The Daily Index — Monday, November 13, 2023 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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67 WEIRD DEBUGGING TRICKS YOUR BROWSER DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

This page contains a list of not-obvious hacks to help people get the most out of their browsers’ debuggers. It assumes an intermediate or higher level of understanding of developer tools. The list covers advanced conditional breakpoints, calling and debugging functions, skipping page loads, changing program behavior, and inspecting elusive elements.

alan.norbauer.com · 15 min

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HTML FIRST

HTML First is a set of principles for making the experience of building web software easier, faster, more inclusive, and more maintainable. This is done by leveraging the default capabilities of modern web browsers, the extreme simplicity of HTML’s attribute syntax, and the web’s ViewSource affordance. HTML First aims to substantially widen the pool of people who can work on web software codebases, making it enjoyable and seamless to build web software.

html-first.com · 6 min

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LESSONS LEARNED BY A SOFTWARE GUY VENTURING INTO HARDWARE

This blog post tells the story of how a software developer with decades of experience developed SidecarT, an Atari ROM cartridge emulator powered by a Raspberry Pi microcontroller. SidecarT features an open source and customizable architecture that encourages technological experimentation. Professional hardware design is a Herculean task that is only accessible to a few. It may be a difficult and expensive hobby, but it can be fun, educational, and interesting and there are many opportunities to contribute to communities.

sidecart.xyz · 18 min

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IMRAN CHAUDHRI

Humane’s co-founders Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno met at Apple, where Chaudhri was known for his work on the user interface and interactions on the iPhone and Bongiorno was the Director of Software Engineering. Humane recently emerged from stealth mode and announced its debut product, the AI Pin. This article contains an interview with Chaudhri that explores his thoughts on the device and vision for the next evolution of personal computing. The interview covers everything from privacy and partnerships with frenemies to the end of what we know as app stores.

om.co · 14 min

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APPLE REPORTEDLY CUT A DEAL TO GET CLEANER AMAZON PAGES

Apple’s has made a deal with Amazon to remove competitors’ ads off pages for its products.

theverge.com · 2 min

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WRITING CODE FOR BOTH COMPUTERS AND HUMANS

Expert-level programmers write code that leads readers through specific thought processes.

tonymottaz.com · 1 min

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AI TIMELINES

This article looks at predictions by experts on how many years it will be before transformative AI is built - the estimates vary between 4 to 40 years.

lesswrong.com · 61 min

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STOP DEPLOYING WEB APPLICATION FIREWALLS

Web Application Firewalls may seem like a good idea at first, but they have horrible performance, are easily bypassed, and have a high false positive rate - this article presents some alternatives.

macchaffee.com · 7 min

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ASK HN: IS ANYONE ELSE BEARISH ON OPENAI? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

This Hacker News thread discusses the bear case against OpenAI, comparing the excitement around AI tech to how people jumped on the crypto bandwagon years ago.

news.ycombinator.com

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THERE'S A MODEL FOR DEMOCRATIZING AI

The conversation around democracy and AI is incomplete and has a very limited understanding of what democracy is for, how it works, and what kinds of decisions it should make.

programmablemutter.substack.com · 13 min