29 July 2024

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Announcing TypeScript 5.6 Beta - TypeScript

Today we are excited to announce the availability of TypeScript 5.6 Beta. To get started using the beta, you can get it through NuGet, or through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta Here’s a quick list of what’s new in TypeScript 5.…

Back to Basics: Await a Task with a Timeout

Sometimes it's useful to call async methods and be able to stop waiting after a given timeout period. Unfortunately there's no native support on Task to provide this. In this short post I show how you can simulate timeouts and provide a couple of helper method…

Absolute cache expiry corrupts absolutely?

Should you specify absolute expiry of a cache item from the current time or from the current time in the UTC time zone? The answer may not be what you expect.

Model Collapse is an Information Degredation Problem

Model collapse has been all over the news lately citing a paper[1] that was recently published in Nature. The paper focuses on the effects of model collapse which is a phenomenon where a model trained on recursively generated data fails progressively and gets …

I will not do you a quick favour

<p>After many years of being asked to do 'quick favours' for friends and family, I had no choice but to start saying no.</p>

Schengen ain't what it used to be

My wife and I were on the train back from a one-week bike trip in Germany and Czechia, and were crossing back into Denmark. As the train pulled into Padborg, multiple border officers boarded the train, systematically checking IDs - passports, residence cards, …

What is a resource in OpenTelemetry? · Dash0

Within OpenTelemetry, resources serve to describe which entity is generating telemetry data, such as a process, container, or Kubernetes pod. At the data level, resources are defined by attributes (key/value pairs). OpenTelemetry defines a large (and expanding…

Eyes Closed, Head First, Can't Lose · James Heller

We’re building a feeding tracker to replace the paper tracker sitting on the dresser. I’m sure there are many great apps that can do it better, but I’m here for the journey. Besides, an hour of building a day keeps the spirits high and the metaphors tight.

SQLite vs PostgreSQL

An in-depth comparison of SQLite and PostgreSQL for web development, highlighting their strengths and use cases.