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Google Workspace Lets Admins Set Role Expiration Dates

Google Workspace now lets admins time-limit role assignments for users, security groups, and service accounts. See how expiration works and its key limits.

2026-09-29 ·techrepublic.com

Cloud computing concepts: scaling, serverless, HA and VPCs explained

Cloud computing is easier to learn as a handful of architecture ideas than as a catalogue of three hundred product names.

• Scaling out is preferred over scaling up to handle workload without code changes.
• Serverless computing uses short-lived microVMs that charge nothing when idle.
• Event-driven architecture decouples services using publish-subscribe messaging.

2026-09-29 ·dev.to

Herzog Zwei: The Genesis RTS That Invented a Genre Before the Word Existed

Five years before Warcraft: Orcs & Humans taught a generation what a real-time strategy game was, a little Sega Genesis cartridge was already doing the whole thing — base capture, resource economy…

• Herzog Zwei (1989) pioneered RTS mechanics five years before term existed.
• Game featured resource management, base capture, unit production, combat.
• Mech commander controlled both jet and robot, directly impacting game outcome.

2026-09-29 ·dev.to

Bringing Caelestia Shell to Ubuntu-Based Distros Like Zorin OS

I really like the Caelestia Shell , and I wanted to use it on my system. However, it doesn't officially support Ubuntu-based distributions, and in my case, I'm using Zorin OS .

• Author seeks to run Caelestia Shell on Ubuntu-based Zorin OS
• Creates CLI script for power users to install Caelestia Shell
• Develops comprehensive application to simplify Caelestia Shell setup

2026-09-29 ·dev.to

Python Basics in the Matatu Context

Watch a matatu conductor work for one trip and you will see a programmer at full speed. He counts heads. He knows the fare.

• Matatu drivers use Python basics for counting passengers, fares, and change handling.
• Variables in Python act like sticky notes attaching names to values.
• Python handles four data types: strings, integers, floats, and booleans.

2026-09-29 ·dev.to