The Daily Index — Friday, November 10, 2023 · TLDR Index

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WHAT I LEARNED GETTING ACQUIRED BY GOOGLE

This post takes a look at what Google is like from the perspective of a founder whose startup was acquired by the company. It covers topics like the perks of working for Google, how Google develops products, what the company really focuses on, how the organization works, and more. The startup successfully merged with Google and its product now serves around 5 billion queries a year.

shreyans.org · 13 min

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AI IS ABOUT TO COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW YOU USE COMPUTERS

This post from Bill Gates discusses AI and how it will change how people interact with technology. Devices will soon be able to understand natural language and perform tasks based on spoken instructions. This represents a huge shift in how people use computers. AI will upend the software industry and bring about the biggest revolution in computing since the GUI was introduced.

gatesnotes.com · 12 min

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GOOGLE EMPLOYEES TYPICALLY WORK MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS A DAY

Google allows workers to choose 60% and 80% full-time schedules as well as other variants of part-time work, but as with any other company, there are times when employees work more than 40 hours a week to meet deadlines, cover teammates, or deliver products and services.

cnbc.com · 2 min

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ASK HN: WAYS TO MAKE SIDE INCOME AS A SWE? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

While it is possible to find extra work to earn a side income as a software engineer, it may be better to just focus on finding a better job instead.

news.ycombinator.com

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LINK-TIME OPTIMISATION

This guide covers link-time optimization-related features with a focus on common toolchains for languages like C and Rust.

convolv.es · 5 min

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THE AGENT PRINCIPAL PROBLEM

Agents are able to solve problems, but they are incentivized to extract value from clients, so people have to figure out how to trust them.

strangeloopcanon.com · 14 min

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TYPING FAST IS ABOUT LATENCY, NOT THROUGHPUT

We can improve typing speed by thinking about how to structure code before writing it down.

two-wrongs.com · 2 min