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‘Memsad’ software rot threatens to leak your digital secrets

The Parallax

Ilja van Sprundel, the director of penetration testing at security research company IOActive , says he’s detected a significant amount of rot in the foundation of a wide swath of commonly used software code. Researchers have known about this vulnerability for more than 30 years. PHP runs on nearly 80 percent of all websites.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Companies aren’t going to throw out 20 years’ investment in PHP so they can adopt the latest popular React framework, which will probably be displaced by another popular framework next year. It’s now used in operating systems (Linux kernel components), tool development, and even enterprise software. PHP grew 5.9%

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Technology Trends for 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

They might be adding AI-driven features or moving it to the cloud and orchestrating it with Kubernetes, but they’re not likely to drop React (or even PHP) to move to the latest cool framework. However, when the latest cool thing demonstrates a few years of solid growth, it can easily become one of the well-established technologies.

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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

PyScript is framework for running Python in the browser, mixed with HTML (in some ways, not unlike PHP). In a new supply chain attack , two widely used libraries (Python’s ctx and PHP’s PHPass) have been compromised to steal AWS credentials. Fairphone is a cell phone that is designed to last for years and be easily repairable.

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The Good and the Bad of Python Programming Language

Altexsoft

This compact, low-level language runs on a Python virtual machine (PVM), which is software that mimics the work of the real hardware. By contrast, a low-level language offers little to no human-readable elements, as it sits close to hardware and is often optimized for a specific CPU (central processing unit.). Dynamic semantics.

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2022 Cloud Salary Survey

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The lowest salaries were reported by respondents using PHP ($155,000). Operating Systems. We asked our survey participants which operating systems they used so we could test something we’ve heard from several people who hire software developers: Linux is a must. For Pythonistas, we’d recommend choosing Go or Rust.

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How to Use Open Source Software: Features, Main Software Types, and Selection Advice

Altexsoft

Operating systems. Linux operating system has various versions aka distributions that will suit users with different levels of computer literacy. FreeBSD is a free open source OS, a Unix-like operating system that’s based on Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix. and Netcraft use it. Web servers.