A review of a biography on John von Neumann, exploring his genius, the von Neumann architecture, and his influence on 20th-century science.
Analysis of the resurgence of high-quality, technical systems programming meetups and guidance for starting your own.
Explores the causes and types of hallucinations in large language models, focusing on extrinsic hallucinations and how training data affects factual accuracy.
A guide to fixing code signing and notarization problems in Unreal Engine 5.3+ projects for macOS distribution.
Analysis of Pluralsight's financial struggles after its leveraged buyout by Vista Equity Partners, critiquing private equity's impact on tech companies.
An engineer argues for the value of 'low-tech' developer tools like Vim, emphasizing their portability, speed, and alignment with Unix principles.
A detailed comparison of Anthropic's Claude 3 and the newer Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI models, covering performance, capabilities, and benchmarks.
A comparison of serverless computing and containers, outlining their benefits and ideal use cases for application deployment.
A summary of the July 2024 Surrey Azure User-Group meeting, featuring talks on PowerBI mapping with Azure/ArcGIS and GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted coding.
Podcast episode discussing learning Blender for game asset creation and the importance of multi-device testing for app/game performance.
Applying API/UI design principles to education, arguing for immediate engagement over delayed theory to improve knowledge transfer.
A hands-on review of GitHub Copilot Workspace, a new AI-powered web environment for software design and development, based on initial testing.
Introduces vidir, a tool from moreutils that allows batch renaming and deleting files by editing a list in Vim.
A guide on using GitHub Codespaces to simplify contributor onboarding for .NET open-source projects by setting up pre-configured cloud dev environments.
Explores advanced techniques for the Meridian Swift web framework, focusing on responder parameterization and architectural design decisions.
A tech founder shares hard-earned lessons on hiring for a startup, covering pitfalls with interns, candidate assessment, and recruitment strategies.
A developer shares his favorite productivity apps for 2024, including Obsidian for notes, Dabble.me for journaling, and Raindrop for bookmarks.
Explores database durability without write-ahead logs, contrasting in-memory and disk-based approaches to build intuition for WAL design.
A technical guide on testing a Starnote device indoors using USB connection and the Notecard Simulator tool.
A participant's detailed report on tackling the ICFP Contest 2024, focusing on implementing a custom lambda calculus language to solve complex programming challenges.
