Technology Commentary

Interviews with activists, social scientists, entrepreneurs and change-makers about the most effective strategies to expand humanity’s moral circle, with an emphasis on expanding the circle to farmed animals.

Photo by Jan Huber on Unsplash It is not uncommon to hear the question: what is 5G really good for? After all, it doesn’t change the current applications, it doesn’t change our mobile experience to…

The IBM NS1 Connect global server load-balancing service ties together the company’s DNS technology with real-time user data to speed connectivity and improve failover in distributed enterprises.

OpenAI’s new video model and a new chip for Groq are important developments in not just AI but also virtual reality.

The consequences of bad code can’t be underestimated but must be mitigated to ensure business success.

As of February 14th 2024, RFC 9512 formally registers as the media type for all YAML content, and adds as a standard structured suffix for…

An overview of Google Zanzibar tradeoffs including data centralization.

Covering core Data Engineering concepts with end to end data tech stacks from the modern times. Leverage it to build your own path.

Let's be honest: a lot of security work boils down to appearances over effectiveness. Checklists get filled, fancy presentations fly around, but are you...

Decentralized web technologies have the potential to make the internet more robust and efficient, supporting a new wave of innovation. However, the fundamental technologies and services that make it work are already being hit with overreaching legal threats.Exhibit A: the Interplanetary File System...

Four questions to ask your organization.

Stop trying to guess why a database column exists by using structured database schema documentation.

There's a new trend of sites' CDNs inserting multi-second interstitials that distract you with a spinner to make you think they are doing something. I find these vaguely threatening. They come with the strong implication that some time in the future, my "device" might not be "verified". It has the stench of browser fingerprinting, "Web Integrity", and HDCP DRM on it. As in, if they cannot ...

After reading a post by Graphite and some recent Hacker News discussion, I decided to jot down some notes on version control, specifically git. Saves vs Commits Commits are subtly tricky in that they are really two different concepts in one. In some cases, they function as a mechanism to save your code. It’s 5pm and you want to go home, so you commit your code. Or as the meme goes, in case of fire, git commit, git push, leave building.

Transitioning from an on-prem environment to a cloud environment involves a lot of major shifts for organizations. One of those shifts is often around how we monitor the overall health of systems. …

Disclaimer: Could this post be social suicide? Sure, that's a distinct possibility, given that I typically refrain from sharing opinions to steer clear of associated stigma. However, there is an elephant spraying everywhere and we've just been contentedly sitting in a muddy space grinning at its aftermath for a while

Jesse Anderson, director at Big Data Institute, and Martin Kleppmann, author of "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" explore together the evolving data landscape. They start with the origins of Martin’s book, emphasizing the crucial art of asking the right questions. Martin unveils industry shifts since 2017, spotlighting the transformative rise of cloud services. The conversation then takes a twist as Martin delves into academia, sharing insights on local-first collaboration software and the fascinating world of Automerge. Aspiring software engineers are treated with some advice on how to navigate the delicate balance between simplicity and adaptability. The interview concludes with a glimpse into diverse career paths in the dynamic realm of data engineering, making it a must-watch for professionals at every stage of their journey.

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The analogy might be far-fetched, but I’ll run with it.

Motivation

We need to reinvent hyperlinks in a cozy idiom for the contemporary dark forest online environment before web2 platforms succeed in their decade long quest to kill them (though they don’t deserve a…

I take a dive into the world of software and look at the problem of managing dependencies. From the Unix design, we've inherited many problems. Can we nix them with 'Nix'?

How firmware became the layer between our hardware and software experiences. It was only sorta like Halt and Catch Fire.

Ever been greeted by a "404 Not Found" message while browsing the web? It's one of the many status codes used by the web. 404 is self-explanatory - usually an indication that a resource or page was not found. The (almost) interesting history of Port NumbersPort numbers are the numerical

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