The Daily Index — Tuesday, October 3, 2023 · TLDR Index

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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BUN JAVASCRIPT RUNTIME

Bun is a rival JavaScript runtime to Node.js and Deno. In this article, you’ll look at Bun 1.0 in comparison to its counterparts and examine the reasons it may be worth a try!

sitepoint.com · 8 min

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THE 300% PRODUCTION PROBLEM

The 300% production problem is that to get an application into production, you need to be an expert on the deployment target, the deployment methodology, and in the application itself. Each of these expertise layers is a full-time job or undertaking. The ultimate solution to this problem is simplicity.

leebriggs.co.uk · 6 min

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HOW DOORDASH DEFINES GREAT ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Great companies are built by great people who have great managers. This is certainly true for the engineering team at DoorDash. Defining what great engineering management looks like for DoorDash has been critical for its success as a business. This article gives you a glimpse into the core values that back its teams and managers along the way.

doordash.engineering · 14 min

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PYTHON 3.12

Python 3.12 has been released, featuring a better debugging and profiling API, flexible f-string parsing, more performance improvements, a new type annotation syntax for generic classes, and more.

python.org · 1 min

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DEPENDENCY COMPOSITION

Frustrated with conventional framework-based dependency injection, Daniel Somerfield, a software engineer with over 20 years of experience, has developed a composition strategy that utilizes partial application to inject context into modules. This article provides a first-person view of how Somerfield identifies and solves a technical problem within his team. By opting to fulfill dependency contracts with functions instead of classes, minimizing code sharing between modules, and guiding the design through tests, Somerfield successfully created a system composed of highly discrete, evolvable, yet still type-safe modules.

martinfowler.com · 27 min

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THE SYNTHETIC SOCIAL NETWORK IS COMING

Recent developments in AI, such as Meta’s personality-driven chatbots voiced by celebrities, open the door to more immersive AI interactions. There is the potential for AI companions that are warm, empathetic, and helpful, akin to the concept popularized in the movie "Her." These AI companions could provide support and entertainment, particularly for individuals who are lonely or isolated. However, there are unanswered questions about how AI will affect society in terms of personalization, engagement, and loneliness.

platformer.news · 13 min

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WHY EMBRACING COMPLEXITY IS THE REAL CHALLENGE IN SOFTWARE TODAY

In the midst of industry discussions about productivity and automation, it’s all too easy to forget to fully come to terms with complexity. However, it’s important that we don’t ignore complexity or see it as something that can be fixed: we need to embrace it and use it to our advantage.

technologyreview.com · 4 min

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LESSONS FROM DEBUGGING

16 quick lessons from debugging, such as getting a second set of eyes on your code.

matt-rickard.com · 2 min

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HOW VPNS REALLY WORK

VPNs encrypt data to prevent unauthorized people from eavesdropping on traffic. This article quickly explains how VPNs work.

archive.ph · 3 min

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USING SUPABASE’S VECTOR DATABASE WITH POSTGRESQL

This article explores how to manage vector data in a PostgreSQL database using Supabase. It also delves deeper into the creation of embeddings using OpenAI, which offers an efficient way to transform complex data into meaningful numerical representations.

blog.logrocket.com · 7 min