The Daily Index — Wednesday, September 20, 2023 · TLDR Index

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TLDR Web Dev

YOU DON’T NEED TO LEARN SVELTE

You don’t need to explicitly learn Svelte, because, as a web developer, you probably already know it. Svelte’s syntax is standard JavaScript. This article goes through the differences between React and Svelte. It compares standard practices in React and Svelte, like declaring components, lifecycle, state management, scoped styles, and more.

kaviisuri.com · 8 min

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WHAT WE LEARNED BUILDING A CALL SUMMARY APP WITH GPT-4

This article provides four lessons learned from building a call summarization app using GPT-4. It highlights the limitations of AI and discusses using GPT-4 as a coding assistant. It also discusses LLM tools and gives some tips for startup founders.

blog.swift.vc · 5 min

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COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Today’s software development includes extensive use of open-source libraries, APIs, and other components. Most companies use some open source in their infrastructure, products, and services. Staff+ engineers and leaders can help a company understand how to both maintain and support open-source components by showing how critical they are to a company’s success. This helps the open-source ecosystem thrive at the same time.

infoq.com · 10 min

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FOR 30 YEARS 'UNRETIRES' HIM

Many employers ignore the fact that investing in the retention of skilled and reliable employees is one of the best business moves they could make. A 63-year-old programmer retired and the company they worked for asked for them back. The company said yes to all of his demands, like a 32-hour work week with the same compensation, because it realized how much company-specific knowledge he had. He was a COBOL programmer and the company’s clients were entire states in the US.

scoop.upworthy.com · 4 min

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MICROSOFT EXECS ON TIKTOK, NINTENDO, APPLE, AND MORE

Email exchanges from Microsoft execs, including Satya Nadella, on the PS5 reveal, acquiring TikTok and Nintendo, and tactics against Google/Apple.

open.substack.com · 9 min

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JDK 21 RELEASE NOTES

Release notes on JDK 21, like new string templates and more sequenced collections.

jdk.java.net · 34 min

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HOW TO USE JAVA SUPERPOWERS TO BEAT RUST IN A BACKEND CHALLENGE

A backend challenge for developers that can be written in Rust or Java.

linkedin.com · 8 min