The Art and Science of Annotations in Dev Mode | Figma Blog
Annotations in Figma aim to bridge the gap between designers and developers by providing a centralized place for non-visual requirements.
Annotations address design qualities that can't be captured in the design itself and provide a platform for expressing attributes like accessibility properties and interactive behavior. [ more ]
Apple Opening Up App Store for First Time: 'Security Threat' | Entrepreneur
Apple is reluctantly making changes to its App Store and iPhone ecosystem due to regulatory pressure.
The changes, which currently only apply in Europe, include allowing developers to create and distribute apps without using the App Store and reducing the maximum commission on App Store payments. [ more ]
Apple's App Store policies are getting weirdly aggressive, but publishers should be okay
Epic Games' legal challenge to Apple's App Store policies has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided not to hear the appeals from both Apple and Epic Games, allowing lower court rulings to stand.
While Apple won the majority of the legal battle, Epic Games did secure a small victory. Developers can now link to their websites from their apps, allowing users to conduct transactions outside of Apple's ecosystem. [ more ]
Apple's App Store policies now let US developers link to outside payments
Apple has updated its App Store policies to clarify how developers can link to external payment platforms, while still owing Apple a cut.
The new rules state that developers must apply for an 'entitlement' to link to alternative payment methods and must also offer Apple's in-app purchase system.
These updates come after the Supreme Court's decision not to hear Apple and Epic's appeals over the Epic Games v. Apple ruling. [ more ]
Apple is testing a feature to help App Store developers undercut competitors' subscription prices
Apple is piloting a new App Store feature called 'contingent pricing' that offers discounted subscriptions to customers who have subscriptions to other services.
The feature aims to help developers attract and retain subscribers by providing competitive discounts. [ more ]
Apple gives small developers more ways around its alternative app store tax
Apple exempts more developers from Core Technology Fee in the EU, focused on free apps without monetization or small developers with less than €10 million in annual revenue. [ more ]
Xcode 15.2 has been released by Apple, paving the way for the Vision Pro headset.
The new version of Xcode introduces support for the Vision Pro headset and allows developers to create immersive visionOS apps tailored for the device. [ more ]
AWS has implemented a new charge for public IPv4 addresses used by customers, which is estimated to generate an extra annual revenue ranging between $400 million and $1 billion.
The new charge applies to all AWS regions and services, including EC2 instances, RDS databases, and EKS nodes.
Developers have expressed concerns and emphasized the financial implications associated with this change. [ more ]
How Network APIs Will Finally Realize the Potential of 5G Slicing - DevOps.com
Developers are realizing the need for more from the network to create advanced applications, but they are not network specialists.
Open network APIs are expected to gain momentum and demand in 2024 as developers explore the potential of leveraging specialized network capabilities. [ more ]
Baldur's Gate 3's devs planned around you totally screwing everything up by killing everyone, but didn't expect people to "jump through the entire thing"
Developers planned to prevent players from ruining story; speedrunners found unexpected loopholes like bouncing through the game. [ more ]
TikTok ban: A developers guide| App Developer Magazine
Developers would need to reevaluate operational strategies and comply with new legal frameworks if TikTok is banned in the US.
Collaboration with legal experts and the development of contingency plans will be essential for developers to navigate a potential TikTok ban. [ more ]
Graylog Makes Free API Security Tool Available to Developers - DevOps.com
Graylog has released a free version of its API security platform to encourage developers to adopt best practices in securing their APIs.
The free version has all the capabilities of the paid version but is limited to 16GB of local rolling storage on a single node with a one-year renewable license.
The platform includes capabilities such as API classification, discovery, risk scoring, continuous monitoring, and the ability to capture API request and response payloads. [ more ]
Why Sequoia is funding open source developers via a new equity-free fellowship | TechCrunch
Sequoia Capital plans to fund up to three open source software developers annually through the Sequoia Open Source Fellowship program.
The fellowship provides a stipend to cover costs for up to a year so developers can work full-time on their projects without giving up equity or ownership. [ more ]
San Jose approves additional protections for mobile home parks
The San Jose City Council has approved additional protections for mobile home parks, making it difficult for developers to convert them into other uses.
Thirteen mobile home parks will be placed into a new land-use category, requiring developers to submit a general plan amendment and undergo a council vote.
The goal is to eventually place all 60 of San Jose's mobile home parks in this category, preserving affordable housing. [ more ]
Amazon will offer human benchmarking teams to test AI models
Amazon has launched Model Evaluation on Bedrock, a tool to help developers test the performance of AI models.
The tool includes both automated evaluation and human evaluation components to ensure accurate and reliable model selection.
Users can bring their own data into the platform for benchmarking purposes, and can choose to work with either an AWS human evaluation team or their own. [ more ]
Campaigner for council housing in London fights on after leaving her home
Aysen Dennis, a resident of the Aylesbury estate in south London, continues to fight against the council and developers over their plans to redevelop the estate.
Dennis believes that the council bought her a new flat to shut her up before a legal challenge, but she remains determined to keep fighting.
The legal challenge argues that the council was unlawful in granting an application to change the wording of the original planning permission for the redevelopment of the estate. [ more ]
CodeCraft: Agile Strategies for Crafting Exemplary Software - DZone
The Agile Developer's Canvas is a visual representation that guides developers through the creative process of coding.
Regularly updating the Agile Developer's Canvas during retrospectives ensures it stays relevant and continues to guide the team.
Refactoring should be viewed as a form of creative expression that allows developers to shape and refine their code like artists refine their masterpieces. [ more ]
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Taproot Wizards Raise $7.5 Million to Advance Ordinals, L2s, Zk-Snarks on Bitcoin
Taproot Wizards, a Bitcoin Ordinals project, has raised $7.5 million in funding to build a team of developers focused on advancing Bitcoin's capabilities.
The project aims to leverage the Taproot upgrade to enhance Bitcoin's privacy, security, and efficiency.
Taproot Wizards aims to foster collaboration among developers and pioneer novel applications to maximize the potential of Bitcoin. [ more ]