
- Using AI to generate a sequence diagram from real production code — By connecting a GitHub repository to Google's Firebase Studio and Mermaid, the author generated a detailed sequence diagram that maps a web scraper's full
- A free WordPress plugin for Israel's privacy banner requirement — Responding to Israel's updated privacy law and the lack of local tools, the author built a free WordPress plugin that adds a customizable privacy notice…
- Building an automated Telegram news channel in under two hours — Using RSS feeds, a self-hosted N8N server, and a lightweight AI model, the author automated the translation and publishing of tech and finance headlines…
- Adobe's new iPhone camera app stacks 32 frames for cleaner shots — Adobe's free Project Indigo app captures 32 bracketed exposures and merges them into a single clean image, offering manual controls and direct Lightroom…
- Working code is not the same as well-written code — An 1890 pencil sharpener illustrates why finishing a task is not enough — how you do it matters just as much as whether you do it.
- Beeper brings 14 messaging apps into a single interface — Built on the open, decentralized Matrix protocol, Beeper consolidates WhatsApp, Telegram, and 12 other services into one free app across all major…
- Why skipping in a video is never instant: the role of key frames — Video compression stores only the differences between frames, so seeking relies on periodically saved full images called key frames — which is why…
- Managing multiple social platforms from one dashboard — a personal — A content creator shares how Zoho Social, bundled within a Zoho One subscription, streamlines posting, scheduling, and engagement across multiple social…
- The bookmarks bar is old and unglamorous — and it's your best — Organizing your bookmarks bar into folders and subfolders eliminates the daily time lost to repeatedly searching for the same sites and files.
- Two websites for a Jerusalem nonprofit: service mapping and two — White Tiger completed a dual-site project for a veteran Jerusalem nonprofit, integrating Google Maps API for service-point navigation and launching…
- Why your hardware keeps disconnecting and how to fix it — From vanishing Wi-Fi to unresponsive mice and erratic keyboards, this guide explains the common causes and practical fixes for recurring hardware glitches.
- 5G in cellular, 5G in routers, and WiFi 5 are three completely — A clear breakdown of three commonly confused terms — 5G cellular, 5GHz WiFi, and WiFi 5 — with practical guidance on choosing the right networking…
- MAC Address: the unique identifier behind every network card — A clear explanation of what a MAC address is, how it is structured, and its practical uses — from local network communication to Windows OEM license…
- When good design masks a broken product — A costly lesson from a polished but dysfunctional omni-channel platform makes the case for putting product functionality firmly ahead of visual design.