The Daily Index — Friday, July 5, 2024 · TLDR Index

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ENHANCING THE NEW YORK TIMES WEB PERFORMANCE WITH REACT 18

The New York Times upgraded its React version, which brought some unexpected challenges. The upgrade required solving challenges with existing embedded interactives and managing script loading order. However, the result of the upgrade was immediately better performance. For example, its INP scores in the p75 range dropped by roughly 30% across the entire site.

open.nytimes.com · 11 min

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CONTAINER QUERIES WITH GRACEFUL FALLBACKS FOR MODERN LAYOUTS

Container queries are a new CSS feature for responsive layouts. The feature isn't supported by every browser. This article offers a fallback strategy using JavaScript and a custom `responsive-container` element that enables container queries while supporting older browsers.

web.dev · 15 min

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THE SADDEST “JUST SHIP IT” STORY EVER

This author regrets not shipping his app earlier, after discovering a competitor had launched a similar product with more features and a larger user base. He had delayed launching his app for two years due to perceived flaws, but realized that shipping, even with imperfections, is much better than not shipping at all. The author ultimately became a paying customer of the competitor's app and believes in shipping products early to gain traction and user feedback.

kitze.io · 4 min

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SHOULD YOU LEARN C TO "LEARN HOW THE COMPUTER WORKS"?

The claim that learning C teaches you "how computers work" is inaccurate because C operates within its own abstract machine, not directly on the hardware. However, learning C can provide great insights into computer architecture and operating systems, as the C abstract machine closely maps to these elements. For programmers primarily using higher-level languages, learning C can be valuable to understanding how their code interacts with the underlying machine.

steveklabnik.com · 7 min

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INSIGHTS FROM OVER 10,000 COMMENTS ON "ASK HN: WHO IS HIRING" USING GPT-4O & LANGCHAIN

This author analyzed 10,000+ comments on Hacker News' "Ask HN: Who Is Hiring" threads using GPT-4o and LangChain to understand current job market trends. They found that remote work remains popular, visa sponsorship is still competitive, and there's a growing demand for experienced (8+ years of experience) developers.

tamerc.com · 7 min

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ON THE ORIGINS OF DS_STORE

.DS_Store, which stands for "Desktop Services Store," was originally created to store metadata like icon positions and folder settings for the Mac OS X Finder. The name was chosen because there were plans to make the Finder backend a public API called Desktop Services. However, due to a bug, .DS_Store files are now excessively created even when users don't change view settings. The Desktop Services API was never fully released.

arno.org · 2 min

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AI'S 600B QUESTION

The AI industry is facing a $600 billion question about revenue generation, despite huge investments in AI infrastructure. While the GPU supply shortage has eased and stockpiles are growing, OpenAI still dominates AI revenue. Although AI is predicted to be a transformative technology, there are still tons of problems to work through, like its lack of pricing power, investment wastage, and rapid semiconductor depreciation.

sequoiacap.com · 4 min

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DOVETAIL: 15 IDEAS YOU CAN BORROW FROM THEIR JOURNEY BUILDING THE $1B INSIGHTS HUB

Dovetail is a customer insights platform that grew through focusing on small improvements, identifying under-served customer segments, and expanding their marketing channels strategically. It integrates with existing tools and uses AI strategically. Dovetail was developed with a design-led approach.

open.substack.com · 30 min

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JEFFREY SNOVER AND THE MAKING OF POWERSHELL (49 MINUTE PODCAST)

Jeffrey Snover, the architect behind PowerShell, overcame resistance within Microsoft's culture to create PowerShell, which transformed Windows system administration.

corecursive.com

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THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING: FIGHTING DISTRACTIONS AS A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

To fight distractions, software developers should have “do-nothing” days for routine tasks and "flow days" for peak productivity.

shiftmag.dev · 6 min

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BEATING NUMPY'S MATRIX MULTIPLICATION IN 150 LINES OF C CODE

This author presents an optimized matrix multiplication implementation in C that follows the BLIS design which outperforms NumPy's OpenBLAS implementation on an AMD Ryzen 7700 processor by efficiently utilizing SIMD instructions and multi-threading.

salykova.github.io · 28 min

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THIS FEATURE OF GITHUB IS AN OPERATIONAL SECURITY RISK

GitHub searches and shows the entire corpus of users when adding a user to a repository.

threadreaderapp.com · 1 min