GitHub's new AI-driven web IDE, GitHub Copilot Workspace, failed in multiple aspects during testing, including improper file generation and not following conventions. The tool struggled with simple tasks like parsing YAML files and maintaining style conventions, making it more of a hindrance than a .. read more  

Zed, created by Atom and Tree-sitter developers, aims to outshine VSCode. Built with Rust and the GPUI framework, Zed delivers superior speed and reliability. It supports real-time code collaboration using CRDTs and integrates with GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT. Current limitations include Mac-only ava.. read more  

Curious about what music genre your favorite coding language would be? Eduated guesses have been made to link PHP with country music... read more  

Self-hosting an LLM with EKS costs approximately $17 per 1M tokens versus ChatGPT at $1 per 1M tokens. Using four Nvidia Tesla T4 GPUs can reduce the cost to <$0.01 per 1M tokens but takes ~5.5 years to break even. Factors like hardware management and usage frequency must be considered... read more  

"Clean Code" by Robert Martin, despite popularized concepts within the coding community, presents real work examples for refactoring that may not always improve code quality. The examples often introduce unnecessary complexity, such as turning simple functions into complicated class structures with .. read more  

In large-scale systems, Load Balancer, Reverse Proxy, and API Gateway have distinct roles. Load Balancers distribute network traffic across backend servers to enhance performance and reliability. Reverse Proxies add functionalities like SSL termination, security measures, and caching. API Gateways n.. read more  

Caching is applied at every layer: browsers cache HTTP responses and assets; CDNs cache static content; some load balancers cache frequently accessed data. Service instances use in-memory and distributed caches like Redis for performance. Databases use caches like Bufferpool and Materialized Views f.. read more  

Go's syntax, features, and tooling enable easy-to-read and maintainable code. Recent additions like generics in Go 1.18 and range-over functions in Go 1.23 have introduced complexity without significantly improving productivity. The main advantage of Go remains its simplicity, which is being oversha.. read more  

Elon Musk stated he would ban Apple devices at his companies if Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, calling it a security violation. He criticized Apple for relying on OpenAI rather than developing its own AI and mentioned the establishment of his own AI startup, xAI, valued at $2.. read more