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According to the State of Developer Ecosystem 2021, a survey conducted by JetBrains in 2021, it was found that 47% of developers around the world use Linux for development. This makes Linux the second most popular platform for developers after Windows. Concurring with the findings of that survey, Statista found that from 2018 to 2021, Linux OS has consistently been a favorite among developers. It is the second most popular operating among developers worldwide as of 2021....

One of the popular know usages of NMAP is to find the open ports in the network. NMAP can be installed on Windows, Linux, macOS, and much more. In this quick guide, I will explain how to get NMAP installed on Windows OS & some usage examples. Installing NMAP Go to Nmap download link and download the latest stable version or, use the direct link here to download Go to the location where the file is downloadedRight-click on the EXE file and click “Run as administrator....

The installation will be done using the conda command-line tool built into Anaconda. PyTorch is a machine learning library written in Python and is based on the Torch framework. It was developed by Facebook and is comparable to the likes of Tensorflow by Google. It is useful in the fields of computer vision and natural language processing and has been used by companies such as Tesla to develop autopilot software....

As a sysadmin, you often have to deal with an incident where the application is slow or unresponsive due to high CPU/memory/network utilization. If the server host just one process, then it’s easy to find out when the process consumes all the resources. However, imagine a shared server where multiple services are running, and you need to find which one is eating all the resources. There are many monitoring software which does this out of the box....

Well, you might not be aware that you’re unknowingly practicing “Cyberloafing”, a term coined by the corporate world in recent years. Cyberloafing, in simple words, is when an employee is using the internet connection at the workplace for reasons other than work. This includes scrolling on social media, watching YouTube videos, taking Buzzfeed quizzes, ordering items online, or even responding to personal emails. While a lot of you may argue that it is often done during breaks or when you’re exhausted by a certain task given to you, many employers think otherwise....

Logging is a key feature in modern applications, and the logging library, Log4j, is a leader in this space. This library is used in most applications, services, and systems. Hence, all those applications where Log4j is used are all affected by this Log4j vulnerability found last year. With increasing cybersecurity concerns worldwide, organizations and individuals are taking steps to safeguard their applications, systems, and data. And when this vulnerability was discovered, it stressed out professionals and businesses even more....

One of such tasks is interactive with GitHub’s private repository. What’s about it? You know what it is. And you are searching for ways to resolve it and landed on this article. You will stop searching after reading this article. So, here we are going to talk about accessing GitHub private repository without a password. Without further ado, let’s get started. There are two ways to access any GitHub repository....

One can either use various default keyboard shortcuts or take the help of applications like Greenshot or TechSmith. With the help of such software, you can capture whatever fancies your attention as well as what needs to be saved in the gallery. This article will discuss how to take a screenshot on windows 11. Here are all the ways to take a screenshot on Windows 11. Print Screen A simple method of taking a screenshot of the entire screen is through the PrtSc key located at the top of the keyboard....

Google recently launched Lighthouse, an open-source tool to audit your website manually and automatically. What metrics are tested by Google Lighthouse? There are more than 75 metrics it tests and gives you overall scoring. You might be interested in some of the following popular ones as a site owner, SEO analyst, and webmaster. Performance – time to interactive, latency, speed index, resources optimization, TTFB, asset delivery, scripts execution time, DOM size, etc....

There is great encouragement from every side when an Android user intends to switch to iPhone. This momentous shift happens sooner or later, but it also comes with a set of doubts and hesitation. Android is widely used globally, with over 2.5 billion active users. However, iPhone is slowly catching up. Over a billion active iPhone users acquire about 23% share of the global smartphone market. It’s common to switch from Android to iPhone....

Though you can’t stop cybercriminals from getting smarter, you can employ security systems like IDS and IPS to reduce the attack surface or even block them. This brings us to the battle – IDS vs. IPS to choose what’s better for a network. And if you want the answer to that, you need to understand what these technologies are in their essence, how they work, and their types. It will help you choose the better option for your network....

Digital photography has been an effective solution for replacing the traditional problem of boxes full of photographs. Now, the scenario has been changed a bit, and people are storing photos on different devices. What would be your answer if I asked you, where are all your digital photos stored? You would probably say that your photos are stored in your smartphone, computer, and even some cloud platforms. Other than that, you will also remember that you have some photos stored on your old PC or tablet at home....

In today’s hybrid work culture, secure, reliable, and flawless access to data is crucial for business success. Similarly, for students in an educational institute or a group of professionals running a small gig, everyone needs access to data on the network. Network-attached devices come in handy in such situations. The usage of NAS devices has also increased in the past few years. If you are a business looking to make data access more efficient and convenient or exploring technology career options, this article on NAS is just for you....

Most production environments have started using containers as they are easily scalable, cost-effective, better than virtual machines, and faster deployable. Of course, it is easier when working with 10-20 containers but imagine if your production environment of a Kubernetes cluster has hundreds of containers. It becomes challenging to manage the container lifecycle with multiple containers running in parallel. That is why you need a container orchestration platform/tool to manage all the automated deployment, scaling, organizing, and management of containers....

You’ll learn how to check if Python strings are palindromes, anagrams, and are in the title case. Python Strings: A Quick Review In Python, strings are powerful built-in data types. They can store a sequence of characters. Indexing in Python Strings: Like all Python iterables, strings are also zero-indexed. So the valid indices for a string of length N are 0, 1, 2 up to N – 1. Python also supports negative indexing to access elements from the end of the string....

Starting with the basics of processes and threads, you’ll learn how multithreading works in Python—while understanding the concepts of concurrency and parallelism. You’ll then learn how to start and run one or more threads in Python using the built-in threading module. Let’s get started. Processes vs. Threads: Differences What Is a Process? A process is any instance of a program that needs to run. It can be anything – a Python script or a web browser such as Chrome to a video-conferencing application....

The e-commerce business has been booming rapidly for quite a while, and it will probably increase even more post-COVID-19 situations. According to Statista, worldwide eCommerce sales amounted to $3.53 trillion in 2019. And it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.1% from 2020 to 2024. Unlike brick-and-mortar shops, the setting of an online store is easy and inexpensive. You can start your eCommerce shop, even with no experience and limited budget at your hands, all thanks to the modern technologies around....

In today’s digital age, we have increasingly relied on various apps to help us with various tasks and activities. From social media and messaging apps to shopping and payment apps, there are apps available for almost everything we do. But some apps allow access to all the services on a single platform, called Super apps. They have become increasingly popular as a convenient and all-in-one solution for users to access various services without downloading and switching between multiple apps....

Suppose you want to run a SaaS business and target mid-market customers. In that case, you need to be compliant with applicable rules and regulations and maintain a stronger security posture for your company. Many organizations try to bypass these requirements by applying security questionnaires. So, when a customer or a client demands a SOC certificate, you can realize how important it is to be compliant with regulations. Service Organization Control (SOC) compliance refers to a type of certification in which an organization completes a third-party audit that shows certain controls your organization has....

Both are advanced WebAssembly (WASM) topics. We recommend you read the previous two topics in our WebAssembly for Beginner series. WebAssembly for Beginners – Part 1: An Introduction To WASM WebAssembly for Beginners – Part 2: Goals, Key Concepts, and Use Cases Let’s get started. WebAssembly Portability WebAssembly’s portability makes it ready for the Web. In fact, you can define WASM as a portable sandboxed platform. Furthermore, its binary format enables it to execute across various instruction set architectures and operating systems....