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Migrating our SQL Server databases to AWS RDS saved us about 30% in overall costs and eliminated much of the routine manual maintenance via automation. While the move improved high availability and simplified backups and patching, we encountered performance challenges with certain workloads and experienced restrictions on administrative control. Overall, RDS has transformed our approach, allowing our team to focus on strategic improvements rather...

This tutorial explains how to locally integrate the Growatt SPF 6000 ES PLUS inverter with Home Assistant using Modbus RTU over TCP, eliminating reliance on Growatt's cloud service and enabling real-time energy monitoring.

SDG Lab is a corporate venture studio powered by Social Discovery Group. The venture studio provides founders with critical resources, including legal assistance, back-office support, tech infrastructure, and marketing expertise. SDG Lab will back early-stage startups in AI-powered communication, VR/AR advancements, and social discovery platforms.

Blaze! is a new platform for serialized comics powered by artificial intelligence. It supercharges production up approximately 20 times over and cuts costs by nearly two-thirds. It uses diffusion models fine-tuned with the personalized style of artists’ comic titles.

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 5, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Homebrew Computer Club Holds First Meeting in 1975, Yahoo! Officially Launches in 1955, and we present you with these top quality stories. From A Table a...

HackerNoon’s annual Startups of The Year 2024 is coming to an end. With over 4.1M votes aggregated and 151.4k startups nominated across 2.9k cities and 98 industries, this edition has been our largest yet. You have until March 31st, 2025, to cast your final votes and support your favorite startups. Vote now to ensure your preferred startup secures its spot at the top!

The Africa Tokenization Council is partnering with key players to drive AI and blockchain adoption across Africa and the Middle East. The plan is to host symposiums to connect leaders, investors, and tech experts, focusing on partnerships, regulations, and tokenizing real-world assets.

This guide explores Apple’s Network.framework for creating a UDP server and client in Swift. Learn why UDP is ideal for real-time applications, how to implement it step by step, and how it compares to TCP. Includes code snippets and setup instructions for building low-latency networking solutions.

Building a personal brand as a developer is essential in today's competitive tech landscape. It's not just about your coding skills; it's about how you present yourself to the world. This guide will walk you through the steps to create a compelling personal brand.

Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon, ejects dust into space through eruptions and plasma interactions. Galileo confirmed Io as a major dust source, while Cassini identified sodium chloride as a primary component. These charged dust grains influence Jupiter’s magnetosphere and may contribute to its extended neutral gas clouds.

Creativity isn't just a special gift, it's a tool that can be used to unlock your full potential. The four stages of creativity are Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification.

When we think about consciousness, most scientific models treat it as an emergent property of complex brains.

In this mini-series of tutorial, we will utilze Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) as the foundation to build an AI agent that can trade foreign currencies based on real-time market intelligence.

Jupiter’s auroras are influenced by the plasma torus from its moon Io, affecting magnetospheric dynamics. Recent Juno data reveals that broadband electron beams, rather than steady currents, drive the main aurora. Transient events in the Io torus correlate with auroral shifts, highlighting complex plasma interactions in Jupiter’s atmosphere.

The Io plasma torus, a dense ring of ionized particles around Jupiter, remains mostly stable but experiences transient changes due to variable mass input from Io’s volcanic activity. Plasma transport, energetic particles, and neutral clouds play key roles in its dynamics. Observations from spacecraft like Cassini, Hisaki, and Voyager have helped scientists understand its mass and energy balance, revealing a loss-limited system that adjusts...

A strategic mix of submarine cables and satellite technology is the only way to ensure robust, reliable internet access for all our islands.

Quantum computing promises to dwarf the advancements of classical computing in ways we are only beginning to grasp. For research students seeking to carve a path of profound impact, intellectual stimulation, and unparalleled opportunity, there is no field more compelling, more vital, or more ripe for groundbreaking discoveries right now.

Gemini Code Assist is an AI-powered coding assistant from Google. It helps with writing, completing, and debugging code. It supports Python, JavaScript, Java, and C#. With features like code generation, completion, and a chat interface, it aims to streamline your coding process.

A sharp drop in website traffic is a serious signal that something is wrong. If it happened without any changes on your end, it’s time for a deep dive. One of the first things I always recommend checking? Outbound links.

Wave Function Collapse (WFC) is a procedural generation algorithm that produces complex patterns or layouts based on a set of constraints. Inspired by Oscar Stalberg's work, I’ve created a browser-based editor that generates stunning isometric tile maps in pixel art style.

Over the past three years, I have integrated Application Security (AppSec) practices into my development process. This brief overview covers key concepts I have learned and how anyone can implement them in their organization with minimal resources.

Empathetic AI is now nudging our decisions in real time. Can we keep up? The EU has regulations where the US doesn't. The AI Act requires that users are aware that they are interacting with AI. The GDPR has rules around data privacy, but emotional data are not protected.

Xsolla Offerwall is a dynamic solution designed to enhance game monetization and player engagement. Xsolla offers developers and publishers up to 90% revenue share, far exceeding the typical industry average of 30–60%. This generous model ensures that developers maximize their revenue.

XRPTurbo is a platform seeking to bring advanced AI automation to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) XRPL is already known for its fast and low-cost transactions. The platform’s infrastructure is the __[XRT token] designed to facilitate network fees, governance mechanisms, and community-centric rewards.