IT & Programming Digest by CodeGym: June’23 Issue

Hi there, welcome to our monthly issue with the selection of the most important news and great content pieces about programming. We hope you’ll enjoy it!

The Major News in Big Tech in June:

This month, once again, was all about AI and its impact on global businesses. Many professionals have already adopted ChatGPT in their routine work, but it may be too soon to go all in on AI?..

• Google urges its employees to exercise caution with AI chatbots, including Bard. The company warns not to submit confidential information into its own AI software, and those concerns are reasonable.
• Apart from security concerns, there’s also a teeny tiny risk to blow your professional image as a result of trusting AI (in its current state) too much. For instance, the lawyers in New York were fined $5000 for citing fake cases made up by ChatGPT. Therefore, be sure to check your sources, even if it is an almighty AI.

Other news in the spotlight in June is about Reddit and more than 7,000 subreddits going dark as a protest to Reddit’s API changes in pricing, including the subreddits with millions of subscribers. While some subreddit owners decided to negotiate the conditions via an open letter, some Reddit hackers demand the reversal of API changes and a $4.5 million ransom in exchange for user data stolen in February.

Learn Programming:

• Being a programmer requires the knowledge of computer science basics. If you’re a solo learner here at CodeGym, here’s a great Computer Science roadmap, that will help you enhance your training plan.
• And while AI is on the wave of popularity and it seems that it won’t go anywhere, be sure to check out these free Google courses about generative AI.

Developer’s Career:

• In Better Programming at Medium, a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft shared his observations about modern software engineering. Part one is dedicated to system design. Part two is about testing.
• Meanwhile, a Cloud Architect from Accenture shared his thought on a probable shift from microservices back to monolith architecture in a post Are We Going Back to The Monolith?
• Last but not least, here’s a great post on how to give a code review as a Junior developer. What’s expected from a newbie programmer in this case? What should you pay attention to?

New Posts at CodeGym Blog:

• How Will Technology Affect the Labor Market Landscape? — Key insights from the World Economic Forum report.
• The Main Hindrances on the Way to Mastering Java: What Can You Do to Avoid Them — insights from CodeGym's user survey.
• Nvidia's Whopping Success and What Happens with Other Big Companies Due to the Rise of AI — our take on what to expect from the rise of AI in the tech sector.
• Top 10 US Internship Companies to Join for Java Developers — tips and hints on how to kick-start your career by entering an internship with a top-tier company.

What was the most important news in Tech in June for you? Share your thoughts in the comment section. See you soon!