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“Maybe it’s the changing interest rates or political winds, but I think the “fat client” era JS-heavy frontends is on its way out. The hype around edge applications is misplaced and unnecessary for building many different flavors of successful businesses. ...
Data and security breaches are a dime a dozen nowadays, and despite their frequency, they’re still just as dangerous. That’s where Yasmin Abdi, the CEO of noHack, comes in. Despite her relatively short career, she’s already worked for some of ...
If you’re building a new Python web app these days, there’s a good chance you’re using FastAPI. There are a lot of features that make FastAPI easy to get started with. There are also a lot of nuances that take ...
Common Misconceptions About the Complexity in Robotics vs AI by Dan Ogawa
Introduction We have explored GET, POST, PUT, and PATCH methods in our previous entries for this series. It is the final entry for all the HTTP methods which is
A real-world test of artificial intelligence infiltration of a university examinations system: A “Turing Test” case study by Peter Scarfe, Kelly Watcham, Alasdair Clarke, Etienne Roesch
Unbaited by Daniel Petho
Welcome to the smidgeon stream. This is a new kind of content on the Garden. One that was
Introduction In previous sections of this series, we've covered the GET, POST, and PUT methods. Now, we will explore the PATCH method, which differs from the ot
This episode kicks off a series on pytest plugins.In this episode:Introduction to pytest pluginsThe pytest.org pytest plugin listFinding pytest related packages on PyPIThe Top pytest plugins list on pythontest.comExploring popular pluginsLearning from plugin examplesLinks:Top pytest plugins listpytest.org plugin listTop PyPI ...
Kubernetes isn’t just a platform—it’s a revolution. On this episode of Fork Around and Find Out, Justin and Autumn sit down with Kubernetes co-creator Brian Grant to explore the origins of this game-changing technology. From Google’s internal tooling to the ...
I recently kicked off a 99designs contest for a new logo: https://99designs.com/logo-design/contests/logo-brand-ai-engineering-podcast-help-define-industry-1307842/
How to use Zotero's translator and Tana Paste formatting to easily import papers into Tana
I was very excited when I saw Cal Newport's episode on Structured Journaling come up, but I was disappointed by the recommendations:
I've been interested in being more intentional with my work, time and life recently. Here is my working definition of how to be more intentional.
For the second time now, someone mentioned to me that it is kind of paradoxical that my newsletter, which is called “Own Your Web”, is not hosted on my own server or under my own domain but on Buttondown. And ...
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Retirement is about the journey, not the destination. For Kelsey Hightower, it’s been an epic journey. On our debut episode of the Fork Around and Find Out Podcast (and much to Autumn’s elation), Kelsey joins us to run down his ...
I want to get back into writing more regularly this year, so in light of that, here’s my last year in review. Evaluating LLMs Like many of us in tech, I spent a large portion of 2024 thinking about and ...
In the spirit of self-love and positivity, I will now force myself to list all of the things I did on the internet (and beyond) in 2024.
if you like me*, and you're interested but never thought to ask, just ask!
Introduction What is weak package about? What are weak pointers Difference of weak and strong references Context of Garbage collector and unique pointers Mechan
Go's weak package provides weak references for garbage collection.
Hi All! 🤗 And then, one cold evening in December, my car broke down. In the middle of the intersection, right when the traffic lights turned green and I was about to leave. The engine, which had been turned off ...
A brief review of 2024 and what I'm looking forward to in 2025.
Introduction It is the end of the year, and I write this yearly as I have been writing it since . I get a lot of insights on the things after writing them. Let�
The workflow of recursively searching for things or dealing with a list of issues to fix without getting lost.
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in December 2024.
i was involved in 3 end of year-ish recaps today:
Sometimes, our bodies speak louder than our minds.
This is a follow-up to Let's build a CDN - Part 1A new friend joins us. We talk about the high-level, including why Varnish and why we are doing this in the first place. We go through the plan for ...
There is a lot of debate in the software community around whether LLMs can replace developers. Part of the reason is the way we formulate the problem of what it means to write software. In industry, we still give outsize ...
From imposter syndrome to shipping features used by millions, here's what I learned during my year as a remote engineer at Meta.
Less is more.
Discover how to classify DevRel content to understand what works for your team. Learn about 4 content types, their goals, and leading themes.
Introduction It is day 5 of the advent of code, and today we have an interesting problem of ordering pages. Let’s dive into the problem and how I approached i
Fork Around and Find Out is your downtime from uptime. Your break from the pager, and a chance to learn from expert’s successes and failures. We cover state-of-the-art, legacy practices for building, running, and maintaining software and systems. Be sure ...
Introduction Moving on to day 4, we have a grid problem in front of us, we are given some numbers in the form of a grid, i.e. some rows and columns with some up
