2022

Phlex — fast, object-oriented view framework for Ruby

Web site excerpt: 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.
Link to site: Phlex — fast, object-oriented view framework for Ruby

Web site excerpt: 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"
Link to site: What is Steampipe?

Web site excerpt: 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. “
Link to site: When to use gRPC vs GraphQL

Web site excerpt: Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++. Contribute to ggerganov/whisper.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub.
Link to site: 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.

Link to site: ggerganov/whisper.cpp: Port of OpenAI’s Whisper model in C/C++

Web site excerpt: 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.”
Link to site: Database Performance Optimization and Scaling in Rails | AppSignal Blog

Web site excerpt: 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.”
Link to site: Forget about algorithms and models — learn how to solve problems first

Web site excerpt: 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 …”
Link to site: Learning Rust with ChatGPT, Copilot and Advent of Code

Web site excerpt: I've been experimenting with Apache Superset to create charts and dashboards. The features are very powerul and consequently can be obscure. I just found this doc which seems helpful
Link to site: Creating a Chart

Web site excerpt: How did this particular link end up here? I am learning to construct small wooden models. Currently I am making a simple framed house. I needed to review how a roof truss is constructed. Here is what the author says: “Framing a roof is the l. ast step in framing new construction. While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses–the rafter supports of the roof itself–learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of...”
Link to site: How to Frame a Roof (with Pictures) - wikiHow