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Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal Protocol—our end-to-end encryption technology—has become the de facto st

You should be able to communicate without worrying that every gossip tidbit, meme, or joke you share and who you share it with will get churned up into fodder for targeted ads or used to train an AI model. You also shouldn’t have to strip your communications down to the barest and most

Does this look familiar? With more types of work happening on Slack, teams becoming larger, and new features like Canvas expanding what Slack can do, our UI was becoming congested. Keeping track of the most important stuff was no longer easy or straight-forward. As designers, we felt this problem too. New features had to be […] The post A more focused, productive Slack appeared first on Slack Design .

Just like the world around us, Slack has grown and changed significantly over the last decade. What started out as a simple chat tool is now a multi-modal product that allows for more meaningful collaboration with features like voice clips, video clips, huddles, canvases, lists, Slack Connect, Sales Elevate, and so much more. But with […] The post Re-designing Slack on Mobile appeared first on Slack Design .

As we embarked on the largest evolution to Slack’s information architecture, us designers believed it was the perfect opportunity to evolve Slack’s iconic look and feel. While the undertaking would be no small feat, we were inspired to make Slack even more pleasant, more personal, and easier to understand. Make it more Slack-y. We decided […] The post A new visual language for Slack appeared first on Slack Design .

The timing was right. We were adding in new features like huddles, canvases, lists, and others into a UI system that was originally designed solely for messaging capabilities. Meanwhile, research showed users on the biggest and most active teams were struggling to stay on top of the basics. Our product navigation was reaching its limits. […] The post How our biggest redesign yet came to be appeared first on Slack Design .

Learn about what security protections are built-in Next.js and view a guide for auditing applications.

In this article, we will talk about classical computation: the kind of computation typically found in an undergraduate Computer Science course on Algorithms and Data Structures [1]. Think shortest path-finding, sorting, clever ways to break problems down into simpler problems, incredible ways to organise data for efficient retrieval and updates.

Check out some highlights of Lexalytics media coverage over the past few months, including recent customer engagements with La-Z-Boy and Foot Locker, industry perspectives from Lexalytics head Jeff Catlin and Chief Scientist Paul Barba, and Jeff’s perspective on 20 years of NLP innovation. Spotlight implementations with La-Z-Boy and Foot Locker: Forbes Tech Council: Dataversity: Jeff […]

This essay first appeared in Reboot. Credulous, breathless coverage of “AI existential risk” (abbreviated “x-risk”) has reached the mainstream. Who could have foreseen that the smallcaps onomatopoeia “ꜰᴏᴏᴍ” — both evocative of and directly derived from children’s cartoons —

Dr. Martin Shaw is the best oral storyteller that I know of. He is also the only person who can impromptu tell the entire Odyssey by his imagination alone. Martin is well versed in a variety of stories from classic Greek to pagan, indigenous, and religious ones. He is the author of 18 books and […]

Sveltekit 🧡 Hacktoberfest We're excited to announce SvelteKit's participation in this year's Hacktoberfest! Hacktoberfest is a global event that takes place every October, during which developers are encouraged to contribute to open-source projects like SvelteKit. The goal is to foster a vibrant open-source community, celebrate shared knowledge, and make the world

Dear readers, I was triggered to write this post because ChatGPT apologies way too much, takes too long to get into the meat of an answer, and I wanted to fix that. This came up because like many of you, I’ve been trying to incorporate ChatGPT into my workflows — both at my job, and […]

In 2019, Svelte 3 turned JavaScript into a reactive language . Svelte is a web UI framework that uses a compiler to turn declarative component code like this... App <button class="copy-to-clipboard raised" title="Copy to clipboard" aria-label=

Next.js 13.5 includes 22% faster local server startup, 29% faster HMR (Fast Refresh), 40% less memory usage, and more.

The Signal Protocol is a set of cryptographic specifications that provides end-to-end encryption for private communications exchanged daily by billions of people around the world. After its publication in 2013, the Signal Protocol was adopted not only by Signal but well beyond. Technical information on the Signal Protocol can be found in the specifications section of our <a href="/docs/" title=

Provalis Research’s qualitative text analysis software Provalis Research is pleased to announce the release of QDA Miner 2023. This version includes several new features and is available for free to all QDA Miner 6.0 users with an active annual or three-year subscription. For holders of perpetual licenses, you can upgrade to one-year or three-year licenses of QDA […]

We’re excited to announce our participation at Big Data AI Paris 2023, where you can connect with Provalis and explore our latest innovations! Save the dates – September 25th and 26th – and find us at Booth B30. Admission is entirely FREE. Join Provalis at Big Data AI Paris 2023 and discover the new features […]

We’re delighted to announce our participation at Big Data LDN 2023, where you can join Provalis for an exciting showcase of our latest innovations! Mark your calendars for September 20th and 21st, and make your way to stand 744. The best part? Participation is entirely FREE. At our booth, you’ll have the opportunity to explore […]

Happy September y'all! With all the sneak peeks at what's coming soon in Svelte 5 , we thought it'd be best to look back at the last month to see what's shipped and what the community is building with Svelte. Before we jump in, a warm welcome to the new Svelte Ambassadors: @cainux and @grischaerbe ! Welcome to the crew ⛴️ <h2 id

The view transitions API has been sweeping the web development world lately, and for good reason. It streamlines the process of animating between two page states, which is especially useful for page transitions. However, until now, you couldn’t easily use this API in a SvelteKit app, since it was difficult to slot into the right place in the navigation lifecycle. SvelteKit 1.24 brought a new <a href="/docs/k

TL;DR: Magenta Studio , first released in 2019, has been updated to more seamlessly integrate with Ableton Live. No functionality has changed, there are only UI changes and internal fixes. Please download and enjoy! If you’re new to Magenta Studio, please read our previous post about what it is and how it works.&l

Hi readers, Over the years, I’ve shared lessons and tips from writing a professional blog — previously 10 years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned. Recently, I’ve had some major changes in my workflow, and wanted to share more. Pre-AI blogging workflow My pre-AI workflow for blogging — what I’ve been doing for over […]

There’s been a big wave of Creator Economy startups over the past few years, as the rise of social media platforms has empowered content creators to become a focal point for consumer engagement. This wave of startups promised creators that they could help them better monetize their audience on social media if they only promoted […]

A simple question The last few years have been crazy, and no wonder there’s a ton of folks thinking about making job changes right now. I know this since I’ve been getting the calls. Often the conversations open with a laundry list of different companies, roles, and compensation packages. Every opportunity is completely different and […]

Supabase Studio now comes with an AI assisted SQL Editor, schema diagrams, and much more.

We just released Studio — a beautiful new agency website template we've been working on for the last couple of months for Tailwind UI.

We've added support Hugging Face support in our Python Vector Client and Edge Functions.

Date: August 4-8 Location: Boston, MA We are thrilled to announce our participation in the highly anticipated Academy of Management Annual Conference, taking place in Boston from August 4th to August 8th. This year’s conference revolves around the theme of “Putting the Worker Front and Center“. Visit us at booth #116 during the conference to […]

Some sweet new features have dropped in both Svelte and SvelteKit, this month. It's also great to see how many products and side projects have launched using Svelte as their core technology! More on all that down below... What's new in Svelte & Language Tools There's been a bunch of minor bugfixes since the Svelte 4 release. Yo

Last month, over 200 people got together in my hometown of Cambridge, Ontario to hang out, talk shop, and get a peek behind the curtain at some of the new stuff we've been working on.

Invalidation is a key technique all major browsers use to make for fast rendering and smooth interactions, but it’s also famously difficult. Chapter 16 explains how to make it work right.

When Mike Marshall and I started Lexalytics back in 2003 as a content management startup, little did we know that the two of us would still be here all these years later. We’ve weathered the Great Recession and witnessed the rise of smartphones and social media, the emergence of cloud computing, the boom of ecommerce, […]

The Challenges Circus is facing an expanding spectrum of challenges. They include but are not limited to shifting audience preferences; competition from other digital entertainment; growing costs; infrastructure requirements; clients’ shrinking timelines; recruiting talent; public perception and social relevance; government and safety regulations. Even the advent of AI is a growing factor of consideration. Amid […]

When the initial version of Svelte v3 was released four years ago, it included the single-page documentation that folks have been familiar with. That documentation structure had stayed the same as Svelte's API surface increased steadily and more details were added. As a result, the single page got larger and larger to the point where it was becoming difficult to find things. The community had been asking for a revamp, and now it's here! Meet the new svelte.

In today’s digital age, businesses are generating vast amounts of text-based data every hour. This includes customer feedback, social media comments, employee comments, product reviews, internal emails, operation reports, incident reports, etc. Organizations have text data that can provide valuable insights but are they taking full advantage of this resource? Probably not. If not, they […]

The Next.js team is focused on performance, stability, and developer experience for the upcoming months.