Today all the cool languages and runtimes pledge allegiance to UTF-8, including Rust, Go, and Node.js (JavaScript itself prefers UTF-16 for internal encoding). Most code editors, from Visual Studio ...

Google's new Rambler feature improves dictation with AI. It's a Pixel 11 exclusive, but this hack brings it to any Android ...

Learn how to build a custom mechanical keyboard, choose compatible parts, budget for your first build, and assemble a hot-swap kit step by step.

If you can't make it in time, add more trucksI used to sell software that calculated the shortest delivery routes.One of my ...

I'm not a developer, but I was able to use locally-installed AI to create a writing app suited to my needs. Here's how.

I want to make AI speak natural and smooth Japanese.”When you start researching text-to-speech models with that goal in mind, you inevitably hit a major wall.“If I set up API pay-as-you-go billing, ...

Get Google Pixel Rambler AI voice typing on any supported Android phone without root using a patched Gboard and Morphe app.

Ukraine's CERT has uncovered attacks distributing an archive containing the legitimate Notepad++ application and a malicious utility called LunchPoke disguised as a plugin to establish persistence.

If you have trouble following the instruction below, feel free to join OSCER weekly zoom help sessions. To load a specific version of python, such as Python/3.12.3-GCCcore-13.3.0, type: module load ...

This stack is fast, modern, and notably coherent. Three of the four tools (uv, Ruff, and Ty) actually come from the same company, Astral, which means they integrate seamlessly with each other and with ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Microsoft continues to move Notepad away from its text-editing roots with planned support for images. Although not officially announced, an image icon has appeared on the Notepad toolbar for Windows ...