Android 16 Beta 3 APIs Locked, Loaded and Ready to Go
IN THIS ISSUE: Android 16 Beta 3: APIs Are Locked; Native HTML Holds Surprises; 7 Ways to Be a Better Engineer; 'Wasm' Did You Say?; Web Design Face-off: Human vs. AI; DeepSeek: Unsafe at Any Speed
Android 16 Beta 3: APIs Are Locked
According to the Android developer community, the current Android 16 beta is feature-locked, and it's ok for developers to begin uploading apps that target the upcoming version to Google Play. Release is expected in May.
Attention JavaScript developers: Did you know that native HTML implements modals, accordions, progress bars and other features once possible only through a programming language? This simple tutorial shows you how.
7 Ways to Be a Better Engineer
There's a lot to be learned from those who came before. And while that might seem like an obvious truism, it can be easy for some career-minded thought workers to focus only on improving their technical skills while leaving low-hanging fruit on the vine.
While it's not directly comparable to assembly language, to metaphorically compare it with WebAssembly technology seems logical enough. Introduced in 2015, WebAssembly (Wasm for short) aims to deliver the language- and platform-portability that Java and .NET never did.
Web Design Face-off: AI vs. Human Designer
Spoiler Alert: Web designers are not at risk of being replaced by AI any time soon. Still, this fascinating story pitted an experienced web designer against someone whose design skills rested solely with the AI system they were allowed to use.
Tests have revealed that the Chinese phenom DeepSeek, while faster and cheaper than alternative LLMs that came before, simply cannot be trusted with enterprise apps.
Edward Correia
