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In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses

Google dropped detailed stats on energy, water, and carbon use per query for its Gemini models. Median energy:0.24 Wh, with TPUs eating58%of that. They’re claiming a33× efficiency boostin the last year—credit goes to model and software tuning. System shift:A public hyperscaler posting this means th..

In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses
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OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one

OpenAI just fired a shot across LinkedIn’s bow. Its new jobs platform—part ofOpenAI Academy—aims to certify AI skills, then plug users directly into hiring pipelines. Walmart's already on board. Market signal:OpenAI’s not just training people anymore. It's moving in on talent placement, pulling the ..

OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one
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Cursor looks into selling your data for AI training

Anysphere—the team behind Cursor, the AI coding sidekick—is looking to license user behavior data to the big model labs: OpenAI, Anthropic, and the usual suspects. Why? Training costs are brutal, and this could ease the burn. Strategic Implication:Selling real developer telemetry to model competito..

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AI Models Need a Virtual Machine

Microsoft and academic researchers want to give AI models a new kind of home: theAI Model Virtual Machine (MVM). Think of it like theJVM, but for LLMs—an interface layer that standardizes how models plug into host software. The MVM enforcessecurity,isolation, andtool-calling rules, while also unloc..

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OpenAI announces new mentorship program for budding tech founders

OpenAI introduced a new program called "OpenAI Grove" for early tech entrepreneurs to build with AI. The program is aimed at individuals in the pre-idea to pre-seed stage and offers mentoring, access to tools and models, and in-person workshops. Grove's first cohort will run from Oct. 20 to Nov. 21,..

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24 Best Command Line Performance Monitoring Tools for Linux

A fresh look at Linux monitoring tools shows the classics still hold—but the visual crowd’s moving in. Old-school command-liners liketopandvmstatremain go-to’s for quick reads. But picks likeNetdata,btop, andMonitbring dashboards, colors, and actual UX. Tools likeiftop,Nmon, andSuricatastretch deep..

24 Best Command Line Performance Monitoring Tools for Linux
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Pooling Connections with RDS Proxy at Klaviyo

Klaviyo replaced ProxySQL on EC2 and moved toAWS RDS Proxy. Why? Less overhead. Simpler failovers. Smarter pooling. RDS Proxy handlesmultiplexing, packing thousands of client queries into way fewer DB connections. IAM access and built-in failover routing sweeten the deal...

Pooling Connections with RDS Proxy at Klaviyo
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Why "What Happened First?" Is One of the Hardest Questions in Large-Scale Systems

Logical clocks trackevent orderin distributed systems—no need for synced wall clocks. Each node keeps a counter. On every event: tick it. On every message: tack on your counter. When you receive one? Merge and bump. This flips the script. Instead of chasing global time, distributed systems lean int..

Why "What Happened First?" Is One of the Hardest Questions in Large-Scale Systems
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The Hidden AWS Cost Traps No One Warns You About (and How I Avoid Them)

Calling outfive sneaky AWS cost traps—the kind that creep in through overlooked defaults and quiet misconfigs, then blow up your bill while no one's watching...

The Hidden AWS Cost Traps No One Warns You About (and How I Avoid Them)
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Easy will always trump simple

Rich Hickey’s classic “Simple Made Easy” talk is making the rounds again—as a mirror held up to dev culture under pressure. The punchline: we keep picking solutions that areeasy but tangled, instead ofsimple and sane. The essay draws a sharp line between that habit and a concept from biology: exapt..