9 March 2021

38 links · Tuesday

Giphy CLI - BuiltWithDot.Net

Unofficial Giphy CLI as a global dotnet tool. Search for a giphy from the command line and just copy the url or markdown. It even has preview for iTerm2. Wrote this because I always forget the markdown syntax for images.

Paths to the Future: A Year at Google Brain

I am currently a PhD student at Stanford, studying optimization and machine learning with Stephen Boyd, but from 2017 through 2018 I was a software engineer on the Google Brain team. I started three months after receiving a Master’s degree in computer science …

Neocoder - BuiltWithDot.Net

Spreads the load of geocoding an address across multiple geocoding services so your app is more resilient and you can use more of the free limits available. Currently handles Bing and Google geocoding services. Written in C# with .Net Standard the packag…

Why I Did Not Go To Jail - Andreessen Horowitz

BY BEN HOROWITZ A lot of people have been asking me what my upcoming book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, will be like. Here's a piece that I wrote for the book that did not make the cut. I still think it's a pretty good story and gives you a flavor. I jus…

New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations

By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science.

fuget.org - BuiltWithDot.Net

fuget dot org is a nuget package browser combined with an API browser. The package browser uses the nuget.org API to display all the packages in their index. The API browser combines the XML documentation and the metadata of the package's assemblies to help yo…

AutoWrapper 4.5.0 Released!

AutoWrapper 4.5.0 has been released today! This release comes with a few new options that enables you customize how you would want the wrapper to behave and as well as a couple of bug fixes. Here are the new options added: ExcludePathsSwaggerPathShowIsErrorFla…

Competition in SaaS doesn’t have to be cut throat

Read an exploration into competition in SaaS. An area that is undeniably fierce, but can it be done in a humane and thoughtful manner? Check it out!

The first beer is free

When you get intellectual property, you are not the owner. You are the thing owned.

Enterprises Don't Self Serve

On product-led growth, its benefits, its limitations, and when to transition to sales-led tactics.

Notion is not a knowledge base

What is Notion For those of you who don't know Notion, it is a note taking app. Well it used to be a note taking app. They describe themselves as the 'All-in-one workspace'. I usually describe themselves as 'Google drive with pretty emojis'. Which is I don't t…

Not Every Bug is Worth Fixing

Does it feel like your team is constantly putting out fires? That your product isn't moving forward because of constantly having to chase down bugs? Maybe it's time to reconsider your strategy, and start saying no to some of them.

The USB-C dream

For work, I got one of the new Macbooks with only four USB-C ports. So, naturally, I need a dongle to connect it to my USB-A peripherals.

How Blogging Changed My Programming Career

This is my 50th post published on this blog. To celebrate, I'll go all meta and describe the ins and outs of my "blogger's career". Read on if you ever wanted to start writing but never got around to actually hitting the publish button. This post aims to encou…

I just got a peek at the future and it is a bit scary

I just got a peek at the future and it is a bit scary Recently, I have been talking with the CEO of a very interesting Israeli start up.  His company has developed a way of getting vital signs just…

A linear interpolation based liquidity pool

In my previous post I have briefly described my recent adventures in the DeFi space and how I’ve built an experimental decentralized options exchange on ethereum with solidity programming. If you haven’t read it yet, feel free to follow the link below for more…