Interview Prep Sites Are Creating a Generation of Incompetent Engineers (but then so is AI)

I’ve been a senior software engineer at three Fortune 500 companies over the past decade. I’ve interviewed hundreds of candidates, mentored dozens of junior developers, and watched the industry evolve in ways that annoy and frustrate me. We have a problem. An stupid one. Sites like HackerPrep.io, with their databases of “leaked” interview questions and…

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Did you know your database schema might be leaking through error messages and stack traces?

AI is now smart enough to reconstruct your database from what looks like harmless errors: SQL errors (constraint violations, duplicate entries) ORM/Model exceptions (table names, class names, line numbers) NoSQL hints (like MongoDB’s “document not found” or “index violation”) Why is this dangerous? Attackers can gradually infer your schema: SQL → table names, keys, relationships…

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Part-47: Trigger a Cloud Function based on the Cloud Storage Events in GCP

☁️ Cloud Functions – Cloud Storage Trigger Google Cloud Functions integrates with Cloud Storage to automatically execute code when objects are created, updated, or deleted. This is powerful for automation, image/video processing, logging, and pipelines. 🚀 ✅ Step-01: Introduction We’ll create: A Cloud Storage Bucket A Cloud Function with a Cloud Storage Event Trigger Upload…

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Polyphonic: Is "Sinners" a Musical?

Is “Sinners” a Musical? A quick dive into the question of whether “Sinners” qualifies as a musical—complete with a shout-out to Leah Schnelbach’s deep dive on the Irish music in the show. Plus, a 20% off Brilliant.org link for brainy folks who want a premium subscription. Also: pre-order “Century of Song” (my new book on…

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Using the nano-banana model, create a 1/7 scale commercialized figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no tex

Using the nano-banana model, create a 1/7 scale commercialized figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no tex Source link

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