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Developers often struggle with knowing when to give up on a search for answers, falling into local maxima and wasting time on inefficient methods. Using AI for programming assistance, like Chat GPT, can lead to further confusion and require a strong sense of when to bail. Knowing when to read the ma.. read more
On March 5, 2024, Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, experienced a global outage that left millions of users unable to access their accounts for approximately two hours. The incident, caused by a configuration issue, disrupted not only social interactions but also impacted Meta’s virtual reality hardware, raising concerns about the reliability and security of the tech giant’s services.
We went through a big transformation in recent decades, we learned how to deliver the software better, and we devised new practices and patterns to streamline the work between the teams. However, the current software development lifecycle (SDLC) is still far from being perfect. Teams spend much time on the handoffs of the artifacts. They communicate inefficiently, and they lack proper checks early in the pipeline. Platform Engineers can reshape the industry by pushing left guardrails to protect production, however, they need to have proper tools and processes. In this article, we are going to see what Platform Engineers can do to make Developers’ lives better.
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Stable diffusion early preview text-to-image model shows significant improvement in performance and image quality, with enhanced spelling ability. Model is currently in waitlist for early access, with upcoming release aimed at gathering feedback to further enhance performance and safety... read more
BuildKit is Docker's new default build engine, offering faster build times and improved layer caching capabilities compared to the original build engine. By optimizing Dockerfiles with multistage builds, developers can take advantage of parallelization and cache hits to greatly enhance overall build.. read more
The author describes how they solved theOne Billion Row Challenge (1BRC)in Go nine times, from a simple unoptimised version that takes 1 minute 45 seconds, to an optimised and parallelised version that takes 3.4 seconds... read more
The GitHub DMCA takedown policy aims to maximize code availability while safeguarding developers from overreach and ambiguous requests. The number of DMCA notices fluctuates, with a peak of 267 in March 2022 and a low of 113 in November 2023. Retractions, reversals, and counter-notices are much less.. read more
Language models, such as ChatGPT, can exhibit "hallucinations" where they provide inaccurate or outdated information. This can be addressed by using the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) framework, which allows the language model to fetch relevant and up-to-date information directly related to th.. read more
