The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented "backdoor" that could be leveraged for attacks.
Retrieval-Augmented Local Assistant Model Agent
Terraform is amazing for spinning up infrastructure fast, but what happens when your small project grows into a full-blown production system?
We are being boiled like frogs. It happened gradually, one algorithmic tweak at a time. What started as a way to connect with friends has become a system that gives the corporations that run social media control over what we consume and the ability to subtly s…
Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss how to approach getting feedback form your manager.
As software developers trying to advance in our careers, we constantly hear that it's important to get feedback from your manager. But... what happens when your manager isn't giving you feedback?! As with all livestreams, I'm looking forward to answering YOUR…
Check out this week from Dev Leader! Here's a list including articles and videos on software engineering, career development, and programming in C#!
Learn about the new capabilities for declarative behavior on buttons.
Adding user context to request tracing in ASP.NET Core helps track issues and understand user behavior. This article shows how to implement middleware that enriches logs with user IDs for better troubleshooting and performance monitoring.
A fur-ociously secure encryption tool that encodes your secrets as adorable cat and dog sounds, using real elliptic curve cryptography with a playful disguise. - vxfemboy/purrcrypt
❗️Disclosure: I work at Pitch since December 2021. This write-up aggregates public knowledge previously shared by third parties (e.g., security firms, infosec community, etc.) or us. I hope this can be helpful for younger security teams that need to understan…
My hottest take is that multi-agents are a broken concept and should be avoided at all cost. My only caveat is PID controllers; A multi agent system that does a 3-step process that looks something like **Plan, Act, Verify** in a loop. That can work. Everything…
Dropbox for Dropbox haters
Find out more about the Least Ordinary Squares method, how it can help you and how to implement it with functional programming.
I'm 40 years old with a family (3 kids), demanding job, and other life responsibilities. It's hard to find time to for creative side projects.
Microsoft’s AI head is plotting a future without OpenAI. According to a report from The Information, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft’s AI division, has set his sights on a bold objective: reducing the company’s dependence on OpenAI. In a report titled …
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Identifying misleading information and designing technology to support the public auditing of online information
Suppose you’re trying to track down a bug that appeared in a series of Git commits. You’ve been idly keeping track of where this bug appears in your lucky commits by hand, while busy with other things. So far you’ve compiled this table: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 00…
Exploration of using mechanisms provided by Elixir/OTP to build LLM powered applications
Every developer knows the rush. You are driving and suddenly you’re struck by a “life-altering” idea (your 14th this week). At the next red light, you record an audio while driving, avoiding eye
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