While checking my morning email, I saw notes from several friends who run tiny businesses. Each told me that they rely on Square, the popular online payment system, and that it wasn’t working for them and did I know how … Continue reading →

Sometimes, you need privacy for your developer platforms and cloud-native Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) thanks to stringent compliance and data sovereignty requirements. If that’s your situation, and you don’t want to burn your time building it…Read More

Today, few names are as ubiquitous as Google. The term “Google” isn’t just a company name; it’s a verb synonymous with web searching. Here’s how this happened. In 1995, for techies, the web had taken off. People realized that we … Continue reading →

Recently, the popular open-source command line copy tool, cURL for transferring data via URLs, was given a jaw-dropping 9.8 Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) critical security violation mark. There was only one little problem with this…Read More

The OpenTF Foundation didn’t want to fork Terraform, but HashiCorp gave it no choice. HashiCorp’s recent decision to shift Terraform licensing to the non-open-source Business Source License (BSL) is fixed in stone. Thus, as the OpenTF Foundation said…Read More

The laptop weighs about 2.75 pounds, has a sizable 12.2-inch display that supports touchscreen input, and can be folded all around to transform itself into a tented display or tablet. Lenovo equipped the new Flex 3i with an Intel Processor … Continue reading →