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The Gcore engineering team decided to see what happens if they ran an image classification model on their CDN infrastructure [4]. This white paper has the full details of Gcore's experiment — tuning a WASM-at-the-edge environment for AI inference workloads. Bonus: there
Figma recently migrated its custom Skew programming language to TypeScript, a move made possible by improved browser support for WebAssembly and internal optimizations. This transition allows for seamless integration with Figma's existing codebase and external libraries, easier onboarding for new developers, and access to the TypeScript developer ecosystem. In this article, the Figma engineering team goes over their migration process, which was done gradually and automatically so as to not disrupt developer workflows internally.
Time-based CSS animations offer a new approach to creating animations without using traditional keyframes. The technique uses a custom CSS variable that tracks time in milliseconds, providing a way to manipulate CSS properties in real time. This article goes over various examples of such animations with code examples, showing off how to control animation duration, frame rate, easing, and more with precision.
The current web is dominated by large platforms and ads - much different from the “old web” which focused more on creativity and community. To build a better version of the “old web,” we could build protocols that resist “digital toll booths” that are established by businesses today. It'll take experimentation, but the tools are there to build a more user-driven web again.
People are usually rejected in system design interviews due to their inability to analyze and articulate trade-offs in design decisions. They aren't able to explain their design choices clearly and justify the pros and cons of each. Other rejected candidates try too hard to find a single “perfect” solution or overengineer their solution.
GitHub Copilot Workspace assists developers throughout the entire software development process, from brainstorming a project plan to writing and testing code, using natural language.
Stirling-PDF offers PDF manipulation features (splitting, merging, converting, etc.) within a locally hosted web environment.
A new study reveals that recruiters are only slightly better than a coin flip at judging resumes and predicting which candidates will pass technical interviews. They only correctly chose who to interview 55% of the time and different recruiters often disagreed on the same resume. Recruiters were found to subconsciously favor candidates from top companies. Simple ML models trained on objective performance data were found to be more accurate than human recruiters in predicting interview success.
Gary Kildall created the first successful commercial operating system, CP/M, in 1974. His company, Digital Research Inc. (DRI), established CP/M as an industry standard, but later lost out to a Microsoft offering that copied its appearance and functionality. Despite this, Kildall continued to innovate, contributing to the development of important technologies such as CD-ROM encyclopedias and early computer animation.
While Apple is investing heavily in AI across its product lineup, it won't be building massive data centers to support it. Instead, Apple will follow its typical 'hybrid' cloud approach, using third-party services with its own infrastructure combined. Apple is expected to announce more AI-powered features at WWDC in June.
Big Tech companies that used to be in “peacetime” mode are now in “wartime” mode, indicated by layoffs, cost-cutting, and the tougher hiring landscape.
The Android Studio IDE now has built-in code completion and chat features powered by Gemini.
You can use SQLite as a NoSQL store by creating a table with a path column (for unique document identification) and a data column (to store JSON strings).
Some Android VPN apps can leak DNS traffic outside the VPN tunnel, even with privacy features like "Always-on VPN" or "Block connections without VPN" enabled, due to bugs in Android itself.