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Auto scaling Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL with Citus, Grafana, & Azure Functions

One of the top Citus features is the ability to run PostgreSQL at any scale, on a single node as well as a distributed database cluster. As your application needs to scale, you can add more nodes to the Citus cluster, rebalance existing data to the new Postgres nodes, and seamlessly scale out. However, these operations require manual ...


Announcing TypeScript 5.1 RC

Today we're excited to announce our Release Candidate of TypeScript 5.1! Between now and the stable release of TypeScript 5.1, we expect no further changes apart from critical bug fixes. To get started using the RC, you can get it through NuGet, or through npm with the following command: Here's a quick list of what's new in TypeScript 5.1...


vcpkg is Now Included with Visual Studio

As of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6, the vcpkg C/C++ package manager is included as an installable component for the C++ Desktop and C++ Gaming workloads. You can also find it in the installer by searching for vcpkg package manager under the Individual components tab.   Using the Visual Studio Copy of vcpkg After you install or...


Blooming love for Compose animation

Hello Jetpack Compose developers, Today we’ll be continuing our blog series on animations in Jetpack Compose! This content was inspired by Nicole Terc’s Composable Sheep talk from droidcon NYC. More basic animations We’ll be continuing to use our drawSunflower method and Sketch composable to build animations in this ...


Announcing our Java + Power Apps Workshop!

Yes, you’ve read the title correctly. We now have a brand new self-led Java + Power Apps workshop. This workshop highlights the collaborative approach of professional and citizen developers rapidly building solutions together. With a Java with Spring Boot REST API backend and a Power Apps frontend, you get the best of both worlds. We’re ...


Sticky Scroll: Stay in the Right Context

When coding in a long file, it’s easy to lose track of the method or block you’re writing in. Or when scrolling through an unfamiliar codebase, it can become disorienting where you are in the code. Sticky Scroll can help you stay in the right context by sticking helpful scopes, including namespaces, classes, methods, loop initialization...