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When your permissions system starts looking like a game of Jenga... 😅 We've all been there: a simple RBAC setup that worked great at first, then started crumbling as we added custom roles and "but-only-if" rules. That's when we switched our Angular app from RBAC to an Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) system. And honestly? It was a game-changer. We went from a patchwork of exceptions to a clean, scalable permissions layer. If you're tired of permission headaches and want to see how we did it, check out the full article. Read the full story here 👇 [https://lnkd.in/dZb7pCQP] #Angular #Permissions #RBAC #ABAC #WebDevelopment #Coding #DeveloperLife

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Recent developments in new glasses-like form factors for XR headsets have got me ruminating on a long-standing immersive learning challenge: 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Will converging trends such as: 🤓 Lighter, less intrusive XR headsets, 🤖 Context aware AI, and 🔌Always-on XR 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 signal the solution? I'm going to be exploring this in a series of posts over the next few weeks, so stay tuned! #LearningTechnology #XR #EdTech #WorkplaceLearning

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Here is you next big time suck. A solo developer just created a photorealistic isometric map of the entirety of New York City using only AI. Isometric NYC is a massive, navigable pixel-art map of New York City rendered in the isometric style of 1990s simulation games. Created by Andy Coenen, a developer at Google DeepMind, the project demonstrates an emerging workflow: using coding agents to execute creative visions that would otherwise remain unrealized. Coenen wrote zero lines of code. Instead, he deployed coding agents to handle the engineering architecture and infrastructure, automating the technical scaffolding required to render and serve a massive interactive map. This represents a genuine shift in how developers approach tool-building, leveraging AI as a partner rather than writing code. Despite the "no-code" framework, the project required extensive manual labor.[ Unlike code, which AI can debug by reading error traces and executing validation, image models cannot reliably detect their own failures, missing seams between tiles, textural inconsistencies, or misaligned structures. Coenen was forced to abandon fully automated generation and implement manual quality assurance, undermining the initial premise of hands-off creation. #AI #IsometricArt #DeepMind #NewYork

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PSA: Just because you can AI does not mean you should. I recently saw an AI-generated, 700 line python script with a README committed to a production codebase. It's sole purpose? - a cli command to search through a directory and print all files and line numbers where a string occurs. 🤣 I'm all for rewriting the 50-year old `grep` command if necessary (and if you're not using `ripgrep` yet you should be!) but this ain't worth the tokens - not to mention the growing environmental impact of AI data centers. Spend your tokens wisely!

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Google Deepmind has determined that table tennis is an ideal way to test robot capabilities. They found that table tennis brings together many of the most challenging aspects of robotics: it requires robots to have moment to moment perception and be able to react in realtime, it demands precise control to be able to hit the ball at the correct angle, and it involves strategic decision-making to outwit the other player. Man, the future is wild. (Source: IEEE Spectrum & Google Deepmind) #robotics #technology #creativetech #creativetechnologist #technologist

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OpenAI tightened Sora’s rules after celebrity deepfake complaints. In a joint effort with SAG-AFTRA, Bryan Cranston, UTA, CAA and ATA, Sora now blocks videos that simulate a person’s voice or likeness without explicit consent and promises fast takedowns. Estates of historical figures can ask to bar cameos. Changes follow issues involving Cranston and Martin Luther King Jr. Sora launched September 30 and quickly rose on the App Store.

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This is just the beginning! I've been following the XR scene for years and own several vr headsets as well as previous meta rayban glasses, but these are the first AR glasses for the mass market and it's only going to get more exciting from here! The lineup: Ray-Ban Display Glasses – paired with a Neural Band that reads intention before movement Oakley Meta Vanguard – built for athletes with Garmin integration, water resistance, and 9-hour battery life Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 – 3K Ultra HD video, better audio in noisy places, and 8-hour battery life I actually even contributed to the training of the Neural Band, which does feel like a natural "controller-less" controller and has precision, unbeatable by camera systems. Quote me on this: AR glasses will soon be as standard as smartphones. The real question is no longer if they’ll take off—but how fast. #meta #rayban #smartglasses #metaconnect

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Software testing comes with its fair share of misconceptions. In this video Danny, our tester, shares three common QA myths from his perspective and why the reality of testing is often different. Sometimes the most interesting insights come directly from the people doing the testing. Which QA myth have you heard the most?

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It’s often been said that in digital creation, 80% of the time is spent on the final 20%. That last stretch, the polish, nuance, micro-movement, textures, lighting, rendering, is where work shifts from great to believable. These are the final details that make it feel alive 💜 But I see this changing 🤔 Examples like this emerging workflow shared by Jeroen Wielheesen show exactly why; The “last 20%” is increasingly being compressed, accelerated, and in some redefined entirely. I see a future where creative workflows: • Start closer to the finish line • Spend more time on intent, storytelling, and direction, blocking out our ideas with broader strokes • Relying less on manual polish and more on intelligent A.I systems, that layer in the final touches that bring your creations to life 👀 This doesn’t remove craftsmanship - the foundational knowledge that makes a good story, a beautiful composition, great design,l etc - instead, it changes where the craft lives, and ultimately helps us do more with less. Curious how others see this evolving. Is this freeing creativity… or reshaping it? #CreativeTechnology #FutureOfWork #AI #comfyui #unrealengine #metahumans #CreativeWorkflows #RealTime #EmergingTech

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