This has been a hard post for me to write after participating in WordPress since before I even started a career in tech and, until 3 months ago, for my entire tech career. That said, it has been in the making for quite a while now and it is time that I make it…
The Flutter team has a labor shortage. We're forking Flutter so that the community can accelerate Flutter's development.
PAYPHONES at High Volume
In the 1950s, computers did not really interoperate. ARPANET has not yet happened (that would become a thing in the 60s), and every operating system was typically tied to the hardware that was meant to run on. Most communication actually happened over telephon…
Database Remote-Copy Tool For SQLite
In this episode, I show off a custom laser-engraved acrylic license plate cover I modified with an ESP32 microcontroller to create dynamic lighting effects. You’ll see how I integrated it with LEDs for colors, wipes, fades, and even a flame effect. We dive int…
Apple today announced the new iMac, featuring the powerful M4 chip and Apple Intelligence, in its stunning, ultra-thin design.
I’ve been trying to wrap my head around function/tool calling for a while now, and I’m excited to share what I’ve learned with you. It’s a powerful way to let developers integrate advanced AI fea
In this edition of #tech on ice, trying something new! This is part 1 of a series titled "Being a Developer is Hard", where we talk about why tech is like this. #technology #programming #developer #coldplunge
Understanding the String Literals in C#: A Guide to Cleaner, More Readable Code
In the previous article we created a custom validation attribute to validate Blazor's EditForm. If you developed ASP.NET Core MVC apps before, you might have used FlientValidation library for validation instead of using validation attributes. Can we use Fluent…
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November is set to be an exceptionally significant month for .NET developers globally, as a new version of .NET will be officially released during its annual event, .NET Conf. Similar to previous y…
Scripts for fine-tuning Meta Llama with composable FSDP & PEFT methods to cover single/multi-node GPUs. Supports default & custom datasets for applications such as summarization and Q&A...
In this video, we explore the free controls that DevExpress offers for .NET MAUI. Learn how these components can enhance your cross-platform applications. Become a channel member to enjoy benefits and access more content. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnu…
:arrow_double_down: Dumb downloader that scrapes the web - soimort/you-get
When retrieving data from your database with Entity Framework, there are two major options: ToArray and ToList. Besides the different return type, is there any significant difference in performance between the two? Let's find out!
Discover how to securely manage secrets in NixOS Home Manager using SOPS and sops-nix. Learn to set up Age encryption, create encrypted secret files, integrate SOPS with NixOS, and access secrets as environment variables. Perfect for maintaining secure, declar…
The Internet Archive, home to the Wayback Machine, is one of the most widely used digital archiving services. Recently, however, it became the target of a massive data breach impacting millions of users and raising serious concerns about online security practi…
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Learn how to align communication with cultural values to minimize breakdowns and increase the success of change initiatives.
Evaluating the abilities of language models to reason in base64
Written by dap on August 25, 2024
Find out how Paul Graham built his wealth.
In-flight WiFi was recently offered on a flight I was taking, which I had never used before. Excited to try it, I connected to the local network on the plane and scanned the QR code to purchase access. Unfortunately, it looked l…
Small snippet to help with the debugging of Neovim lua code by adding logging functionality
It is not as easy as using /dev/stdout
OpenZFS 2.3.0 will be released any day now, and it includes the new “Fast Dedup” feature. My team at Klara spent many months in 2023 and 2024 working on it, and we reckon its pretty good, a huge step up from the old dedup as well as being a solid base for furt…
A story of how I fixed our engineering guidelines
Then Life Continued
Why I left Social Media a Over a Decade Ago, and Why I Now Return