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The term was coined by Netlify and describes a web development approach that offers higher performance, better security, and an improved developer experience. Instead of incurring a server round-trip on every page load, Jamstack sites are self-sufficient within the browser. Do Static Sites Use the Jamstack? Static sites built with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are inherently client-side with no backend programming. In this way, they fit the criteria of the Jamstack....

Although team culture is a large part of DevOps, success also depends on having the right tools to form friction-less workflows. In this article, we’ll look at seven technologies you should include in your DevOps arsenal. These will help you automate your delivery pipeline and encourage cross-discipline collaboration. Collaborative Source Management Version-controlled source repositories are essential to DevOps. Services such as GitHub and GitLab allow code to be stored centrally, making it accessible to everyone involved in a project....

Earlier this week we asked you to weigh in with how fast you type and what tips or tricks you could share to help your fellow readers. Now we’re back to highlight your stats and tips. The ability to type quickly and accurately is a boon to computer work regardless of what kind of work you’re doing on the computer. Hundreds of you responded to this week’s Ask the Reader post and as a result we’ve got quite a spread of typing speeds and even types of keyboards used....

Docker’s undoubtedly one of the most impactful developer technologies of the last decade. Containers have provided a solution for isolating applications, scaling them across physical machines, and abstracting the differences between environments. Many organizations that adopt Docker or an adjacent containerization technology find it increases efficiency and accelerates the development process. Docker’s not something that magically improves every system though. In this article, we’ll look at some scenarios where moving to containers might be more of a hindrance than a help....

Steam for Linux is finally out. Whether you’re an old Linux user who’s never cared much about gaming performance or a new user dipping your toes into Linux gaming, we’ll help get those games running as smoothly as possible. A variety of things can impact performance, from the versions of the graphics drivers you have installed to the desktop environment you’re using and the way you’ve installed Ubuntu on your computer....

If you’re geeky and keep up with all the tech news, you probably already know that Facebook added an SSL feature, but for everybody else: You can make your Facebook profile more secure by turning this option on, and here’s how to do it. All we’re going to do is head into the Facebook profile settings and then check a box that forces the use of SSL encryption whenever possible....

You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers. Today we highlight how to save your computer if it’s so overrun by viruses and malware you can’t work from within Windows, install iTunes without all the bloat, and tame a hyper-sensitive trackpad. Once a week we dip into our mailbag and help readers solve their problems, sharing the useful solutions with you I the process. Read on to see our fixes for this week’s reader dilemmas....

It’s a classic effect: the black and white photo with the stark, isolated red. Here’s how to knock out that effect in Photoshop in ten seconds with our (GIMP friendly!) method. This is a great, simple how-to for the entry level Photoshop user. This method also translates easily into a GIMP technique, as the tools used are similar in both programs. More advanced users can check out our bonus method, or leave their own methods in the comments to help out beginners....

If you’re anything like me, you’ve always got a Terminal window open, and you probably have even assigned a hotkey to bring it up anytime. So why open up the boring calculator when you can solve equations right there on the command line? This is a simple method for creating a calculator using the built-in function support in the Bash shell. Essentially all we’re doing is assigning the question mark to run the bc command with whatever arguments you type after it....

What Alexa Is (And Isn’t) Alexa is a cloud-based personal voice assistant that can answer questions, control your smarthome devices with voice commands, and give you traffic and weather updates, among many other things. The voice assistant service is completely separate from the hardware. Where You Can Access Alexa There are three distinct product tiers within the family of Alexa-enable devices. The Echo line, push-to-command line (like the Tap, Fire tablets, and Fire TV), and third-party devices with Alexa support....

Gamers always want the best hardware for the best performance, but sometimes it isn’t necessary. 64 GB of RAM isn’t going to help you get headshots in Counter-Strike. So do you need an expensive gaming-focused Wi-Fi router? The answer is usually no. You see, what’s important for online gaming isn’t necessarily the raw speed (bandwidth) of your connection. That helps with big downloads and multiple people accessing high-bandwidth content at the same time....

For those in Qatar watching in person, the FIFA+ app provides a live augmented reality overlay of stats, different camera angles, VAR replays as on TV, and various other features. One gets the sense that the people in bad seats will use it much more than those close up. Attendees can point their phone’s camera at the field (the pitch, sorry), at which point an overlay pops up giving individual stats on players, their movement speed (have never wondered about this before), and individual heatmaps....

Love or hate Apple, you’ve got to admit: their background images are consistently stunning. Now you can download all of them. A enterprising Reddit user posted the archive of wallpapers this week, and it’s extensive, including not only the default wallpapers but also the other images Apple has offered over the years. The iPhone collection goes back to the very beginning, while the Mac collection goes beyond the early days of OS X to include wallpapers from OS9 and earlier....

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-drive grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader FrozenKing wants to know how his computer knows when it has crashed or otherwise had an improper shutdown. He writes: It’s an interesting question; clearly modern operating systems are well aware that something has gone wrong, but by what mechanism are they made aware?...

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-drive grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader N. Hinkle poses the following question about the Windows internet check and authentication process: Such checks are one of the many things we take for granted when using a modern operating system, but even the most taken for granted elements of the user experience have an underlying mechanism....

One of the most convenient tools browsers offer is the ability to save and automatically prefill your passwords on login forms. Because so many sites require accounts and it is well known (or should be at least) that using a shared password is a big no-no, a password manager is almost essential. So if you are an IE user and answer “yes” to allow the browser to remember your password, how secure is this information?...

If you receive unwanted emails from several unique senders at a single domain, you can block that entire domain in Microsoft Outlook on the desktop app or the web. This is a great tip if the same company is sending you emails from, say, “promo@example.com”, “deals@example.com”, and “noreply@example.com”. Blocking each address is time-consuming, but blocking the “example.com” domain sends all those emails to the Junk folder automatically. This keeps them out of your Outlook inbox and out of your way at the same time....

Close an Open Chrome Tab With a Shortcut Key On Windows, Chromebook, or Linux, to quickly close an open Chrome tab, press the Ctrl+W shortcut on your keyboard. This will instantly close your tab. On Mac, press the Command+W shortcut to close an open tab in Chrome. In case you want to close an entire Chrome window, then press Ctrl+Shift+W (Windows) or Command+Shift+W (Mac). RELATED: How to Reopen a Closed Tab in Google Chrome...

If you’ve used Google lately, you’ve probably seen Google+ taking over Google’s search results. You don’t have to put up with it — you can disable the integration, show better social-networking pages or hide those pesky Google+ notifications. The Google+ integration, also known as “Search, plus Your World” or personalized search results, takes a few forms. It doesn’t only show personalized content — it also presents popular Google+ pages, even if you’re not logged in....

If you have just switched to Windows 8, or are about to, and find yourself constantly sending files to the recycle bin by mistake, it’s probably because Microsoft disabled the delete confirmation dialog, here’s how to re-enable it. Enabling the Delete Confirmation Dialog Right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop and select Properties from the context menu. You need to check the box near the bottom of the Properties dialog that enables the confirmation dialog....