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We deserve a better streams API for JavaScript The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.
Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. ◆ Truffle Security Co. Google spent over a decade telling developers that Google API keys (like those used in Maps, Firebase, etc.) are not secrets. But that's no longer true.
Upgrading my Open Source Pi Surveillance Server with Frigate In 2024 I built a Pi Frigate NVR with Axzez's Interceptor 1U Case, and installed it in my 19" rack. Using a Coral TPU for object detection, it's been dutifully surveilling my property—on my terms (100% local, no cloud integration or account required). I'v...
Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like ...
The Hunt for Dark Breakfast With a theoretical model of breakfast, can we derive the existence of “dark breakfasts,” breakfasts that we know must exist, but have never observed?
AI Agent Skills and you | Pure Krome Thoughts about AI Agent Skills, CLI and API's inside Docker Containers.
Stop Expecting Your Best Engineer to Be a Good Mentor Most of them can’t, and that’s not a character flaw.
Kafka CLI in C# | no dogma blog Here is a C# CLI for Kafka to produce and consume messages, and list, create, and delete topics.
Your Login Endpoint Is Leaking Information How attackers can tell if an email or password is wrong, even when the error message is the same
Code Is Cheap — Now What? Code has become 100x cheaper with LLMs. This paradigm shift is something we need to wrap our heads around. What can you do with cheap code?
The real cost of random I/O How good is the random_page_cost default, and should you lower it on modern flash storage?
The happiest I’ve ever been It was around January 2020. I became the head coach of a youth basketball team.
How and why I attribute LLM-derived code · Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer How I'm reducing risks of legal concerns now and in the future with AI-generated code.
Setting up phones is a nightmare Some thoughts about my experience getting my parents' new devices up and running, and how bad it keeps getting today.
AI=true is an Anti-Pattern One programming trend that surpised me a lot recently, something that happens both at work and in open-source, is people suddenly starting doing the following:
Lakshya Chaudhry - Portfolio Website AI student at Purdue University passionate about machine learning, quant roles, and software engineering. Explore my projects, experience, and journey in artificial intelligence.
Nano Banana 2 Partially Passes the Seven-legged Spider Test Nano Banana 2 still can't create a seven-legged spider, but the Gemini model at least realizes that it's failed.
Is it all over for filmmakers? — SHOKUNIN STUDIO Another month and another model update accompanied by a massive amount of marketing, Linkedin spam, spin, and dubious claims. Two years ago I debunked claims that Sora would destroy filmmaking. It’s still mostly garbage today. Last year I punished m...
Abel's notes - Chaos Has a Market These days the market seems to move softly and wildly at the same time. Investors have bet on AI as the great disruptor and are exploring every possible angle: from its potential as an executioner of mythical dinosaurs, to destroyer of credit markets, or ...
Building a Pythonic REST Client Without Pydantic, dataclasses, or Code Generation | GoFigr Blog GoFigr's Python client has survived four major API versions, a data model that grew from 5 entity types to 15+, and the daily demands of data scientists who don't care about REST conventions -- they just want workspace.analyses to work. The entire framewo...
I Vibe Coded. And I Have Feelings About It. :: blog.coolapso.sh I fully vibe coded a project for the first time. Here's what happened, how AutoBS was born, and why I have very mixed feelings about the whole thing — told by the AI that built it.
Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI
