Episode 290: Exploring, Teaching and Auditing ZK with David Wong - ZK Podcast
Zero Knowledge Podcast is a show about zk proofs and other blockchain tech. Learn about the latest in zero knowledge research, cryptography-enabled privacy tech.
Episode 471 - AI Trends in Financial Services
We talk to Steve Selleny, a Global Partner Development Manager at Microsoft, about the AI and ML trends he has noticed in Financial Services ISVs.
The History of Data with Ted Neward
Scott sits down with Ted Neward to talk about the history and shape of data. From mainframes to ER diagrams to SQL Server to Object Databases and Document Databases, why has the way we access and store data changed over the years and what we can learn from thi…
Supporting the Open Source AI Community | Andreessen Horowitz
We believe artificial intelligence has the power to save the world—and that a thriving open source ecosystem is essential to building this future. Thankfully, the open source ecosystem is starting to develop, and we are now seeing open source …
My Caste
Allow me to introduce you to one of the largest population groups in India, as recognized by the constitution of India: Other Backward Classes (OBC Category). OBCs are estimated to comprise 40-45% of India's population, therefore, about 500 million people be…
The Double It and Pass It On License
The Double It and Pass It On License (DIPOL), Version 1.0
Models are great, life just won’t follow them
Models are great thinking tools, but only when used in a conscious way.
Profiling oneAPI.jl applications with VTune ⋅ JuliaGPU
Profiling GPU applications is hard, so this post shows how to use Intel's VTune Profiler to profile GPU applications written in Julia with oneAPI.jl.
are animals able to apologize?
edition 61
Transactions Across Data Stores
These days, it's pretty common for a single application to use multiple data stores. Sometimes, it's because each data store is specialized for a particular task. For example, an e-commerce site might use…
What is Reinforcement Learning and How it differs to Machine Learning?
In this blog post, I will share my recent learnings about Reinforcement Learning (RL), its use cases and explore its distinct nature from the other AI branches such as Machine Learning (ML).
Microsoft Kills Visual Studio for Mac -- Visual Studio Magazine
The IDE for years suffered from performance and reliability problems that the dev team just couldn't overcome.
The Weight of Information
The personal notebook and portfolio of graphic designer and printmaker Scott Boms
One CTO's quest to never type "the" again
How I automated 1/2 of my typing with over 200 keyboard shortcuts that I autogenerated from analyzing 6 months of my typing
Getting my amateur radio (ham) license
After four decades in the broadcast radio industry, I finally convinced my Dad to join me in getting an amateur radio license this summer.
From Founder to CTO
Years ago, my friend Greg wrote about his progression from one of Stripe's first hires to its CTO.
Have you ever thought about this?
In 100 years like in 2123 we will all be buried with our relatives and friends.
Why are websites embarrassing?
The website of Robin Rendle, a designer and writer from the UK.
Documentation Belongs in Engineering – Lennart Koopmann
Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point, many companies move the hosting and writing of documentation out of engineering and into a separate part of the company. It could be marketing, it could be cust…
Lightweight Virtualization Metallize Libkrun Vsock
libkrun + krunvm Github randomly recommended me libkrun which is a library backing krunvm . It’s something similar to firecracker, but even simpler. The most interesting feature there is: “virtio-vsock (specialized for TSI, Transparent Socket Impersonation)”…
End-to-end encryption with Proton Mail
In this article I describe the conceptual building blocks that make up an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) channel. Using email communication as the backdrop I examine the cryptographic primitives that comprise an end-to-end encrypted channel.
How to Not Build a React App (Part VI)
August 20, 2023
The Supply Chain Data Scientist
About Me In 2017, I embarked on my career journey in supply chain as a transportation coordinator. My primary responsibility was to connect my customers' fre...
A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what's next?
A community of people with type 1 diabetes got a self-built device approved. What can they offer that big companies can’t?
I Tracked an NYC Subway Rider's Movements with an MTA ‘Feature’
“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers,” an expert on domestic violence and cybersecurity said.
Episode 290: Exploring, Teaching and Auditing ZK with David Wong - ZK Podcast
Zero Knowledge Podcast is a show about zk proofs and other blockchain tech. Learn about the latest in zero knowledge research, cryptography-enabled privacy tech.
Avalonia VS Code Tool Now in Preview for Everyone -- Visual Studio Magazine
'We know you've been waiting for this!' said Avalonia UI in announcing general access to its VS Code extension for working with the popular, open source, cross-platform UI framework for .NET.
Listen to us on zeroknowledge.fm
One of our cofounders, David Wong, was this week’s guest on the zk podcast. Listen to him talk about crypto and zksecurity here. This week, Anna and Guillermo chat with David Wong, author of the Real-World Cryptography book, and a cofounder zksecurity.xyz – an…
Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement - Visual Studio Blog
Today we are announcing the retirement of the Visual Studio for Mac IDE. Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported for another 12 months, until August 31st, 2024, with servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple.
Linux 6.6 To Better Protect Against The Illicit Behavior Of NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver
The Linux 6.6 modules infrastructure is changing to better protect against the illicit behavior of NVIDIA's proprietary kernel driver.
The First Stable Release of a Memory Safe sudo Implementation
Prossimo is pleased to announce the first stable release of sudo-rs, our Rust rewrite of the critical sudo utility. The sudo utility is one of the most common ways for engineers to cross the privacy boundary between user and administrative accounts in the ubiq…
Microservices Hell #shorts
📌 Check out my Pragmatic Clean Architecture course: https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/pragmatic-clean-architecture🚀 Join 770+ engineers in my Patreon commun...
Not all O(1) operations are considered equal
At some point in any performance optimization sprint, you are going to run into a super annoying problem: The dictionary. The reasoning is quite simple. One...
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23531 (Dev Channel)
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23531 to the Dev Channel. Changes and Improvements [General] [REMINDER] Insider Pr
How can I programmatically obtain the value of the "Make text bigger" slider? - The Old New Thing
The text scale factor property.
AUTODECOMPILATION IS HERE! | Visual Studio 2022 Update 17.7
A few weeks ago, Visual Studio 2022 17.7 was released. As usual, I want to quickly review the changes in this release and highlight the changes that I believ...
Winglang in 10 minutes
Getting started with Domain-Driven Design (promo code AMIDDD): https://dometrain.com/course/getting-started-domain-driven-design-dddSmash the ⭐: https://gith...
CoTracker: It is Better to Track Together
CoTracker: It is Better to Track Together
GitHub - Ruddle/Fomos: Experimental OS, built with rust
Experimental OS, built with rust. Contribute to Ruddle/Fomos development by creating an account on GitHub.
Ensuring Robustness with Bulletproof Disposable Types in Microsoft .NET
The article emphasizes the importance of proper handling of disposable objects in .NET projects to avoid memory-related issues. It discusses the creation of “bulletproof” disposable typ…
Dynamically Switching DbContext Using Entity Framework Core
In this article, we learn how dynamically switching DbContext or connection strings can be achieved at runtime with Entity Framework Core.
Intel Shows 8 Core 528 Thread Processor with Silicon Photonics
Intel showed an 8 core CPU with 66 hardware threads per core for 528 threads and it even included silicon photonics networking
5 Easy Steps to Migrate from ASP.NET MVC to ASP.NET Core
Learn the five easy steps to migrate your existing ASP.NET MVC .NET 4.x/5/6 to Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core 7.
.NET on Azure Functions – August 2023 roadmap update
Learn about updates to the isolated worker model and the roadmap for .NET on Azure Functions.
JavaScript Functions and Scope – a Beginner's Guide
Welcome to the exciting world of JavaScript Functions and Scope. Have you ever wondered how programs remember things and do tasks over and over again? Well, that's where functions and scope come into play. Whether you're a curious beginner or someone looking t…
Measuring Unicode String Lengths with C#
I maintain an open-source project called ConsoleTables. It’s a silly little project meant to help you take a collection of data and quickly dump it into your...
Use cost as an architecture fitness function
As more and more applications are deployed to the cloud, cost becomes a first class architectural driver when designing and developing appli...
Windows Community Toolkit for UWP, WinUI and Uno - Nick's .NET Travels
The Windows Community Toolkit is in pre-release of v8 – full details of their announcement here. With the new consolidated structure, there are packages for both UWP and WinUI but more importantly both sets of packages also target the Uno Platform. In this pos…
JUXT Blog: Clojure in Banking: Griffin
A fully-regulated, API-driven bank, with Clojure
iFixit Tears Down McDonald's McFlurry Machine, Petitions Government for Right to Hack Them
iFixit tears down a notoriously unreliable McDonald’s ice cream machine: “The error codes are nonsensical, counterintuitive, and seemingly random.”
Should I Create A Minimal API Or Full API?
When should I use a Minimal API? When should I use a Controller-based API? Is one better than the other? Is there a tipping point where one is better than th...
ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is.
Entrusting our speech to multiple different corporate actors is always risky. Yet given how most of the internet is currently structured, our online expression largely depends on a set of private companies ranging from our direct Internet service providers and…
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No! If you're not interested in purchasing a subscription, there's no need to proactively send any advice to that effect. To maximise the value of the service without spending a cent, see How can I...
Compiling Rust for .NET, using only tea and stubbornness!
In this article, I describe my journey creating a barely functional rust backend enabling compilation for the .NET runtime (Usually used to run C# and F#).