26 June 2022

15 links · Sunday

Hard things in Computer Science

If you’ve more than a couple of years of experience in IT, you probably have stumbled upon the following quote: There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things. — Phil Karlton Then, because it’s such a great quote, it e…

Cheater latents – Non_Interactive – Software & ML

Lab notes is a way for me to openly blog about the things I am building. I intend to talk about things I am building and the methods I plan to use to build them. Everything written here should be treated with a healthy amount of skepticism.

Notes from the Enlightened - Productivity Tip with Todoist

Earlier this year, after three years, ten months, two weeks, and three days after having created my Todoist account, I reached the Enlightened status, which is the highest level you can reach in Todoist’s gamification system. According to Todoist, only 0.05% o…

Episode 39: Windows Terminal - with Kayla Cinnamon

In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Kayla Cinnamon to chat about the Windows Terminal! I’m a huge fan of WT, and use it daily - so it was an honour to have Kayla on to chat about it! Kayla is a Program Manager at Microsoft, Delivering Windows Termi…

InboxNEXUS Explained (with captions)

Discover how InboxNEXUS helps brands reach best-fit organizations through account-based advertising (ABA).

Enclave

A lock designed by Andrew Magill.

Split Audio Files into Parts

I recently got in the need of splitting quite large amount of audio files into smaller equal parts. The first thought that came to my mind was – probably thousand or more people had similar p…

Value Has Nothing To Do With A Dev's Salary

Baring a few exceptions, programming tends to be a well-paid, cushy job. I don’t think there’s any other industry where fresh college grads can get the offers that (competent) programmers usually get.

This copilot is stupid and wants to kill me: Matthew Butterick

This week, Microsoft released an AI-based tool for writing soft­ware called Git­Hub Copilot. As a lawyer and 20+ year partic­i­pant in the world of open-source soft­ware, I agree with those who consider Copilot to be primarily an engine for violating open-sour…