The Daily Index — Friday, March 21, 2025 · TLDR Index

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LIFE ALTERING POSTGRESQL PATTERNS

There are several things you can do when working with Postgres databases that can make the experience much more pleasant. These include using UUID primary keys, naming tables singularly, and representing statuses as logs. This post presents a list of tips for working with Postgres. Each tip is backed up by a reason for why it is helpful and code examples.

mccue.dev · 18 min

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PERPLEXITY'S CEO HAS AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO TAKE ON GOOGLE

Perplexity AI is ramping up its rivalry with Google on multiple fronts. It has expanded its research options for businesses, created tools to look up financial data, expanded a partnership with SoftBank for its sales team to resell Perplexity's premium products, and made a long-shot bid to merge with TikTok. Perplexity's CEO, Aravind Srinivas, envisions a world where Perplexity serves as a central hub for more sophisticated and affordable AI tools that can generally act as a personal assistant for users. This article contains an interview with Srinivas where he discusses how he's growing Perplexity's enterprise business, why he's bullish on DeepSeek, and the thinking behind his TikTok bid.

bloomberg.com · 15 min

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APPLE LOSES $1B A YEAR ON PRESTIGIOUS, MINIMALLY VIEWED APPLE TV+

The Apple TV+ streaming service is losing more than $1 billion annually. The service's subscriber count reached around 45 million in 2024. Apple TV+ typically spends over $5 billion annually on content, but it cut its budget by about $500 million last year. It is reportedly the only part of Apple's services business that is not turning a profit. While its library boasts prestige, its viewership is scant, hindering its ability to make money.

arstechnica.com · 5 min

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A DEEP DIVE INTO MCP AND THE FUTURE OF AI TOOLING

MCP is an open protocol that allows systems to provide context to AI models in a manner that's generalizable across integrations.

a16z.com · 17 min

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ANTHROPIC ADDS WEB SEARCH TO ITS CLAUDE CHATBOT

Paid Claude users in the US can now access web search in preview - support for free users and additional countries is coming soon.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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OPENAI UPGRADES ITS TRANSCRIPTION AND VOICE-GENERATING AI MODELS

OpenAI will not be making its new transcription models openly available, unlike Whisper.

techcrunch.com · 5 min

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AUTOMATING MATH

AI models will soon find utility as assistants for many mathematicians, but the extent to which this will increase the rate of true math breakthroughs is unknown.

asteriskmag.com · 23 min