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Dependency Injection With Dagger 2: What Is It, Key Concepts, and More

TL;DR Dependency Injection (DI) is a technique where the responsibility of creating objects is transferred to other parts of the code.

By @dilip2882 [ 21 Min read ]

There are three primary ways for a class to obtain the objects it needs:

The third option is dependency injection! With DI, you provide the dependencies of a class rather than having the class instance obtain them itself.

To illustrate DI, let’s refactor this example:

Example of a Module..

Architectural Foundations for Startups: Translating Business Into Tech

TL;DR Planning too far ahead can backfire. It can slow your time to market, reduce flexibility, and increase burn rate.

By @pavelgrishin [ 12 Min read ]

Planning too far ahead can backfire. It can slow your time to market, reduce flexibility, and increase burn rate.

The key is finding the perfect balance between a scalable architecture and staying agile with iterative development.

Stage

Agile Business Goals

Architectural Approach

Pre-PMF (MVP)

- Validate product-market fit quickly..

Four Things I Did Differently When Writing a Frontend Framework

TL;DR Four ideas that you perhaps never heard about, in the context of frontend frameworks.

By @fpereiro [ 17 Min read ]

Back in 2013 I set out to build a minimalist set of tools for developing web applications. Perhaps the best thing that came out of that process was gotoB, a client-side, pure JS frontend framework written in 2k lines of code.

The flattened trees look like this:..

Pavel Durov Arrest: Is This a Fight Against Crime or an Attempt to Censor Telegram?

TL;DR Why Pavel Durov was arrested in France? A description of legal conflict between Telegram and EU authorities.

By @ilinskii [ 6 Min read ]

I’d like to describe current tensions between Telegram and EU regulators in this article. Also, I will provide a forecast about possible consequences of this event.

Conflict between EU authorities and Telegram

Drug Trafficking

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Why Software Updates Can Lead to Cyberattacks — and What to Do

TL;DR Every cybersecurity expert recommends keeping software updated — but what if that leads to further risks? Heres how to stay safe.

By @zacamos [ 6 Min read ]

Hijacked upgrades are relatively uncommon but can happen. An attacker could take over the original equipment manufacturers’ device management system or covertly add a malicious script to the code. In that case, they could directly inject malware into the device of anyone who updates their program...

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