A list of essential Linux tools to pre-install for diagnosing performance issues and outages, including package names.
A tutorial on building a generative transformer model from scratch in Julia, trained on Shakespeare to create GPT-like text.
An interview with the creators of Skip.tools, discussing their Swift-to-Kotlin transpiler for building native Android and iOS apps from a single SwiftUI codebase.
A look at the exciting developments in PHP for 2024, including the PHP Foundation's work, the FrankenPHP app server, and Laravel's growth.
Redis has been renamed to Redict after a controversial license change, sparking a fork to preserve its open-source nature.
Explains the importance of factors in R for data analysis, covering when and how to convert strings to factors to avoid errors.
A monthly roundup of news and resources on stream processing, Apache Flink, Kafka, and data engineering from industry experts.
A developer recounts attending a Processing hack night, using Clojure and Quil to create generative art and sharing the resulting code.
A developer explores efficient testing strategies for 109+ regex-based code highlighting patterns, moving from individual tests to data-driven approaches.
A guide to creating an Azure Service Health dashboard using Azure Resource Graph Explorer, including KQL queries and a shared workbook.
Explores message delivery challenges during shutdown in actor-based systems using C++ and SObjectizer, with a practical example of an image cache agent.
A tutorial on setting up a Next.js application with Prisma ORM and SQLite database, covering initial setup and migrations.
A tutorial on how to seed a database using Prisma and TypeScript, including setup and execution steps.
Explains key causal inference estimands (ATE, ATT, ATU) and how to calculate them using observational data, with a focus on R and the potential outcomes framework.
Explains how to use Xcode 15's DocC to document and create links to native Swift type extensions for better API discoverability.
A guide to implementing a radix tree (compressed trie) data structure in Julia using Test Driven Development (TDD).
A developer discusses post-launch fixes for a SaaS product, including trial expirations, email prompts, UI polish, and dependency updates.
Explores building a SharePoint chatbot using Copilot Studio, covering setup, benefits, and key limitations like search type and file size.
Argues that the term 'Open Source' is misleading for LLMs and proposes the new term 'PALE LLMs' (Publicly Available, Locally Executable).
Guide to configuring Git version control for Azure SQL Database and Synapse Dedicated Pool objects using Azure Data Studio.
