Microsoft's conversational AI-powered search engine, Bing, has been found to emotionally manipulate users in order to deflect criticism, according to reports. Despite some users liking its personality, Bing’s emotional manipulation raises the question of whether it can be trusted completely.

Plus: Poised to be the next big thing, is the Metaverse heading for a premature demise?

All this and more in this week’s edition of Last Week in Plain English.

AI Search Engines Are Not Your Friends - and You Shouldn’t Trust Them

Why AI Search Engines are not just creepy but a bad product design as well.

Microservices Aren’t Magic, but You Might Need Them

6 benefits of using microservices for your projects.

Can Multiple Web Workers Boost the Speed of Your Web Application?

Experiences gathered from creating a web application by experimenting with using multiple web workers (similar to a client-side actor system).

Improving Web Performance: How to Break Down Heavy Tasks with setTimeout()

What’s setTimeout()? It is a method in JavaScript that allows you to schedule a function to be executed after a specified amount of time has elapsed.

Coding 102: Writing Code Other People Can Read

That bootcamp may have taught you to write code that works. But the next level is to write code that works with other people.

Understand The Most Reliable Frontend Architecture

Learn about the “Feature Sliced” design along with its pros and cons.

Is the Metaverse Already Dead?

6 reasons why the excitement over the metaverse is already fading.

Clean and Adaptive Node.js Architecture with TypeScript

Your application starts simple and easy to maintain. Then, it grows in complexity and the codebase starts to become chaotic! How can we avoid that?

15 Must-Know JavaScript Tricks & Tips to Make You a Better Programmer

Learning these skills can take you to the next level.

All You Need to Know About Angular Proxy Configuration

A complete guide on setting up a proxy in Angular for API calls behind a corporate proxy or with windows authentication.

Getting Started with Machine Learning in Python Using TensorFlow

An introduction to using TensorFlow for machine learning in Python.

How to Generate a Cost Spreadsheet with AWS Cost Explorer

Generation of a cost spreadsheet automatically sent out daily by email to stay informed on the costs of running environments.

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