10 websites that can replace hundreds of dollars worth of PC software (for free)

1. Photopea

Replace Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator with this free app (save $46/m).

Photopea is a web-based photo and graphics editor that you can use for image editing, creating illustrations, web design, or converting between various image formats.

photopea.com

2. Google Docs, Sheets, Slides

Say goodbye to expensive Microsoft Office.

MS Word → Google Docs
MS Excell → Google Sheets
MS Powerpoint → Google Slides

google.com/docs/about

3. Ezgif

I'm surprised how very few people know about his website. There are so many useful features:

• Video to GIF
• Image converter
• Image optimizer
• Resize, rotate, crop, cut, split, you name it!

ezgif.com

4. PDF Escape

Best alternative to using Adobe Acrobat.

Edit PDF documents, fill PDF forms, and view PDFs online using PDFescape.

pdfescape.com

5. Online Convert

Convert media files online from one format into another. The website supports over 50 formats.

All you have to do is select the format you want to convert to, upload your file, and download the converted version once it is complete.

online-convert.com

6. Silex

Free and open source no-code website builder. Silex has all the features makers and designers can expect.

A great alternative to paid website builders like Webflow!

silex.me

7. VirusTotal

Free online virus checker.

Analyze suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches.

virustotal.com/gui/home/upload

8. TinyWow

TinyWow provides a wide range of free tools, including AI Writing, PDF editing, image and video editing tools.

TinyWow is 100% free to use (even OCR), with no pesky registration required.

tinywow.com

9. VidMix

Free online video editor.

Basic editor but it does quick edits for me perfectly. No sign up required.

vidmix.app

10. RemoveBG

Remove the background from any image with just a few clicks.

No need to spend 2 hours in Photoshop.

remove.bg

You're in a web developer internship interview.

The interviewer asked:

"What are the key differences between GET and POST HTTP methods in web development?"

How would you answer? Here's how :👇👇

Key Differences Between GET and POST HTTP Methods in Web Development

1/ Purpose

GET: Retrieve data, no server-side impact.
POST: Submit data, may affect the server.

2/ Data Transmission

GET: Data in URL (query params).

POST: Data in request body (not visible)

.3/ Caching
GET: Cacheable for performance.
POST: Not cacheable, potential side effects.

4/ Bookmarks and Back Button
GET: Bookmarkable, back button friendly.

POST: Not bookmarkable, avoid back button.

5/ Security
GET: Less secure, data in URL.
POST: More secure, data hidden in body.

#meme 😅😅😂😂

12 types of Databases and when to use them:
1) Relational Databases (SQL):
- Use when your data is structured and consistent.
- Supports ACID transactions and complex queries.
- Examples: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle.

2) Key-Value Store:
- Use when data model is based on key-value pairs and requires high scalability and availability.
- Provides lightning-fast data retrieval and high throughput.
- Examples: Aerospike, DynamoDB

3) Document Databases:
- Handles semi-structured data with varying fields.
- Provides schema flexibility and horizontal scaling.
- Examples: MongoDB, Couchbase

4) Graph Databases:
- Perfect for data with complex relationships.
- Used in applications like social networks and recommendation engines.
- Examples: Neo4j, Amazon Neptune.

5) Columnar Databases:
- Data is stored by columns instead of rows to optimize reading from a column.
- Great for applications that involve storing massive data sets and running analytical queries.
- Examples: HBase, Redshift.

6) In-Memory Databases:
- When speed is of the essence, and you can afford to sacrifice persistence.
- Ideal for caching, real-time analytics, and high-frequency trading.
- Redis and Memcached are popular choices.

6) In-Memory Databases:
- When speed is of the essence, and you can afford to sacrifice persistence.
- Ideal for caching, real-time analytics, and high-frequency trading.
- Redis and Memcached are popular choices.

7) Time-Series Databases:
- Opt for this when dealing with time-series data like IoT sensor readings or server logs.
- Great for efficient storage and retrieval of time-stamped data.
- Examples: InfluxDB, Prometheus.

8) Wide-Column Stores:
- Use in applications with large volumes of data and high write throughput.
- Best suited for analytical workloads.
- Apache Cassandra is a prominent example.

9) Search Engines:
- When your primary use case revolves around full-text search.
- Essential for applications that require searching of data content.
- Elasticsearch and Solr are popular choices.

10) Spatial Databases:
- Used to store geographical and location-based data.
- Choose for applications that require Spatial indexing, geospatial analytics.
- Examples include PostGIS, CartoDB

11) Blob Datastore:
- Use in applications that requires storing large documents, images, audio and video files.
- Provides high availability, durability and cost effective storage.
- Examples include HDFS, Amazon S3

12) Ledger Databases:
- Used for maintaining a transparent, immutable, and cryptographically verifiable transaction log.
- Useful for applications dealing with financial transactions and supply chain systems
- Examples: Amazon QLDB, Azure SQL Ledger


There's no one-size-fits-all solution.
The choice of a database depends on your specific use case, data model, scalability needs, and budget

Learn about CSS grid alignments with this overview 👨‍💻🚀

Websites to practice programming:

1. LeetCode
leetcode.com

2. HackerRank
hackerrank.com

3. Codewars
codewars.com

4. CodinGame
codingame.com

5. CSSBattle
cssbattle.dev

6. Coding Challenges
codingchallenges.fyi

This javascript question is a bit advanced. If you get it correctly without thinking twice, you are a PRO🫡.
Hint: mapping over an array
#programming

Tip:

Take full-size screenshots of websites.

1. Open Dev Tools
2. Right-click on the <body> tag, and select "Node Screenshot"

Works in both Chrome and FF.