The Daily Index — Monday, June 24, 2024 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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INSIDE NETFLIX'S BET ON ADVANCED VIDEO ENCODING

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theverge.com · 16 min

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AI DOESN'T KILL JOBS? TELL THAT TO FREELANCERS

Freelance jobs that require basic writing, coding, or translation are disappearing across job boards. The number of freelance jobs posted on online platforms in the areas in which generative AI excels has dropped by as much as 21% since the debut of ChatGPT and other generative AI models. Some companies are returning to freelancers as they are finding that AI-generated content isn't up to par - while AI-generated material may look good to those in marketing, it often reads as word salad to more knowledgeable people, especially on niche topics.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 8 min

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THE MANAGER'S UNBEARABLE LACK OF ENDORPHINS

Completing tasks and reaching goals feels good and makes you feel competent. Most people don't get this feeling from managing people. Management can be demoralizing due to the lack of measurable progress. Contributions are often several levels, and often weeks/months, removed from success events. This is the nature of management work.

jamie.ideasasylum.com · 6 min

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APPLE, META HAVE DISCUSSED AN AI PARTNERSHIP

Apple has discussed an AI partnership with several companies, including Meta, Google, Anthropic, and Perplexity.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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ASK HN: ADVICE FOR LEADING A SOFTWARE MIGRATION? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

Anecdotes and advice from developers about performing decent sized software migrations.

news.ycombinator.com

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I AM USING AI TO AUTOMATICALLY DROP HATS OUTSIDE MY WINDOW ONTO NEW YORKERS

This entrepreneur developed a system that sells hats for him directly from his New York City window.

dropofahat.zone · 7 min

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SECRETS OF THE CHATGPT LINUX SYSTEM

A look at how ChatGPT executes Python code.

incoherency.co.uk · 9 min

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PROGRAMMERS SHOULD NEVER TRUST ANYONE, NOT EVEN THEMSELVES

Abstractions allow us to think efficiently, but programmers who learn superficially will not succeed on difficult projects that come with known solutions and involve multiple domains of expertise.

carbon-steel.github.io · 9 min

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DESIGNING A WEBSITE TO NOT HAVE 404S

Implement fuzzy matching for URLs to redirect users to the right place when they make a typo, a product is renamed, or the logic used to generate URLs changes.

pillser.com · 2 min