Explores the evolution of Apache Iceberg catalogs, focusing on the current REST Catalog and future proposals for server-side optimizations.
A technical guide on extracting 2FA secrets from the abandoned Authenticator Plus iOS app using SQLCipher and Ruby.
A critical analysis of whether test automation truly reduces stress and disruptions, or if it can initially increase workload and pressure on teams.
Explores the concept of signed zero in IEEE-754 floats, its mathematical implications, and a real-world issue with complex number discontinuities in Qiskit.
A developer's monthly digest covering tech books, industry commentary, AI debates, and personal reflections on walking and productivity.
A developer's yearly recap of projects including a self-published game, a personal ranking web app, and contributions to Advent of Code.
Explores a surprising C# compiler warning when using pattern matching with nullable properties, revealing edge cases in static analysis.
Explains the concept of 'symbolically nested' statistical models, their computational advantages, and their importance in survey analysis.
A hands-on tutorial on building a data lakehouse pipeline using Spark, Dremio, and Superset to move and analyze data.
A data visualization expert details their participation in the #30DayChartChallenge, using DataWrapper to create interactive charts based on 'The Simpsons' data.
The author announces a change in the blog's content license from CC BY-SA 4.0 to the more permissive CC BY 4.0, citing a shift in perspective on licensing reciprocity.
Discusses strategies for continual pretraining of LLMs and evaluating reward models for RLHF, based on recent research papers.
Analysis of recent AI research papers on continued pretraining for LLMs and reward modeling for RLHF, with insights into model updates and alignment.
How a company's 'Demo Friday' culture fosters collaboration, peer recognition, and deep technical learning across hardware and software teams.
A summary of new features and updates for Azure WebApps in March 2024, focusing on the GA release of Automatic Scaling for Premium-tier apps.
A developer shares their experience porting a Unity game to Unreal Engine, focusing on the benefits and learning curve of using Blueprints for visual coding.
A podcast episode discussing WWDC 24, developer challenges in the EU, and bugs in Xcode 15, with hopes for a more stable release.
An update on vdirsyncer's sync algorithm improvements, including status handling, error categorization, and auto-creation of collections.
JDK 20-23 updates for Unicode CLDR Version 42, covering locale data changes and parsing enhancements for date/time strings.
The creator reflects on five years of running component.gallery, a design system showcase, sharing stats, visitor insights, and future plans.
