A developer shares fun and time-consuming microfeatures implemented on their personal blog, including published/revision dates, quote attribution, and styled notes.
Analyzing the probability of covering all birthdays in a group and the expected number of people needed, framed as the Coupon Collector's Problem.
Explains why typing in the terminal is confusing due to inconsistent text editing across different programs and shares useful tips.
Explains the new UUID v7 (GUID) generation in .NET 9, highlighting its sortable timestamp structure and usage.
Positron is a new data science IDE from Posit that combines features from RStudio and VS Code, offering a specialized environment for R and Python.
Explores new variable validation capabilities in Terraform 1.9, allowing dynamic checks using other variables and resources.
A podcast episode discussing how to write code that becomes manageable legacy code, using a personal game development example.
Explores Microsoft's Graph RAG, an advanced RAG technique using knowledge graphs to answer global questions about datasets, with a hands-on setup guide.
A review of a biography on John von Neumann, exploring his genius, the von Neumann architecture, and his influence on 20th-century science.
Explores the causes and types of hallucinations in large language models, focusing on extrinsic hallucinations and how training data affects factual accuracy.
Analysis of the resurgence of high-quality, technical systems programming meetups and guidance for starting your own.
A guide to fixing code signing and notarization problems in Unreal Engine 5.3+ projects for macOS distribution.
Analysis of Pluralsight's financial struggles after its leveraged buyout by Vista Equity Partners, critiquing private equity's impact on tech companies.
An engineer argues for the value of 'low-tech' developer tools like Vim, emphasizing their portability, speed, and alignment with Unix principles.
A detailed comparison of Anthropic's Claude 3 and the newer Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI models, covering performance, capabilities, and benchmarks.
A comparison of serverless computing and containers, outlining their benefits and ideal use cases for application deployment.
A summary of the July 2024 Surrey Azure User-Group meeting, featuring talks on PowerBI mapping with Azure/ArcGIS and GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted coding.
Podcast episode discussing learning Blender for game asset creation and the importance of multi-device testing for app/game performance.
Applying API/UI design principles to education, arguing for immediate engagement over delayed theory to improve knowledge transfer.
A hands-on review of GitHub Copilot Workspace, a new AI-powered web environment for software design and development, based on initial testing.
