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What If We Could Rebuild Kafka From Scratch?

Toss those partitions. Instead, pivot to key-centric streams—perfect for fine-tuned consumer management. Say goodbye to head-of-line blocking. Lean into topic hierarchies for slick, pattern-based subscriptions. Want to avoid outdated headaches? Tackle that with concurrency control. Broker-side schem.. read more  

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Taking a Look at Database Disk, Memory, and Concurrency Management

Databasesdance between block and file-level access. They cleverly use memory like a magician with a hidden pocket, smoothing over sluggish disk interactions. Logs? They’re the secret sauce for slick crash recovery.Concurrency controlin the mad circus of transactions? Locks. They're the backstage cre.. read more  

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Ansible: pure (only in its) pragmatism

Ansibleslashes through the tangled mess of system admin tasks on Windows and Linux without needing agents, keeping things tidy and consistent. Just don't count on it to break any speed records. ItsYAML-based DSLand an extensive library of plugins give it some flair, but when it comes to full-scale i.. read more  

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Google debuts an updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model ahead of I/O

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition)is here, flexing its muscles in code editing and web app creation. This newcomer muscles its way to the top of theWebDev Arena Leaderboard. As if that wasn't enough, it scores a jaw-dropping84.8%on VideoMME for video analysis. And guess what? The price tag hasn’t .. read more  

Google debuts an updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model ahead of I/O
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Claude’s AI research mode now runs for up to 45 minutes before delivering reports

Anthropic's Claude just supercharged its Research feature, cranking out reports from hundreds of sources in a blazing 45 minutes.But stay sharp—AI has a knack for inventing phantom sources... read more  

Claude’s AI research mode now runs for up to 45 minutes before delivering reports
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AI predicted the next pope. Did it get it right?

A.I. algorithm incorrectly predicted Italian Cardinal Parolin as next pope; new model analyzes voting trends and predicts U.S. Cardinal Prevost as a compromise candidate. Model may improve with inclusion of more political and geographical data, but current analysis offers insights into potential pap.. read more  

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Stop overbuilding evals

Over-engineering smothers momentum. Get it to prod yesterday. Imperfection? Own it. Tweak with real folks in the wild. Feature flags and sanity checks? Priceless. Theory's just noise until reality weighs in... read more  

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Researchers Fine-Tune LLM for Reasoning with Only 1,000 Examples

Meet the"Wait" token trick—a clever nudge that sharpens a model's reasoning. It mirrors OpenAI's o1-preview magic using only 1,000 examples. And guess what? Not a speck of reinforcement learning in sight... read more  

Researchers Fine-Tune LLM for Reasoning with Only 1,000 Examples
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Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM

Only25%of AI projects actually deliver returns on investment. Yet,61%of CEOs are ready to double down and scale their AI agents. Surprisingly,64%jumped in headfirst, investing before the payoff even showed its face... read more  

Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM
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Alibaba’s ‘ZeroSearch’ lets AI learn to google itself — slashing training costs by 88 percent

Alibaba researchers developed ZeroSearch to train large language models (LLMs) to search for information without using real search engines, reducing costs by up to 88%. ZeroSearch outperformed Google in experiments, demonstrating the potential for AI systems to simulate search and reduce reliance on.. read more