This podcast episode features Jim and Dan Shipper discussingthe practical uses of GPT-3 and ChatGPT at a personal scale. They cover topics such as using these tools for writing screenplays, analyzing journal entries, and note-taking. They also touch onthe differences between GPT-3 and ChatGPT,the c.. read more  

Ghidra introduces a new script that elicits a high-level explanatory comment to decompile function code. The post highlights the importance of automating tooling in software reverse engineering and introduces a new tool that uses machine learning to paraphrase and translate binary code into readabl.. read more  

New OpenCage users are reporting a strange increase in sign-ups that are using the free trial of their geocode API to locate mobile phone numbers. Upon investigation, it seems that ChatGPT, an AI question and answer service, has erroneously recommended the "reverse phone number lookup" capability ba.. read more  

Docker has reversed its decision to sunset its Free Team plan after receiving feedback and consulting its community. Therefore: - Current users of the Free Team plan do not have to migrate to another plan by April 14. - Customers who upgraded from the Free Team subscription to a paid subscription be.. read more  

The author of this post discusses the debate betweenmonolithic vs. microservices, and howthe real issue is whether distributed system architecture is worth the developer's time and cost overheads. The article highlights that we live in a world of virtualization andmost servers are a lot bigger and .. read more  

GitHub's newKafkarelaterepository provides developers with an easy way to integrate Kafka with GitOps principles for CI/CD. Learn about best practices for Kafka testing with Github Actions, simulate a Kafka cluster and validate it in a production environment without compromising credentials with th.. read more  

Engineers use the term "postmortem" to reflect on incidents and mistakes, although the name can bescary. Postmortems help us learn from mistakes and prevent future incidents. It is essential to establish the level of incident and ask questions like how to improve observability and prevent similar i.. read more  

Atul Gawande's Checklist Manifesto applies to software engineering, where using checklists can increase efficiency and consistency in executing complex tasks under pressure. Though checklists may seem mundane, they eliminate common mistakes and encourage focus on important but easily overlooked task.. read more  

The blog post describes how ClickHouse Cloud was builtin under a yearusing anunconventionalplanning process. The team prioritized simplicity and ease of use, and built the product on a shared everything architecture with separated storage and compute. The article also delves into the design and ar.. read more