Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? - Bandcamp was the spiritual successor to MySpace as far as usage by bands. It's not an absolutely huge web property like say Instagram, but it sort of ticks along in the background doing it's thing. It has a huge variety of artists, it's cool. All that to say that what happens to it is massively important to the music scene. Let's hope it goes well, though I wouldn't be suprised if we see moves by artists to start preparing life boats in case the new owners turn out to be too hands on. rocknerd.co.uk #
2023/09/29 #
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Announcing Deno Queues - This is really cool, I've been waiting for some of the more modern web hosting providers to start offering queues. They are a must have for pretty much any SaaS you might want to build because they enable you to decouple the backend job processing from frontend web page rendering. Their implementation is interesting, with ability to run locally using SQLite, and a way to combine with Deno KV atomic transactions. Great for background tasks like scheduling email notifications and handling webhooks. Would be cool if there was an admin dashboard. deno.com #
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Microsoft is going nuclear to power its AI ambitions - This could be quite cool but I would like to see the numbers on the plants waste. There isn't much sense in making clean energy if it creates a different hazardous sutuation instead. www.theverge.com #
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When tech says ‘no’ - When the public says no to regulation policy makers are proposing, it usually is either because it's annoying, it has serious concequences for them, or it simply isn't technically possible. Bennedict goes into each, citing recent examples in the current batch of government regulations that are passing through the tech industry. www.ben-evans.com #