Technology Commentary

Communication is an essential part of our lives. And there are two ways of communicating: in real-time and asynchronously. Are you using both effectively?

Conventional wisdom says order and planning are the key to achieve great productivity. But I've found the importance of chaos as well. In this post, I will tell you how to embrace both to get better results.

Have you ever thought how programming languages relate to one another? I recently did, and to my surprise there is a lot of similarities with human languages. I’m sure you will see programming languages in a different way after reading this. If you don’t know much about programming, this will help you understand them a bit more.

...is nothing. You do, and I do. But technology doesn't. Everything you love about technology, and everything you hate, is not its own doing. Technology is only a multiplier. Use it for good, and it will flourish. Use it for evil, and it will corrupt everything in its path.

Explore how Arm’s optimized performance and cost-efficient architecture, coupled with PyTorch, can enhance machine learning operations, from model training to deployment and learn how to leverage CI/CD for machine learning workflows, while reducing time, cost, and errors in the process.

Programming languages are generally defined as a more human-friendly way to program computers than using raw machine code. Within the realm of these languages there is a wide range of how close the…

The oft-quoted saying “all models are wrong, but some are useful” is a tounge-in-cheek way of saying that at some level, tools we use to predict how the world behaves will differ from r…

Everyone loves, and should respect, lithium-ion batteries. They pack a ton of power and can make our projects work better. I’ve gathered a number of tips and tricks about using them over the …

Academically interesting technique for poking holes in paywalled tech specs

In the early 1990s I was privileged enough to be immersed in the world of technology during the exciting period that gave birth to the World Wide Web, and I can honestly say I managed to completely…

ChatGPT and the like are not nearly as good as you think. And as time goes by, they're getting worse.

Is AI getting worse? Or are we getting more picky?

Apple is well and truly a services company; hardware is necessary but insufficient for future growth.

Network APIs are the new secret weapon for developers, and CAMARA is redefining the rules by making Telco integration more powerful than ever.

Previously, we've looked at code generation in both Rails and Thrift. But unlike Thrift, the code generated by Rails is meant to be changed. Any change is...

A guide on turning your diary into dollars.

By Jose Fernandez, Sebastien Dabdoub, Jason Koch, Artem Tkachuk

Pushy is Netflix’s WebSocket server that maintains persistent WebSocket connections with devices running the Netflix application. This…

If you’re a longtime mobile phone enthusiast like I am, you’ve already seen a dedicated camera control button on phones well before Apple entered the smartphone market. The Nokia N95 is a notable e…

IBM got their PCs and PS/2 computers into schools in the 1980s and 1990s. We fondly remember educational games like Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain. However, IBM had been trying to get into the ed…

One of the most significant performance improvements I’ve seen in a micro-services platform was moving from 🐢 HTTP/1.1 to 🚀 HTTP/2. But…

Exceptions are often a better way to handle errors than returning them as values. We argue that traditional exceptions provide better user and developer experience, and show that they even result in faster execution.

By now you’re probably hearing about OpenTelemetry quite often. Maybe you’ve already read the description at…

Developer Cory LaViska built component libraries for large companies, but he saw a need for an open source Web Components library.

In reality, staff engineers aren’t about ‘company wide’ impact but a system of patronage where managers reward behaviors they value

Why not "why not" comments? Not why "not comments"

Scale AI’s future versus further scaling of language model performance. How Nvidia may take all the margins from the data market, too.

What is the definition of “Open Source”? In future posts, we’ll discuss harmonious paths forward, but for now we have to dig into why OSI’s Open Source Definition created division from the start

How GitHub _actually_ became the dominant force it is today, from one of it's cofounders.