The Daily Index — Tuesday, March 12, 2024 · TLDR Index

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PRISMA ORM ADOPTION GUIDE: OVERVIEW, EXAMPLES, AND ALTERNATIVES

Prisma is an open source ORM that allows you to easily manage and interact with databases. This guide discusses the features, benefits, and use cases of Prisma to help you decide if it’s the right choice for your next project.

blog.logrocket.com · 18 min

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THE QUIET, PERVASIVE DEVALUATION OF FRONTEND

There is a widespread disregard for front-end development within the tech industry. Frontend work is sometimes biased against as there are beliefs that frontend is less technical and thus, less valued. This devaluing of frontend work harms the quality of software products and limits the potential of the web.

joshcollinsworth.com · 15 min

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BREAKING DOWN TASKS

To better estimate software projects, it’s helpful to break them down into smaller, well-defined tasks. This process starts with a high-level goal and iteratively expands tasks until they are clear enough for a developer to understand what needs to be done and how to know when it's complete.

jacobian.org · 9 min

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YOU'RE NOT A WEAK DEVELOPER IF YOU DON'T ALWAYS SHOW OFF YOUR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

Developers sometimes prioritize code perfection over delivering value to customers, leading to negative effects for both teams and customers. Teams should shift their focus to smaller, more frequent deliveries that provide immediate value to the customer, even if temporarily sacrificing some code quality. By breaking down large projects into smaller increments and limiting work-in-progress, developers can significantly shorten development cycles and have happier customers.

shiftmag.dev · 4 min

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ANNOUNCING SPEEDOMETER 3.0: A SHARED BROWSER BENCHMARK FOR WEB APPLICATION RESPONSIVENESS

Speedometer 3.0 is a collaborative benchmark measuring web application responsiveness. This launch comes with new tests, improved measurement techniques, and a cross-browser governance model designed to drive further web performance improvements.

browserbench.org · 3 min

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USING LLMS TO GENERATE FUZZ GENERATORS

LLMs show potential for generating fuzzers to find bugs in code. A fuzzer is a program that automatically inputs semi-random data into a program or stack to detect bugs. While LLMs can find some software bugs through static analysis, results are often less reliable than traditional techniques due to false positives. As LLMs get better, they could be used to create targeted fuzzers to uncover vulnerabilities.

verse.systems · 9 min

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TRUST BUT TEST: VENDOR SECURITY TESTING AT CANVA

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canva.dev · 7 min

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WHO USES GOOGLE TPUS FOR INFERENCE IN PRODUCTION? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

Some companies, like Midjourney, are using Google TPUs in production - they are hard to come by since Google themselves are using so many TPUs.

news.ycombinator.com

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BLUESKY OFFERS GRANTS TO DEVELOPERS BUILDING ITS AT PROTOCOL

Bluesky, a decentralized X and Threads competitor, is offering grants to support developers building applications and tools on its AT Protocol.

mediapost.com · 2 min