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Bulletin for Friday, 09 Feb 2024

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Computer Things (1)

Perspectives (1)

The Hacker Factor Blog (1)

The Go Blog (1)

Dan’s Data Thoughts (1)

Latent Space (1)

High Growth Engineer (1)

Vallified (1)

Ratfactor Feed (1)

Krebs on Security (1)

Austin Z. Henley's Blog (1)

Stories by Jack Lindamood on Medium (1)

Communications of the ACM: blog@CACM (1)

Notes on software development (1)

Tech Notes (1)

Metadata (1)

Articles - Chris Lewicki (1)

Stratechery by Ben Thompson (1)

Probably Overthinking It (1)

Irrational Exuberance (1)

Sourcegraph Blog (1)

John Graham-Cumming's blog (1)

Spotify Engineering (1)

Daniel Lemire's blog (1)

Tom Mewett (1)

The Teleport Blog (1)

The CircleCI Blog Feed | CircleCI (1)

Josh Comeau's blog (1)

Earthly Blog (1)

Marc Brooker's Blog (1)

Aphyr: Posts (1)

Fabrice Aneche (1)

null program (1)

Replit Blog (1)

Programming Digest (1)

Blog - Carl Pullein (1)

Ayke van Laethem (1)

Potaroo blog (1)

Engineering at Meta (2)

NOEMA (2)

Blog on Tailscale (2)

Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques (2)

Amazon Science homepage (2)

Svix Blog (2)

tech-at-instacart - Medium (2)

DTN (3)

Vadim Kravcenko (3)

The Technium (3)

InfoQ - Articles (3)

The Cloudflare Blog (3)

Google AI Blog (3)

PlanetScale - Blog (3)

Blog – Hackaday (4)

Timescale Blog (4)

Posts – Never Down, Always Up (4)

David Heinemeier Hansson (5)

Towards Data Science - Medium (5)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (5)

Bert Hubert's writings (6)

APNIC Blog (6)

Percona Database Performance Blog (7)

taylor.town (7)

The Fat Pipe - All of the Packet Pushers Podcasts (7)

Changelog Master Feed (7)

IEEE Spectrum (8)

MIT Technology Review (10)

SigNoz Blog (12)

LogRocket Blog (12)

Simon Willison's Weblog (20)

Computer Things

https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne

Strings do too many things

No Newsletter next week TLA+ Workshop and moving places. Strings do too many things In the unusual basis types email 1 I wrote this about strings: We use strings for identifiers, human writing, structured data, and grammars. If you instead use symbols for identifiers then you can be more confident a given string isn't an identifier. I think this is a useful concept and want to explore it a bit more.com');" In that line, "comments" is an identifier. "f1rst p0st" is human writing. "john@example. (BACK TO TOP)

Perspectives

https://perspectives.mvdirona.com

Pat Selinger

The best way to hire great women is to have great women at the top of the company. IBM is a lot stronger for employing Pat Selinger for 29 years . She invented the relational database cost-based optimizer, a technology that sees continued use in relational database management systems today. But more than being a great technologist,... (BACK TO TOP)

The Hacker Factor Blog

https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/

Save The Date

Whether it is carpentry, auto mechanics, electrical engineering, or computer science, you always hear the same saying: use the right tool for the right job. The wrong tool can make any solution difficult and could introduce new problems. I've previously written about some of the big problems with the C2PA solution for recording provenance and authenticity in media. However, I recently came across a new problem based on their decision to use X.509 certificates and how they are used. X.509 format. (BACK TO TOP)

The Go Blog

https://go.dev/blog/feed.atom

Go 1.22 is released!

The Go Blog Go 1.22 is released! Eli Bendersky, on behalf of the Go team 6 February 2024 Today the Go team is thrilled to release Go 1.22, which you can get by visiting the download page . Go 1.22 comes with several important new features and improvements. Here are some of the notable changes; for the full list, refer to the release notes . Language changes The long-standing “for” loop gotcha with accidental sharing of loop variables between iterations is now resolved. Starting with Go 1. (BACK TO TOP)

Dan’s Data Thoughts

https://dansdatathoughts.substack.com

Instead of pinching pennies on Snowflake, make dollars

Say "No" to a world where everyone is cost cutting their Snowflake bill. Here's how to actually use Snowflake to drive value. (BACK TO TOP)

Latent Space

https://www.latent.space

Cloud Intelligence at the speed of 5000 tok/s - with Ce Zhang and Vipul Ved Prakash of Together AI

The CTO and CEO on why openness is core to Together's mission, the big bet on state space models, their approach to AI inference optimization, and why ~50% of their team is research! (BACK TO TOP)

High Growth Engineer

https://careercutler.substack.com

2024 Guide to Mentoring for Software Engineers

Mentoring helps you grow, helps you grow others, and helps you level up. It’s a win-win-win. But, many people don’t know where or how to get started. This article will cover everything you need to know about finding someone to mentor and setting them up for success from start to finish. (BACK TO TOP)

Vallified

https://www.philipotoole.com

rqlite 8.19.0 released – now with with Query timeouts

rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database written in Go, utilizing SQLite as its storage engine. Release v8.19.0 adds the ability to configure a timeout for your SQL queries. Many thanks to Mauri de Souza Meneguzzo for this new feature. (BACK TO TOP)

Ratfactor Feed

http://ratfactor.com/atom.xml

Leopard-Free Programming

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Krebs on Security

https://krebsonsecurity.com

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

In 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum's founders was an attorney who advised Russia's top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this user's hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. (BACK TO TOP)

Austin Z. Henley's Blog

https://austinhenley.com/blog.html

The pain points of building a copilot

https://austinhenley.com/blog/copilotpainpoints.html (BACK TO TOP)

Stories by Jack Lindamood on Medium

https://medium.com/@cep21

(Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at…

(Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup Assortment of technology startup infrastructure recommendations From UnSplash Originally posted to https://cep.dev/posts/every-infrastructure-decision-i-endorse-or-regret-after-4-years-running-infrastructure-at-a-startup/ . Please link/share original. I’ve led infrastructure at a startup for the past 4 years that has had to scale quickly. You lose your network: that’s downtime.io . (BACK TO TOP)

Communications of the ACM: blog@CACM

https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm.rss

SWOT Analysis of ChatGPT in Computer Science Education

In this blog, we address high school teachers' perspective on the incorporation of ChatGPT into computer science education. (BACK TO TOP)

Notes on software development

http://notes.eatonphil.com/

An intuition for distributed consensus in OLTP systems

Distributed consensus in transactional databases (e.g. etcd or Cockroach) is a big deal these days. Most often under the hood are variations of log-based Paxos-like algorithms such as MultiPaxos, Viewstamped Replication, or Raft. While there are new variations that come out each year, optimizing for various workloads, these algorithms are fairly standard and well-understood. What happens as you tweak a configuration. What happens as the production environment changes. And so on. They are not.co. (BACK TO TOP)

Tech Notes

https://neugierig.org/software/blog/atom.xml

Cross compiling Rust to win32

This post is part of a series on retrowin32 . In retrowin32 I sometimes want to make my own win32 programs that I can run either natively or through the emulator to compare behaviors. The first time I wrote about this I tried Zig, found it promising, but gave up and used C. The second time I tried Zig again and had a good time but also wrote about downsides. The bulk of retrowin32 is written in Rust, so an obvious question is why I haven't used Rust for this purpose...exe to link.g.dll ... (BACK TO TOP)

Metadata

http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/

Design and Analysis of a Logless Dynamic Reconfiguration Protocol

This paper appeared in OPODIS'21 and describes dynamic reconfiguration in MongoDB. So, what is dynamic reconfiguration? The core Raft protocol implements state machine replication (SMR) using a static set of servers. ( Please read this to learn about how MongoDB adopted Raft for a pull-based SMR .) To ensure availability in the presence of faults, SMR systems must be able to dynamically (and safely) replace failed nodes with healthy ones. This is known as dynamic reconfiguration.e.g.e.m,C'.m).m. (BACK TO TOP)

Articles - Chris Lewicki

https://www.chrislewicki.com/articles/

Moved to tears

20 years ago, on January 15 2004, a little before 2 AM Pacific time, was the payoff. It was cause for celebration. But first, I wept. (BACK TO TOP)

Stratechery by Ben Thompson

https://stratechery.com

The Apple Vision Pro

The Apple Vision Pro is a disappointment for productivity, in part because of choices made to deliver a remarkable entertainment experience. Plus, the future of AR/VR for Apple and Meta. (BACK TO TOP)

Probably Overthinking It

https://www.allendowney.com/blog

Political Alignment, Affiliation, and Attitudes

Is there a growing gender gap in the U.S? Alignment A recent article in the Financial Times suggests that among young people there is a growing gender gap in political alignment on a spectrum from liberal to conservative. In last week’s post, I tried to replicate this result using data from the General Social Survey. I generated the following figure, which shows the percentage of liberals minus the percentage of conservatives from 1988 to 2021, among people 18 to 29... Read More Read More (BACK TO TOP)

Irrational Exuberance

https://lethain.com/

Digital release of Engineering Executive's Primer.

Quick update on The Engineering Executive’s Primer . The book went to print yesterday, and physical copies will be available in March. Also, as of this moment, you can purchase the digital edition on Amazon , and read the full digital release on O’Reilly . (You can preorder physical copies on Amazon as well.) (BACK TO TOP)

Sourcegraph Blog

https://sourcegraph.com

Cody for VS Code v1.4.0 release

Cody for VS Code v1.4.0 is now available and includes a completely reworked Generate Unit Tests command, a new code editing menu, Ask Cody to Explain support for terminal output, easier access to Cody commands from chat, faster autocomplete, and more. Generate Unit Tests: File creation We’ve... (BACK TO TOP)

John Graham-Cumming's blog

http://blog.jgc.org/

Repairing (sort of) a Dyson fan remote control

I have a couple of fancy Dyson fans that do cooling (or at least blowing air around) and heating. They use a little IR remote control that attaches to the top with magnets. One of the remotes decided to stop working; its failure mode was: consume an entire CR2032 battery in a few days. Apparently, I'm not alone in experiencing this problem. Here's the little circuit board inside. The pads are the underside of the buttons.5kΩ when I was expecting it to be very, very high or even infinite.2mA. (BACK TO TOP)

Spotify Engineering

https://engineering.atspotify.com/

Applying the Facade Pattern on Spotify for Artists

Introduction At Spotify, we’re dedicated to delivering a unified experience to our customers — which can sometimes be at odds [...] The post Applying the Facade Pattern on Spotify for Artists appeared first on Spotify Engineering . (BACK TO TOP)

Daniel Lemire's blog

https://lemire.me/blog

How fast is rolling Karp-Rabin hashing?

A hash function maps values (e.g., strings) into a fixed number of strings, typically smaller than the original. It is useful to compare quickly two long strings, for example. Instead of comparing the strings, you may compare the hash values. A simple hash function consists in repeatedly multiplying the hash value by some constant B … Continue reading How fast is rolling Karp-Rabin hashing? (BACK TO TOP)

Tom Mewett

http://tmewett.com/

Episode 2024: A New Hope?

Hi everyone, Welcome to the newsletter in 2024. I have two new posts from January: Letting incompleteness exist : I’ve noticed that sometimes when I get stuck on something, it’s because I’m trying to force thoughts to be complete. Meanwhile, my job hunt continues. I’ve been playing some Lethal Company in the meantime, which is a very solid game. As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to send a mail to [email protected] or leave an anonymous message . Takk… Tom (BACK TO TOP)

The Teleport Blog

https://goteleport.com/blog/

2024 Predictions from Teleport CEO Ev Kontsevoy

The blog forecasts cybersecurity shifts in 2024, emphasizing secretless access, role changes in security teams, M&A consolidation, and regulatory pressures. It advocates for least privilege access and secret removal to strengthen security. (BACK TO TOP)

The CircleCI Blog Feed | CircleCI

https://circleci.com/blog/

Build and test LLM applications with AIConfig and CircleCI

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Josh Comeau's blog

https://www.joshwcomeau.com/

The Rules of Margin Collapse

“Margin collapse” has a dastardly reputation, one of the trickier parts of CSS. Fortunately, it gets a lot easier once you learn a few rules! In this tutorial, we take a deep dive into the governing principles, and learn how to use them to our advantage. (BACK TO TOP)

Earthly Blog

https://earthly.dev/blog/

Optimizing Rust Build Speed with sccache

This article discusses how to optimize Rust builds. Earthly significantly speeds up Rust build times. Learn more . Rust is a powerful and expressive programming language that offers many benefits, including memory safety, performance, and concurrency. However, Rust is also known for being slow to compile, especially for large and complex projects. This can frustrate developers who want to iterate quickly and test their code. This can speed up the build process by avoiding unnecessary work. (BACK TO TOP)

Marc Brooker's Blog

http://brooker.co.za/blog/

How Do You Spend Your Time?

How Do You Spend Your Time? Career advice, or something like it. MathJax = { tex: {inlineMath: [['$', '$'], ['\(', '\)']]} }; Some people who ask me for advice at work get very long responses. Sometimes, those responses aren’t specific to my particular workplace, and so I share them here. In the past, I’ve written about writing , writing for an audience , heuristics , and getting big things done . This is another of those emails. You’re busy, you’re productive, but it doesn’t feel right. (BACK TO TOP)

Aphyr: Posts

https://aphyr.com/posts.atom

How to Replace Your CPAP In Only 666 Days

This story is not practical advice. For me, it’s closing the book on an almost two-year saga. For you, I hope it’s an enjoyable bit of bureaucratic schadenfreude. For Anthem, I hope it’s the subject of a series of painful but transformative meetings. This is not an isolated event. I’ve had dozens of struggles with Anthem customer support, and they all go like this. If you’re looking for practical advice: it’s this. Be polite. Document everything. Keep a log. Follow the claims process.com. Smile. (BACK TO TOP)

Fabrice Aneche

https://blog.nobugware.com/

Envoy Gateway In Production

Previous post was about discovering a new offer in the Kubernetes Gateway space Envoy Gateway, in this one I’ll share some notes to make it to production. Envoy Gateway is still rough on the edges, but remember Gateway is mainly a Kubernetes API frontend to provision Envoy Proxy, Envoy Proxy configuration can still be patched to enable a specific feature. Enable Patching Patching is not enabled by default, create this configmap if you need it: (BACK TO TOP)

null program

https://nullprogram.com

An improved chkstk function on Windows

If you’ve spent much time developing with Mingw-w64 you’ve likely seen the symbol ___chkstk_ms , perhaps in an error message. It’s a little piece of runtime provided by GCC via libgcc which ensures enough of the stack is committed for the caller’s stack frame. The “function” uses a custom ABI and is implemented in assembly. So is the subject of this article, a slightly improved implementation soon to be included in w64devkit as libchkstk ( -lchkstk ).g. I’ll touch on that below.S ... MSVC link.. (BACK TO TOP)

Replit Blog

https://blog.replit.com

Easier Editing for .replit Files

At Replit, we want to make it easy to support any project configuration possible. This includes ensuring your binaries are in the right place and intelligent code completion works. Historically, the .replit file has been at the center of this, but the experience of editing the file is a process shrouded in mystery. While documentation exists for the file and what various configurations imply, it’s much more convenient if the documentation is visible inside the Workspace.replit file fearlessly. (BACK TO TOP)

Programming Digest

https://newsletter.programmingdigest.net/

The advantages of queues on logs

Queues vs logs and how we actually can build better queues on top of logs (BACK TO TOP)

Blog - Carl Pullein

https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/

Sometimes You Do Need To Hustle.

Over the last few years, there has been a backlash against what is commonly called “Hustle Culture” — burning the midnight oil and working seven days a week to achieve a desired outcome. Hustle culture is undoubtedly unhealthy and can lead to burnout, yet sometimes, if you want to accomplish something big, the only way it will happen is to put the hours in. Apple’s first operating system and Microsoft Windows weren’t created by people working nine to five hours and resting on the weekends. (BACK TO TOP)

Ayke van Laethem

https://aykevl.nl/

Fast antialiased polygon scanline rendering

This post describes a fast algorithm for rendering polygons on slow hardware, and gives an intuitive explanation as to how it works. The algorithm was originally based on the A-buffer algorithm but modified to work better on modern microcontrollers. (BACK TO TOP)

Potaroo blog

http://www.potaroo.net/

DNS and the DELEG Proposal

The DNS is a large-scale distributed database, where the internal structure of the databaase mirrors the hierarchical nature of the name space itself. In the database the points of delegation from one node to another are de noted by DNS Nameserver records. This structure has served the DNS adequately for many decades, so why change it? (BACK TO TOP)

Engineering at Meta

https://engineering.fb.com/

Simple Precision Time Protocol at Meta

While deploying Precision Time Protocol (PTP) at Meta, we’ve developed a simplified version of the protocol (Simple Precision Time Protocol – SPTP), that can offer the same level of clock synchronization as unicast PTPv2 more reliably and with fewer resources. In our own tests, SPTP boasts comparable performance to PTP, but with significant improvements in [...] Read More... The post Simple Precision Time Protocol at Meta appeared first on Engineering at Meta . (BACK TO TOP)

DotSlash: Simplified executable deployment

We’ve open sourced DotSlash, a tool that makes large executables available in source control with a negligible impact on repository size, thus avoiding I/O-heavy clone operations. With DotSlash, a set of platform-specific executables is replaced with a single script containing descriptors for the supported platforms. DotSlash handles transparently fetching, decompressing, and verifying the appropriate remote [...] Read More... (BACK TO TOP)

NOEMA

https://www.noemamag.com

A Clock In The Forest

The post A Clock In The Forest appeared first on NOEMA . (BACK TO TOP)

The Philosophy Of Co-Becoming

The post The Philosophy Of Co-Becoming appeared first on NOEMA . (BACK TO TOP)

Blog on Tailscale

https://tailscale.com/blog/

Contain your excitement: A deep dive into using Tailscale with Docker

Creating small, trusted networks with your friends, family and coworkers is central to our mission here at Tailscale. In this article we're going to dive deep into using Docker to do just that, with containers. (BACK TO TOP)

Maintain security for your Tailscale secrets with GitGuardian

Tailscale provides a programmable network to our customers that is both secure enough to earn their trust and flexible enough to meet their networking needs across a wide range of infrastructure set-ups. We focus on making the locks trustworthy so our customers can focus on keeping track of their keys. Today, we’re making another step forward on this journey by announcing an integration between Tailscale and GitGuardian, the popular code security platform. (BACK TO TOP)

Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast

128. Four Powerful Principles, Pt 2: Your Questions Answered

Matt takes live questions from his worldwide audience. Join Matt Abrahams engaging with his international audience and answering questions that touch upon some of today's most pressing communication challenges. Matt offers advice on everything from the nuances of crafting clear, impactful questions and navigating emotional dynamics in group settings to maintaining control during presentations and delivering difficult news. (00:17:13) Conclusion See Privacy Policy at https://art19. (BACK TO TOP)

127. Four Principles of Powerful, Focused Communication, Pt. 1

Matt takes live questions from his worldwide audience and shares a lesson around concision, relevance, accessibly, and precision in messaging. In this "masterclass," he emphasizes the communicator's role as a translator who simplifies complex information for diverse audiences. Key takeaways include the careful use of analogies, considering cultural backgrounds and audience understanding, and providing techniques for chunking information into understandable segments. (BACK TO TOP)

Amazon Science homepage

https://www.amazon.science/

Amazon's Tal Rabin wins Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing

Prize honors Amazon senior principal scientist and Penn professor for a protocol that achieves a theoretical limit on information-theoretic secure multiparty computation. (BACK TO TOP)

Building geospatial foundation models via continual pretraining

New approach enables sustainable machine learning for remote-sensing applications. (BACK TO TOP)

Svix Blog

https://www.svix.com/blog/

Stripe Webhook Documentation Review

We take a look at Stripe's webhook docs to see what they do well and what they could improve. (BACK TO TOP)

APIs are an Unbreakable Contract

You can't break your APIs, so be conservative with what you send, and be conservative with what you accept. (BACK TO TOP)

tech-at-instacart - Medium

https://tech.instacart.com

Distinguished Speaker Series with Ping Li: ML-Enhanced Sparse Vector Search with Privacy Protection

Instacart Engineering invites renowned researchers and practitioners to present state-of-the-art work on the technology that lies behind much of the digital economy. For the latest session of our Distinguished Speaker Series, we will host Ping Li for “Machine Learning-Enhanced Sparse Vector Search with Privacy Protection. Small/medium businesses as well as large enterprises enhance LLMs with their proprietary documents. During this event, Dr.csrankings. (BACK TO TOP)

Unveiling the Core of Instacart’s Griffin 2.0: A Deep Dive Into The Model Serving Platform

Unveiling the Core of Instacart’s Griffin 2.0: A Deep Dive Into the Model Serving Platform Authors: Zihan Li , Joseph Haraldson , Adway Dhillon , Keith Lazuka , Vaibhav Agarwal , James Matthews , Sahil Khanna , Rajpal Paryani Background Model serving is a critical step in the machine learning life cycle in which a trained model is deployed to a production environment as a web service to process input data, perform inference, and provide real-time predictions for various applications.0 .0.g.e.g. (BACK TO TOP)

DTN

https://www.dtn.com/

Why a Holistic Approach to Advertising is the Key to Success in 2024

Learn how a holistic advertising approach that includes both digital and traditional media tactics is tackling the modern challenges of agribusiness marketing. The post Why a Holistic Approach to Advertising is the Key to Success in 2024 appeared first on DTN . (BACK TO TOP)

Managing terminal operations for maximum efficiency: An integrated approach

DTN Terminal Solutions. DTN Guardian Host, DTN Guardian3, and Partner Insights help streamline efficiencies in refined fuel terminal operations. The post Managing terminal operations for maximum efficiency: An integrated approach appeared first on DTN . (BACK TO TOP)

Navigating the Fields of Change: The 2024 Outlook for U.S. Agribusiness

DTN provides a preview of the 2024 Agriculture season with a focus on the economic, legislative and technological challenges and opportunities in the ag industry. The post Navigating the Fields of Change: The 2024 Outlook for U.S. Agribusiness appeared first on DTN . (BACK TO TOP)

Vadim Kravcenko

https://vadimkravcenko.com/

What to expect from the dev agency after MVP is done?

Dear JK, Congratulations on reaching this pivotal moment with your MVP. It’s an exciting time, but I understand it’s also […] The post What to expect from the dev agency after MVP is done? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko . (BACK TO TOP)

How to better handle stress in a startup?

Dear Reader, First off, let me commend you on the courage and determination you’ve already shown on your journey. The […] The post How to better handle stress in a startup? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko . (BACK TO TOP)

Startup Infrastructure: Scaling from Zero to Enterprise

Back when I was coding in 2007, my stack was straightforward. I had a shared hosting provider that cost me […] The post Startup Infrastructure: Scaling from Zero to Enterprise appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko . (BACK TO TOP)

The Technium

https://kk.org/thetechnium

The Scarcity of the Long-Term

The chief hurdle in constructing a Death Star is not the energy, materials, or even knowledge needed. It’s the long time needed. A society can change their mind mid-way over centuries, and simply move on. The galaxy is likely strewn … Continue reading → (BACK TO TOP)

Hill-Making vs Hill-Climbing

There are two modes of learning, two paths to improvement. One is to relentlessly, deliberately improve what you can do already, by trying to perfect your process. Focus on optimizing what works. The other way is to create new areas … Continue reading → (BACK TO TOP)

Weekly Links, 02/02/2024

Underwater data centers seem like a crazy idea, but they apparently work. Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably (BACK TO TOP)

InfoQ - Articles

https://www.infoq.com

Article: Spring Boot 3.2 and Spring Framework 6.1 Add Java 21, Virtual Threads, and CRaC

Spring Framework 6.1 and Spring Boot 3.2 run on Java 21. They make concurrent programming simpler and more efficient with virtual threads, as well as improving reactive programming and Kotlin coroutines. For “Scale to Zero” startup time reduction, the OpenJDK project CRaC received initial support, while the existing GraalVM Native Image integration got faster through a GraalVM release. By Karsten Silz (BACK TO TOP)

Article: How Platform and Site Reliability Engineering Are Evolving DevOps

Companies are now looking to grow and more effectively manage DevOps with platform engineering and site reliability engineering roles. No one has these roles perfectly carved out right now — there’s just too much to do and not enough people to do it — but knowing where these three disciplines do and don’t overlap will help organizations evolve and take advantage when they are ready. By Narayanan Raghavan (BACK TO TOP)

Article: A Primer on Idempotence for AWS Serverless Architecture

Understand idempotence in AWS serverless, tackling challenges from at-least-once delivery. Implement and automate with AWS Lambda, emphasizing early planning for consistent outcomes. Use tools like Lambda Powertools and prioritize testing for reliability. By Ohav Almog (BACK TO TOP)

The Cloudflare Blog

https://blog.cloudflare.com

connect() - why are you so slow?

This is our story of what we learned about the connect() implementation for TCP in Linux. Both its strong and weak points. How connect() latency changes under pressure, and how to open connection so that the syscall latency is deterministic and time-bound (BACK TO TOP)

Fulfilling the promise of single-vendor SASE through network modernization

Today, we are announcing a series of updates to our SASE platform, Cloudflare One, that further the promise of a single-vendor SASE architecture (BACK TO TOP)

Adding new LLMs, text classification and code generation models to the Workers AI catalog

Workers AI is now bigger and better with 8 new models and improved model performance (BACK TO TOP)

Google AI Blog

http://blog.research.google/

Graph neural networks in TensorFlow

Posted by Dustin Zelle, Software Engineer, Google Research, and Arno Eigenwillig, Software Engineer, CoreML Objects and their relationships are ubiquitous in the world around us, and relationships can be as important to understanding an object as its own attributes viewed in isolation — take for example transportation networks, production networks, knowledge graphs, or social networks. We are excited to announce the release of TensorFlow GNN 1.GraphTensor .data.Dataset , tf.function , etc.e.e.g. (BACK TO TOP)

A decoder-only foundation model for time-series forecasting

Posted by Rajat Sen and Yichen Zhou, Google Research Time-series forecasting is ubiquitous in various domains, such as retail, finance, manufacturing, healthcare and natural sciences. In retail use cases, for example, it has been observed that improving demand forecasting accuracy can meaningfully reduce inventory costs and increase revenue.g., DL models performed well in the M5 competition ). Later this year we plan to make this model available for external customers in Google Cloud Vertex AI . (BACK TO TOP)

Intervening on early readouts for mitigating spurious features and simplicity bias

Posted by Rishabh Tiwari, Pre-doctoral Researcher, and Pradeep Shenoy, Research Scientist, Google Research Machine learning models in the real world are often trained on limited data that may contain unintended statistical biases . Such unfair biases could have significant consequences in critical applications such as medical diagnosis . In particular, these predictions are more often wrong, and more confidently wrong, when the network is relying on spurious features.e.e.e.e.e. (BACK TO TOP)

PlanetScale - Blog

https://planetscale.com

OAuth applications are now available to everyone

You can now build integrations that seamlessly authenticate with PlanetScale and allow management access to your users’ organizations and databases from your application. (BACK TO TOP)

Deprecating the Scaler plan

Today, in our effort to continue being the best database for serverless and applications that require massive scale, we are deprecating the Scaler plan. (BACK TO TOP)

PlanetScale branching vs. Amazon Aurora blue/green deployments

Learn the key differences between Amazon Aurora blue/green deployments and PlanetScale branching. (BACK TO TOP)

Blog – Hackaday

https://hackaday.com

3D Printing Silicone Parts

Silicone is a useful material for many purposes. Traditionally, creating something out of silicone required injection molding. That’s not difficult, but it does require a good bit of setup. As …read more (BACK TO TOP)

A Tube Tester Laid Bare

There’s still a mystique around vacuum tubes long after they were rendered obsolete by solid state devices, and many continue to experiment with them. They can be bought new, but …read more (BACK TO TOP)

The End of Landlines?

Imagine if, somehow, telephones of all kinds had not been invented. Then, this morning, someone entered a big corporation board room and said, “We’d like to string copper wire to …read more (BACK TO TOP)

Revisiting a Z80 Game From 1990

Back in the days of 8-bit computers, like no doubt many readers of similar age, we wrote little games. First in BASIC, then augmented with little machine code speed-ups. We …read more (BACK TO TOP)

Timescale Blog

https://www.timescale.com/blog/

Understanding RDS Pricing and Costs

A clear, accessible explanation of AWS RDS pricing. Plus, tips on how to keep your costs down. (BACK TO TOP)

Empowering Control: Production and Developer Support for Self-Managed TimescaleDB

Self-hosting TimescaleDB? Now, you can access our world-class Support Team with the new Production and Developer Support offerings. (BACK TO TOP)

Storing IoT Data: 8 Reasons Why You Should Use PostgreSQL

IoT applications generate torrents of data. PostgreSQL is powerful but scales poorly. With TimescaleDB, you can scale Postgres and harness its power for IoT. (BACK TO TOP)

Reducing Amazon Aurora Costs

Struggling with escalating Aurora costs? Here are some ways to reign in your spending with Amazon’s cloud-built database. (BACK TO TOP)

Posts – Never Down, Always Up

https://acjay.com

search3 is coming

Online search is about to be disrupted by the same technology that gave us ChatGPT. Soon, we'll be able to search by describing what we're looking for, holistically, rather than having to think like a search engine. Or, at least, I hope so. (BACK TO TOP)

Never down, always up

The story of the motto I've always wanted, and now the title of this website. (BACK TO TOP)

Be vulnerable

If you're a person who struggles with being vulnerable, this is a quick story of me pushing through the discomfort and asking for support. (BACK TO TOP)

The cover letter lives

While many jobs don’t require a cover letter anymore, or even give me an optional place to submit one, that doesn’t mean that I can’t or shouldn’t write cover letters. Especially if I take a broader, more modern view of what a cover letter is. (BACK TO TOP)

David Heinemeier Hansson

https://world.hey.com/dhh

Campfire is SaaS without the aaS

It hasn’t even been a week since we started selling Campfire under the new ONCE model, but we’ve already sold more than quarter of a million dollars worth of this beautifully simple installable chat system. People are using it to replace existing systems costing tens of thousands of dollars per year, as well as all sorts of backup- or second-system setups. It’s a great start! While the Shopify store has been ringing up customers, we’ve been busy improving the software . (BACK TO TOP)

Celebrating a million copies of REWORK

It’s been 14 years since REWORK was first published. It was our first big-publisher book, and it hit the New York Times bestseller list right out the gate. In the first two years, it sold over 200,000 copies. And then... it just kept selling. Now it has passed one million copies sold around the world! The book consists of 87 short essays, and is meant to be read in a single afternoon. The kind of book that Jason and I would have loved to read, if somebody else had written it. We get it. (BACK TO TOP)

It’s easier to forgive a human than a robot

One of the reasons I think AI is going to have a hard time taking over all our driving duties, our medical care, or even just our customer support interactions, is that being as good as a human isn’t good enough for a robot. They need to be computer good. That is, virtually perfect. That’s a tough bar to scale. Let’s take the cars for a minute. Every single year, tens of thousands of people are killed in car accidents in the US. In 2022, it was 42,795 to be exact. Two orders? 100 deaths. (BACK TO TOP)

Basecamp turns 20

On February 5, 2004, we released the first version of Basecamp to the world. It was built to solve our own problems running client projects as an agency where we found email alone to be lacking. The first version was really just the basics: Messages, todo lists, milestones. We didn’t even have file uploads! But it was easy, it was affordable, and it quickly became a success. Mainly because it simply solved a real problem right away. That kind of longevity is rare on the internet. (BACK TO TOP)

Dare to connect a server to the internet

The merchants of complexity thrive when they can scare you into believing that even the simplest things are too dangerous to even attempt by yourself these days. That without their rarified expertise, you’ll be left vulnerable. So best just to leave ever-more of your burdens to them, and they’ll happily carry (for a fee!). Don’t listen, don’t succumb. You need less help than you think, and it’s not as scary as they’d have you believe. Don’t listen. Don’t listen. You can run your own server. (BACK TO TOP)

Towards Data Science - Medium

https://towardsdatascience.com

Deep Learning Illustrated, Part 2: How Does a Neural Network Learn?

An illustrated and intuitive guide to Neural Networks Continue reading on Towards Data Science » (BACK TO TOP)

How to Build an AI Assistant with OpenAI + Python

Step-by-step guide on using the Assistants API & Fine-tuning Image from Canva. One of the most common asks I get from clients is, “ How can I make a custom chatbot with my data? ” While 6 months ago, this could take months to develop, today, that is not necessarily the case. In this article, I present a step-by-step guide on how to create a custom AI using OpenAI’s Assistants and Fine-tuning APIs. Python example code is provided for each approach. Chatbot vs. <a href="https://medium.e.e.beta.e. (BACK TO TOP)

How to Store and Query 100 Million Items Using Just 77MB with Python Bloom Filters

Perform lightning-fast, memory efficient membership checks in Python with this need-to-know data structure Continue reading on Towards Data Science » (BACK TO TOP)

Visualization, Math, Time Series, and More: Our Best Recent Deep Dives

Welcome to the 150th edition of the Variable! Choosing the articles we share in this space is always one of our weekly high points, as it offers us—and hopefully you, too—an opportunity to appreciate the depth and diversity of experiences our authors bring to TDS. We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate this milestone than to put together a selection of some of our best recent deep dives. (BACK TO TOP)

But What is Backpropagation, Really? (Part 1)

Implementing a simple neural network framework from scratch Trees — the core of computation. Source: Adrian Infernus on Unsplash . Despite doing some work and research in the AI ecosystem for some time, I didn’t truly stop to think about backpropagation and gradient updates within neural networks until recently. Elementary Operations — The Network’s Core Fundamentally, a neural network is just a mathematical function from our input space to our desired output space.op([child.class.g.e.g.g.g. (BACK TO TOP)

Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

https://pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: Big Tech disrupted disruption (08 Feb 2024)

Today's links Big Tech disrupted disruption: We don't have to care, we're the phone company. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Big Tech disrupted disruption (permalink) Before "disruption" turned into a punchline, it was a genuinely exciting idea. Tinder disrupts singles bars. Netflix disrupts Blockbuster. Airbnb disrupts Marriott.ssrn.ft. (BACK TO TOP)

Pluralistic: The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes (07 Feb 2024)

Today's links The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes: Monopoly destroyed America's high-tech capacity. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate." Poitier dismisses Aykroyd ("Don't listen to this man. He's certifiable"). We're meant to be on Poitier's side here, but I've always harbored some sympathy for Aykroyd in this scene. Prior to the advent of "free trade," the world's rich countries fashioned debt into a whip-hand over poor, post-colonial nations.0 nonsense.economicliberties. (BACK TO TOP)

Pluralistic: Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself" (06 Feb 2024)

Today's links Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself": The dictionary definition of malicious compliance. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Trying to regulate a tech giant, they say, is like trying to regulate the weather. This ploy is cousins with Jay Rosen's idea of "savvying," defined as: "dismissing valid questions with the insider's, 'and this surprises you?'" https://twitter. In both cases, the apologist provides cover for corruption, painting it as an inevitability, not a choice.techdirt. (BACK TO TOP)

Pluralistic: How I got scammed (05 Feb 2024)

Today's links How I got scammed: And why AI will make it worse. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading How I got scammed (permalink) I wuz robbed. And then he tried to do it again, a week later! Here's what happened. Over the Christmas holiday, I traveled to New Orleans. A couple days later, I got a call from my credit union. Oh, shit.archive. (BACK TO TOP)

Pluralistic: Worker misclassification is a competition issue (02 Feb 2024)

Today's links Worker misclassification is a competition issue: Corrupt employers created a market for lemons. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Obviously, Dobbs was the big one, but it's only part of a whole procession of trumped-up cases designed to give the court a chance to overturn decades of settled law and create zones of impunity for America's oligarchs and the monopolies that provide them with wealth and power.americanprogress. If they didn't, then the agency isn't allowed to act. (BACK TO TOP)

Bert Hubert's writings

https://berthub.eu/articles/

BNR De Technoloog over de (Lidl) cloud & Europa

Onderstaand een licht bewerkt transcript van aflevering 376 van BNR’s De Technoloog, Europa is (bijna) volledig afhankelijk van de VS en China en dat is een probleem, ook beschikbaar op YouTube. Redactie Daniël Mol. In deze aflevering bespreken we hoe het zo gekomen is met Europa’s bedroevende positie in de cloud, maar ook hoe onze overheden door zelf verstandiger in te kopen een grote rol zouden kunnen hebben in het (her)opwekken van onze cloudindustrie. (BACK TO TOP)

Volkskrant columns november 2023

In november 2023 was ik de gast-columnist van de Volkskrant, en heb ik vier stukjes geschreven die steeds op zondag (alleen online) verschenen. Dit was voor mij voor het eerst dat ik echt iedere week moest ’leveren’, en ook nog binnen heldere kaders: 700 woorden, opinie over dingen die al in het nieuws geweest zijn. Ik heb nu een nieuw respect voor de columnisten die zoiets iedere week weer kunnen, en tegelijk zie ik ook dat niet iedereen wekelijks een topprestatie kan leveren. (BACK TO TOP)

Het ligt niet aan de Kamerleden

Iets eerdere versie van het stuk in de Volkskrant, deel van een serie van vier columns: Het ligt niet aan de Kamerleden Het is verkiezingstijd, en het is bon ton om te klagen over het gebrek aan ervaring van Kamerleden, en om vervolgens ook nog te constateren dat juist de meest ervaren parlementariërs niet terugkeren na de verkiezingen. En dat is ook schrijnend, en ook ik heb er schande van gesproken. (BACK TO TOP)

Onze afluisterwet is eigenlijk een privacywet

Iets eerdere versie van het stuk in de Volkskrant, deel van een serie van vier columns: Ze zeiden het echt. De geheime diensten AIVD en MIVD krijgen binnenkort een nieuwe wet waarmee ze makkelijker en vaker kunnen afluisteren en hacken. Vorige week legden ze het voorstel uit in de Eerste Kamer, en claimden daar dat hun nieuwe wet eigenlijk een privacywet is (!). Nou wist ik al dat het niet best gesteld was met ons besef van privacy, maar dit is toch wel heel Orwelliaans. (BACK TO TOP)

We gaan de aarde kunstmatig afkoelen, wen maar vast aan het idee

Iets eerdere versie van het stuk in de Volkskrant, deel van een serie van vier columns: De wereld gaat de klimaatdoelen niet halen (volgens de Verenigde Naties). Hoewel er in Nederland harder wordt gewerkt aan CO₂-reductie dan menigeen denkt gaat het niet genoeg zijn. Ook zijn veel van de lokale resultaten het gevolg van de-industrialisatie, waarbij productie hier verdwijnt en verhuist naar omgevingen met minder regels en goedkopere stroom. Het ziet er dus niet goed uit. (BACK TO TOP)

Laten we leiders met kennis van zaken in ere herstellen, ze zijn hard nodig

Iets eerdere versie van het stuk in de Volkskrant, deel van een serie van vier columns: Leiders? Ik weet niet hoe het met u zit, maar op de werkvloer heb ik me zelden ‘geleid’ gevoeld. Wel gemanaged. En hoewel ook belangrijk, is dat toch echt iets heel anders. Iemand een leider noemen doen we hier niet snel, het klinkt zelfs raar. “Only sheep need a leader”. (BACK TO TOP)

APNIC Blog

https://blog.apnic.net/

[Podcast] DNS is the new BGP — how we really route things in the modern Internet

The role of DNS in steering how content is fetched and the changing landscape of decision-making for applications-level routing. (BACK TO TOP)

DNS and the proposed DELEG record

Changing the DNS mechanisms for delegation, a look at the proposed DELEG Resource Record. (BACK TO TOP)

BGPWatch — A comprehensive platform for detecting and diagnosing hijacking incidents

Guest Post: New platform with integrated suite of tools aims to improve the responsiveness of network operators. (BACK TO TOP)

2024 ISIF Asia applications are now open

The 2024 ISIF Asia Grants and Awards program is one of the largest initiatives of its kind in the Asia Pacific region. (BACK TO TOP)

Update on the APNIC Honeynet Network

The Community Honeynet project continues to assist network engineers and security personnel in understanding their online adversaries. What’s next? (BACK TO TOP)

Towards SSH3: How HTTP/3 improves secure shells

Guest Post: What would the SSH protocol look like if it was made today with recent network technologies? (BACK TO TOP)

Percona Database Performance Blog

https://www.percona.com/blog/

Why Migrating to Open Source is Essential to Your Business Growth

The strategic adoption of different database technologies can make or break a company’s success and long-term viability. Among the many types of database software that companies can choose from, one type stands out for its ability to drive innovation, cut costs, and offer unparalleled flexibility: open source software.The freedom of users to access, modify, and […] (BACK TO TOP)

Decoupling Backup and Expiry Operations in PostgreSQL With pgBackRest

Backup management is the backbone of any reliable database administration strategy, and while pgBackRest simplifies this process, its default configuration often combines backup and expiry together. At times, due to slow network bandwidth, huge database sizes, or any other resource crunch, expiring backups (i.e., deleting the older backups) require more than taking backups for databases. […] (BACK TO TOP)

MySQL 8.2.0 Community vs. Enterprise; Is There a Winner?

To be honest, the comparison between the two MySQL distributions is not something that excited me a lot. Mainly because from my MySQL memories, I knew that there is not a real difference between the two distributions when talking about the code base.To my knowledge the differences in the enterprise version are in the additional […] (BACK TO TOP)

Are Your MySQL Users Using ‘password’ or ‘thebossisajerk’ as Passwords?

Are your MySQL users using ‘password’, ‘s3cr3t’, or ‘thebossisajerk’ as their passwords? Easy-to-guess passwords can be disastrous to the security of your data, but there is a way to exclude inappropriate words or phrases from being used. The first step is to compile a list of words and phrases you want to exclude, and that […] (BACK TO TOP)

Five Notable Changes in Percona Everest Alpha

Percona Everest is a cloud-native database platform to deploy and manage enterprise-grade PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and MySQL database clusters.Percona Everest 0.7.0 (Alpha) was released on January 31, 2024. The new version contains significant changes on the backend. However, I will show what is visible to the user. Let’s explore what has improved.1. Installation with everestctl became […] (BACK TO TOP)

Percona Monitoring and Management 2.41.1, Percona Distribution for MongoDB 7.0.5: Release Roundup February 5, 2024

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Percona software is designed for peak performance, uncompromised security, limitless scalability, and disaster-proofed availability.Our Release Roundups showcase the latest Percona software updates, tools, […] (BACK TO TOP)

Considering a MongoDB Migration? Why Percona Should Be Your First Choice

As a DBA or database architect, you’re well-acquainted with the offerings of MongoDB Community Edition, MongoDB Enterprise, and MongoDB Atlas. Maybe you’re even thinking of jumping ship from your current database over to MongoDB – adventurous, aren’t you? If you are considering a MongoDB migration, before making a commitment to corporate MongoDB, it would be […] (BACK TO TOP)

taylor.town

https://taylor.town/feed.xml

eventbrite.ics

tl;dr: It's a URL that subscribes to Eventbrite orgs as an .ics file. 1. Find an eventbrite org NASA's Eventbrite page has the following url: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/nasa-30164999184 2. Subscribe to the magic calendar link The following link will generate an .ics file with all of NASA's events: https://taylor.town/eventbrite?org=30164999184 Opening an .ics file will add all its events to your calendar, but the calendar will not automatically update nor fetch new events. (BACK TO TOP)

flashcasts.com

From flashcasts.com : I just wanted to study biochem and spanish while digging holes in my garden. Computers recently learned how to talk like humans. Actually, they've been talking for a while , but it only recently became affordable . And by some kind of nerd magic, the cost is low enough for me to share it freely on the internet! If you create an account, you can create mix-and-match flashcast decks and tweak all the knobs. To keep things extra cheap, I generated most of the cards with GPT. (BACK TO TOP)

Frugly vs. Freemium

I recently built an education tool . Like other enterprising folk, I stumbled into a ethical dilemma: (1) my product probably shouldn't be paywalled, but (2) I also don't want to be poor. My solution: uglify the UI for non-paying consumers. Selling Sustainably Getting an A+ (50% Off) No Cookies No Soliciting Skins in the Games Cosmetic Crippleware Selling Sustainably I'm a self-described nontrepeneur . Getting an A+ (50% Off) In the US, education smells like a pay-to-play scheme.8);"> ${props... (BACK TO TOP)

Nontrepeneur: Derek Sivers

Nontrepeneur: Derek Sivers This essay is part of a series on nontrepeneurship . Derek Sivers already wrote the nontrepeneur's Bible . All its chapters are available online , but I highly recommend purchasing a physical copy . In the book, he describes his journey from clown to musician to nerd to CEO to philanthropist to whatever's he's doing now . Lesson: Growth vs. Tinkering It’s not that distributors were evil. It was just an awful system, and I wanted nothing to do with it....... ... (BACK TO TOP)

Nontrepeneur: Clifford Stoll

Nontrepeneur: Clifford Stoll This essay is part of a series on nontrepeneurship . Cliff Stoll is an astronomer, educator, and klein bottle salesman. You know you're a nontrepeneur when you have to clarify that your business is not a joke: Yes, there are many math jokes on this website, but despite that, I really do sell Klein bottles -- Cliff Stoll [any profits go directly into Zoe & Danny's College and/or Bail fund] -- kleinbottle.com Lesson: How vs. Lesson: Preparation vs. . (BACK TO TOP)

Nontrepeneur: Steve Wozniak

Nontrepeneur: Steve Wozniak This essay is part of a series on nontrepeneurship . Woz is an infamous examplar of the engineering archetype. But beyond the typical tropes, I see a man who's obssessed with quality, skeptical of cash, eager to help, and down to clown. Lesson: Push vs. Pull He said, "Well, you have to leave Hewlett-Packard." It just wasn't open. I went inside of myself and thought about it. I wanted to design computers and show them off and make software." Mike just said, "Okay. .... (BACK TO TOP)

On Nontrepeneurship

I want to secure enough to purchase freedom, and then exercise that freedom to build nifty junk. But I'm not special. There are plenty of folks with similar motivations who become bankrupt and/or exploited and/or burnt-out. Despite the odds, I am propelled by optimism bias . If I work hard enough, won't things work out for me ? Oh Fortuna, you capricious sprite! Anyway, let's feed that optimism with some survivorship bias success stories: Derek Sivers Growth vs. Tinkering Power vs. Ikigai (BACK TO TOP)

The Fat Pipe - All of the Packet Pushers Podcasts

https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/

IPB144: AWS Adds New Charge for IPv4, Governments Push toward IPv6

A round-up of IP address news to start the new year: Eric Vyncke of the IETF has created an RFC 6724 website that is an excellent time-saving tool for figuring out source destination address selection processes. AWS announces more IPv6 features and support, and adds a new charge for public IPv4 use. State actors, including ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

D2C232: Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose

Chaos engineering is all about resilience and reliability… it just takes the harder path to get there. By injecting random and unpredictable behavior to the point of failure, chaos engineers observe systems’ weak points, apply preventative maintenance, and develop a failover plan. Matt Schillerstrom from Harness introduces Ned and Ethan to this wild corner of ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

HS064: Mastering the Art of Strategy and Architecture with Pocket Change

Welcome, trailblazers and visionaries! Today, I’m thrilled to unpack a treasure trove of wisdom that zooms into the exhilarating realm of strategy architecture and the craft of sculpting strategy roadmaps on a shoestring budget. The Thrill of Resourcefulness In this episode, my esteemed co-host Johna and I dove headfirst into a challenge that plagues countless ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

HW020: How We Got to Wi-Fi 7 and Where We Go From Here

To understand the newest standard, Wi-Fi 7, it helps to look back at Wi-Fi 5 and 6, and even forward to Wi-Fi 8. What’s the reasoning behind the updates? How have they been experienced at the ground level? Who should make the change and when? Host Keith Parsons and Wi-Fi expert Srikanth Subramanian touch on ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

Tech Bytes: Breaking Through The Noise With Wi-Fi 7 (Sponsored)

Wi-Fi 7 is the latest iteration of the wireless standard from the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi 6 brought significant increases in throughput and performance. Wi-Fi 6e made the 6Ghz spectrum available (at least in the US). What does Wi-FI 7 bring to the table, and is it worth going through an upgrade? Our guest is Chris ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

NB465: Dell Terminates VMware Resale Deal; Return-To-Office Orders Backfire Says Study

This week on Network Break we discuss Dell terminating its resale agreement of VMware as Broadcom looks to streamline OEM agreements, a new Wi-Fi AP and cloud-managed switches from Extreme, and the fits and starts in US chip manufacturing. A new study finds Return-To-Office (RTO) mandates don’t improve productivity or company performance, but do drive ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

HN719: Meet SuzieQ, The Network Observability Application

Guest Dinesh Dutt introduces his newest creation, SuzieQ. It’s a network observability platform application that has both a free, open source version and an enterprise version. Lightweight, fast, and platform-agnostic, SuzieQ’s use cases include network documentation, troubleshooting, fabric-wide visibility, network refresh and redesign, low/no code validation, audits and compliance, and proactive health checks. Hosts Ethan ... Read more » (BACK TO TOP)

Changelog Master Feed

https://changelog.com/master

React Server Components 🧐 (JS Party #311)

The week Amal & guest co-host Eric Clemmons talk to Dan Abramov all about React Server Components. We learn about why they were created, what problems they solve & how they work to improve application performance. We also dive into the rollout and current support status, the origin story, the community response & walk through the 10+ years of React history which have forever shifted the world of web development. (BACK TO TOP)

Taking on Goliath (Changelog Interviews #577)

This week on The Changelog we’re talking with Nadia Odunayo, founder of StoryGraph. Nadia started out as a one woman dev and product team — she’s had to adjust and maneuver along way to becoming the Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads. We also talk about the business model of StoryGraph and how they generate revenue through Plus subscriptions, and partnerships with publishers for book giveaways. (BACK TO TOP)

What's new in Go 1.22 (Go Time #302)

Our “what’s new in Go” correspondent, Carlana Johnson, joins Johnny & Ian to discuss what’s new with the latest iteration of Go in version 1.22. (BACK TO TOP)

Data synthesis for SOTA LLMs (Practical AI #255)

Nous Research has been pumping out some of the best open access LLMs using SOTA data synthesis techniques. Their Hermes family of models is incredibly popular! In this episode, Karan from Nous talks about the origins of Nous as a distributed collective of LLM researchers. We also get into fine-tuning strategies and why data synthesis works so well. (BACK TO TOP)

The promise of hackable software (Changelog News #80)

Geoffrey Litt thinks browser extensions are underrated, Adolfo Ochagavía on being a generalist in a specialist’s world, Jack Garbus praises the Arch Wiki, Terence Eden tries to rebuild FourSquare for ActivityPub using OpenStreetMap & Sebastien Dubois teaches us how to connect ideas together. (BACK TO TOP)

You have how many open tabs?! (Changelog & Friends #29)

We’re taking you to the hallway track at THAT Conference in Austin TX, where we have 3 fun conversations: one with our old friend Nick Nisi from JS Party, one with our new(ish) friend Amy Dutton from CompressedFM (who has been a guest on JS Party of late) & one with our brand new friend / long-time listener Andres Pineda from the Dominican Republic. (BACK TO TOP)

In the beginning (of generative AI) (Changelog Interviews #576)

This week on The Changelog we’re talking with Joe Reis about data engineering and the beginning of generative AI. We discuss phone hacking via frequency, the role of a data engineer, this AI hype cycle we’re in, build vs buy, the disconnect between data analysts and the business, ethical considerations around AI-generated content, and more. We also discuss the tension between AI and traditional engineering, as well as the inevitability of AI integration into pretty much everything. (BACK TO TOP)

IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/

Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

This is a guest post. For the other side of the argument about open-source AI, see the recent guest post “ Open-Source AI Is Uniquely Dangerous. “ A culture war in AI is emerging between those who believe that the development of models should be restricted or unrestricted by default. In 2024, that clash is spilling over into the law, and it has major implications for the future of open innovation in AI.S. The debate is surfacing in recent efforts to regulate AI.S. As I have argued before the U. (BACK TO TOP)

Tiny Quadrotor Learns to Fly in 18 Seconds

It’s kind of astonishing how quadrotors have scaled over the past decade. Like, we’re now at the point where they’re verging on disposable, at least from a commercial or research perspective—for a bit over US $200, you can buy a little 27-gram, completely open-source drone , and all you have to do is teach it to fly. That’s where things do get a bit more challenging, though, because teaching drones to fly is not a straightforward process. (BACK TO TOP)

Why Bloat Is Still Software’s Biggest Vulnerability

This post is dedicated to the memory of Niklaus Wirth , a computing pioneer who passed away 1 January 2024. In 1995 he wrote an influential article called “ A Plea for Lean Software ,” published in Computer , the magazine for members of the IEEE Computer Society, which I read early in my career as an entrepreneur and software developer. In what follows, I try to make the same case nearly 30 years later, updated for today’s computing horrors.eu . The state of software security is dire . As the U. (BACK TO TOP)

Momentary Fusion Breakthroughs Face Hard Reality

The dream of fusion power inched closer to reality in December 2022, when researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) revealed that a fusion reaction had produced more energy than what was required to kick-start it . According to new research, the momentary fusion feat required exquisite choreography and extensive preparations, whose high degree of difficulty reveals a long road ahead before anyone dares hope a practicable power source could be at hand.” UPDATE: 8 Feb. 6 Feb.m. (BACK TO TOP)

Robotic Tongue Licks Gecko Gripper Clean

About a decade ago, there was a lot of excitement in the robotics world around gecko-inspired directional adhesives , which are materials that stick without being sticky using the same van der Waals forces that allow geckos to scamper around on vertical panes of glass. They were used extensively in different sorts of climbing robots, some of them quite lovely . We haven’t seen gecko adhesives around as much of late, for a couple of reasons. (BACK TO TOP)

The Greening of Transportation

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , approximately 15 percent of net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. To meet global climate targets, we must devise ways to get people and goods from point A to point B without burning fossil fuels. Internal combustion engines (ICEs) in cars and vans accounted for almost half of all carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the transportation sector in 2022, according to Statista. Or cry. (BACK TO TOP)

Nominate the Next Leaders of IEEE

Volunteers are needed to serve as corporate officers, committee chairs, and members. IEEE is governed by volunteer members and depends on them for many things, including editing its publications, organizing conferences, coordinating regional and local activities, writing standards, leading educational activities, and identifying individuals for IEEE recognitions and awards. See below for the complete list. To nominate a person for a position, complete this form . Self-nominations are encouraged. (BACK TO TOP)

Video Friday: Agile but Safe

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. [ ABS ] GITAI is pleased to announce that its 1. The success of the S2 tech demo will be a major milestone for GITAI, confirming the feasibility of this technology as a fully operational system in space. On Jan. [ NASA ] (BACK TO TOP)

MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com

The Download: Google’s Gemini plans, and virtual power plants

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out. The news: In the biggest mass-market AI launch yet, Google is rolling out Gemini, its family of large language models,… (BACK TO TOP)

Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out.

In the biggest mass-market AI launch yet, Google is rolling out Gemini, its family of large language models, across almost all its products, from Android to the iOS Google app to Gmail to Docs and more. You can now get your hands on Gemini Ultra, the most powerful version of the model, for the first… (BACK TO TOP)

Advanced solar panels still need to pass the test of time

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It must be tough to be a solar panel. They’re consistently exposed to sun, heat, and humidity—and the panels installed today are expected to last 30 years or more. But how can… (BACK TO TOP)

Unlocking the power of sustainability

According to UN climate experts, 2023 was the warmest year on record. This puts the heat squarely on companies to accelerate their sustainability efforts. “It’s quite clear that the sense of urgency is increasing,” says Jonas Bohlin, chief product officer for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) platform provider Position Green. That pressure is coming from… (BACK TO TOP)

How virtual power plants are shaping tomorrow’s energy system

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. For more than a century, the prevalent image of power plants has been characterized by towering smokestacks, endless coal trains, and loud spinning turbines. But the… (BACK TO TOP)

The Download: China’s chiplets, and OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 watermarking

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why China is betting big on chiplets For the past couple of years, US sanctions have had the Chinese semiconductor industry locked in a stranglehold. Chinese companies can still manufacture chips for today’s… (BACK TO TOP)

This Chinese city wants to be the Silicon Valley of chiplets

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Last month, MIT Technology Review unveiled our pick for 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2024. These are the technological advancements that we believe will change our lives today or sometime in the future.… (BACK TO TOP)

Why China is betting big on chiplets

For the past couple of years, US sanctions have had the Chinese semiconductor industry locked in a stranglehold. While Chinese companies can still manufacture chips for today’s uses, they are not allowed to import certain chipmaking technologies, making it almost impossible for them to produce more advanced products. There is a workaround, however. A relatively… (BACK TO TOP)

Building innovation with blockchain

In 2015, JPMorgan Chase embarked on a journey to build a more secure and open wholesale banking. For chief technology officer at Onyx by J.P.Morgan, Suresh Shetty, investing in blockchain, a distributed ledger technology in its early days, was about ubiquity. “We actually weighted ubiquity in terms of who can use the technology, who was… (BACK TO TOP)

The Download: using AI to access mental health services, and the natural gas debate

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A chatbot helped more people access mental-health services The news: An AI chatbot helped increase the number of patients referred for mental-health services through England’s National Health Service (NHS), particularly among underrepresented groups… (BACK TO TOP)

SigNoz Blog

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The Top 9 Dynatrace Alternatives & Competitors in 2024

Are you tired of Dynatrace's complex UI or find it very expensive? Here are top 9 Dynatrace alternatives & competitors in 2024. 1.SigNoz 2.Datadog 3.Appdynamics... (BACK TO TOP)

Monitoring Django application performance with OpenTelemetry

OpenTelemetry provides an open-source standard with a consistent collection mechanism and data format. In this article, learn how to set up monitoring for a Django application using OpenTelemetry. (BACK TO TOP)

Latest top 17 API monitoring tools [open-source included]

Top 17 API monitoring tools including open source tools to monitor your APIs. 1.SigNoz 2.Prometheus 3.Graphite 4.Datadog 5.New Relic 6.Sauce Labs... (BACK TO TOP)

Grafana vs Splunk - Key Features and Differences

Grafana and Splunk are both used as monitoring tools. But while Grafana is majorly used as a data visualization tool, Splunk is an enterprise security and observability platform. Grafana is also an open-source project... (BACK TO TOP)

DataDog vs Prometheus - Comprehensive Comparison Guide [2024]

Datadog is a cloud-based SaaS solution, meaning there's no need to install or maintain any infrastructure. While on the other hand being open-source, Prometheus requires manual download and installation on your infrastructure... (BACK TO TOP)

Spans - a key concept of distributed tracing

Spans are fundamental blocks of distributed tracing. A single trace in distributed tracing consists of a series of tagged time intervals known as spans... (BACK TO TOP)

OpenTelemetry Nestjs Tracing Implementation Guide [2024 Updated]

Setting up OpenTelemetry instrumentation for a Nestjs application. Step 1. Install required dependencies Step 2. Create a tracer.js file Step 3. Import the tracer module Step 4. Start the tracer... (BACK TO TOP)

Kibana vs. Grafana - A Scenario-Based Decision Guide [2024]

The difference between Kibana and Grafana lies in their genesis. While Kibana was built on top of the Elasticsearch stack, famous for log analysis and management, Grafana was created mainly for metrics monitoring, supporting visualization for time-series databases... (BACK TO TOP)

Top 14 ELK alternatives [open source included] in 2024

There are many ELK alternatives that you can use for logs analytics. Top 14 ELK alternatives in 2024. 1.SigNoz 2.Logz.io 3.Graylog 4.Logtail 5.Sumologic 6.Grafana Loki... (BACK TO TOP)

A Lightweight Open Source ELK alternative

Are you looking for a lightweight ELK alternative? ELK stack is hard to manage at scale and is not resource efficient. Here's an alternative that is easy to deploy and manage... (BACK TO TOP)

DataDog vs Cloudwatch - Which tool to choose?

DataDog is a paid SaaS tool that provides a range of products for monitoring applications and tech infrastructure. While CloudWatch is an Amazon Web Services product that monitors applications running on AWS infrastructure and using AWS services.... (BACK TO TOP)

Monitoring your FastAPI application with OpenTelemetry

OpenTelemetry FastAPI client libraries can help you monitor your FastAPI applications for performance issues. In this article, learn how to set up monitoring for FastAPI web framework using OpenTelemetry. (BACK TO TOP)

LogRocket Blog

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Image description made easy with AI

Here are some real-life examples of AI-generated image descriptions and some tips and tricks for generating effective descriptions with AI. The post Image description made easy with AI appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Leader Spotlight: Building a winning product factory, with Steve McIrvin

Steve McIrvin shares the importance of creating a “product factory” — a suite of products that all work together and sustain over time. The post Leader Spotlight: Building a winning product factory, with Steve McIrvin appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

How to ask open-ended questions for better insights

Open-ended questions are queries that go beyond receiving a simple "yes" or "no" answer by requiring respondents to expand on their answers. The post How to ask open-ended questions for better insights appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Building a serverless GraphQL API with NeonDB and Prisma

Combine NeonDB, Prisma ORM, and Apollo Server within a serverless architecture to achieve a fully functional and scalable GraphQL API. The post Building a serverless GraphQL API with NeonDB and Prisma appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Understanding the difference between output and outcome

Outcomes are end goals you try to achieve (often referred to as “product impact”), whereas outputs are the means to achieve these outcomes. The post Understanding the difference between output and outcome appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Information architecture is changing: These are UX trends transforming the discipline

In the realm of UX, information architecture is instrumental in shaping users' digital interactions. Stay current with the latest trends here. The post Information architecture is changing: These are UX trends transforming the discipline appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Leader Spotlight: Optimizing for happiness, with Ryan Salsman

Ryan Salsman, Vice President of Digital Product at West Shore Home, discusses his leadership principle of “optimizing for happiness.” The post Leader Spotlight: Optimizing for happiness, with Ryan Salsman appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Illustrating the user experience with customer journey maps

A customer journey map is a flowchart that depicts the various stops that customers make before, during, and after purchasing. The post Illustrating the user experience with customer journey maps appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Exploring Interaction to Next Paint, a new Core Web Vital

Interaction to Next Paint was added to Google's Core Web Vitals to provide a more comprehensive assessment of website interactivity. The post Exploring Interaction to Next Paint, a new Core Web Vital appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Strategies for developing critical thinking skills

Critical thinking is a disciplined way of understanding, applying, and evaluating information from various sources to make informed judgments. The post Strategies for developing critical thinking skills appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Leader Spotlight: Spiritualizing the work life, with Faline Wu

Faline Wu, SVP of Product Management at Better, talks about how to “spiritualize the work-life” by practicing compassion at work. The post Leader Spotlight: Spiritualizing the work life, with Faline Wu appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Using the Figma Mirror app for mobile designs

The Figma Mirror app lets you view your Figma designs on mobile or tablet so you can see what your design will look like. The post Using the Figma Mirror app for mobile designs appeared first on LogRocket Blog . (BACK TO TOP)

Simon Willison's Weblog

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The first four Val Town runtimes

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Google's Gemini Advanced: Tasting Notes and Implications

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Quoting Neal Stephenson

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Datasette 1.0a8: JavaScript plugins, new plugin hooks and plugin configuration in datasette.yaml

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SQL for Data Scientists in 100 Queries

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The power of two random choices, visualized

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scriptisto

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shot-scraper 1.4

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How does Sidekiq really work?

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Quoting Charlie Marsh

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llm-sentence-transformers 0.2

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Quoting Armin Ronacher

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Introducing Nomic Embed: A Truly Open Embedding Model

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The Engineering behind Figma's Vector Networks

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Open Language Models (OLMos) and the LLM landscape

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Quoting UK House of Lords report on Generative AI

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Samattical

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Quoting Ethan Mollick

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unstructured

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ChunkViz

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Bulletin by Jakub Mikians