The Case for Models | Concerning Quality
The Case for Models | Concerning Quality –An interesting idea, model based testing. The aurhor says: “Again, I’m writing about models because I have a deep desire to keep software minimal. While I don’t think it’s wrong to simply buckle up and deal with the complexity and raw magnitude of implementations as many of us do, that’s just not the path that I find appealing intuitively.”
ChatGPT Can’t Kill Anything Worth Preserving
ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving –If you, like many, is fascinated and trying to figure out what ChatGPT (and whatever comes next) means, this is a good article: "If an algorithm is the death of high school English, maybe that's an okay thing."
What is Steampipe?
What is Steampipe? –Seems useful for someone. Just putting it on this list to track it. Here's what the author says: "Steampipe is an fantastic tool from Turbot. Steampipe allows you to easily ask questions about your Cloud and SaaS Infrastructure"
A Nibble of Git’s Object Store
A Nibble of Git's Object Store –We all use git all day long. We know its a power tool. Easy to use and easy to shoot yourself in the foot. A footgun. Learn more about git internals for fun and profit! Power and efficiency through content-addressable storage and delta compression
Phlex — fast, object-oriented view framework for Ruby
Phlex — fast, object-oriented view framework for Ruby –If youve done a bit of Rails, you might have written some helpers like this. This package seems like a more complete and comprehensive implementation of this idea.
When to use gRPC vs GraphQL
When to use gRPC vs GraphQL –Honestly, I wasnt too aware of gRPC, but very aware of GraphQL. So this vomparison could be useful in the future. Author describes the article like this: “We dig into two of the most popular API protocols to see where they work best. “
ggerganov/whisper.cpp: Port of OpenAI’s Whisper model in C/C++
ggerganov/whisper.cpp: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++ –Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++. Contribute to ggerganov/whisper.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub.
Database Performance Optimization and Scaling in Rails | AppSignal Blog
Database Performance Optimization and Scaling in Rails | AppSignal Blog –A decent introductory article about scaling rails applications. Somewhat rails specific, but it does introduce the general principles. Heres the authors blurb: “Improve your Rails application's performance by fine-tuning and scaling your database.”
Forget about algorithms and models — learn how to solve problems first
Forget about algorithms and models — learn how to solve problems first –An interesting article, stating the obvious. This is highly relevant to someone who teaches college students their in their very first year of learning programming. And yet it is still a subject of debate among my colleagues. Heres the authors’s own words: “t's not necessarily about what programming language you learn or use. It's about how you approach problem solving.”
Learning Rust with ChatGPT, Copilot and Advent of Code
Learning Rust with ChatGPT, Copilot and Advent of Code –Another amazing and somewhat scary example of ChatGPT, the ai tool that everyone is takking about. Heres what the author says: lI’m using this year’s Advent of Code to learn Rust—with the assistance of GitHub Copilot and OpenAI’s new ChatGPT. I think one of the most exciting applications of large language …”