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 –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 …”
Creating a Chart –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
How to Frame a Roof (with Pictures) – wikiHow –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…”
Refurbishing and modernizing Python codebases with refurb –I havent tried this tool. If it works (a big if) it would be very useful. Heres what the author says: “As we know, Python is an interpreted language. Interpreted code is always slower than direct machine code because it takes a lot more…”
AI-generated answers temporarily banned on coding Q&A site Stack Overflow –I’m interested what’s going to happen as ChatGPT gets better. I hadn’t thought about StackOverflow. But I was thinking about students using it to do homework assignments, like papers and essays. Here’s what the author says: “People have been using OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to flood the site with AI responses, but Stack Overflow’s mods say these ‘have a high rate of being incorrect.’”
ChatGPT –For 2022, the performance of this AI is truly amazing. Maybe in a year or five it will seem simple but for now, its crzay good and a bit scary: “A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges. “
Building A Virtual Machine inside ChatGPT –This is a truly amazing and mind-bending example of something that ChatGPT can do. Wheels within wheels. The Matrix. Check out what the author says: “Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard of this new ChatGPT assistant made by OpenAI. Did you know, that you can run a whole virtual machine inside of ChatGPT?l
Article: Tailwind is a Leaky Abstraction –Programmers love abstracting things. Hey, i keep writing the same sequence, let me create a language on top of this language to make things easier. Ive never liked nor bothered learning SCSS and SASS. For that reason. I figured that one way ot the other id stil end up in CSS. The same seems to be true of tailwind!
Swurl – Search everything instantly –Played with this a little. While google already searches all those other sources still i like the formatting of the output. Not sure if i will continuw to like it ad i use it more. But intriguing! Author dsys: “Search Google, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Amazon, & many more sites all at once. See all the results in 1 organized view.”
5 ways to make HTTP requests in Ruby –Oldie but goodie question – but the answer changes a little every year! So this post: “There are numerous ways to perform HTTP requests in Ruby. Let’s dive in 5 of these solutions and compare each other.”
I Was Wrong About Mastodon – EscapingTech –Excellent article explaining mastodon logic and semantixs, especially with respect to the relationship that instances have to each other and what moderation options instance operstors have. The author: “I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn’t scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size.”
A Complete Guide to Lock Convoys | Dave Kilian’s Blog –A very interesting concept and scenario that affects scale in surprising ways. In the category of everything old is nee again, this was identified and named back in the 1970’s!
CapRover · Free and Open Source PaaS! –From the readme, this is a promising tool for automating deploymeny of apps to s cloud server. Perhaps one more option post Heroku. They dont mention ruby and rails but imply its covered.
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Why Twitter Didn’t Go Down: From a Real Twitter SRE –Twitter supposedly lost around 80% of its work force. What ever the real number is, there are whole teams with out engineers on it now. Yet, the website goes on and the tweets keep coming. This left a lot wondering what exactly was going on with all those engineers and made it seem like it was all just bloat. I’d like to explain my little corner of Twitter (though it wasn’t