The Epic Stack is an opinionated project starter and reference that allows teams to ship their ideas to production faster and on a more stable foundation. It comes with a host of features, such as email/password authentication, transaction emails, custom image hosting, styling with TailwindCSS, GitHub Actions, and more.
Windmill is an open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs. It’s an alternative to Airplane and Retool. The script languages supported are Python, Typescript, Go, Bash, and SQL.
The JavaScript ecosystem is steadily growing. But less than 10 years ago, JavaScript wasn’t as featured as it is now - it didn’t have imports, classes, async, arrow functions, and more. As time went on, JavaScript has been innovated on, but JavaScript is still fundamentally different from languages like Ruby and Python.
File uploads for modern web devs.
2023.05.15·blog.joshuakgoldberg.com·10 min read·TLDR Web Dev 2023.05.12·theverge.com·3 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·techcrunch.com·3 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·news.yahoo.com·4 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·stability.ai·1 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·interconnect.substack.com·6 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·react.dev·6 min read·TLDR Startups are attracting a rising number of laid-off software developers, data scientists, and engineers. These companies offer workers the opportunity to build software capabilities from scratch and permanent remote or hybrid-work models. Working for startups also includes equity stakes with higher predicted returns than those at mature companies, as well as the chance to play a broader role in decision-making. Many tech workers perceive startups as a way to develop their proficiencies and progress their careers.
2023.05.12·archive.ph·5 min read·TLDR Microsoft's compliance training videos have gained a cult following since launching in 2017. 'Trust Code' has inspired watch parties, viral memes, and T-shirts. It was initially planned to run for only two or three years, but the show is now headed into its seventh season. While new employees are not mandated to watch previous seasons, the show's popularity has led to group binge-watching to catch up on early episodes.
2023.05.12·archive.is·7 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·blog.pragmaticengineer.com·12 min read·TLDR A case example of how a public pitch resulted in a $350 million Series A valuation.
2023.05.12·threadreaderapp.com·3 min read·TLDR This guide covers the history of LLMs and strategies, guidelines, and safety recommendations for working with them.
2023.05.12·github.com·52 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·milkyeggs.com·4 min read·TLDR 2023.05.12·anthropic.com·2 min read·TLDR AI SDK released to allow users to create animations using stable diffusion models. You can generate these animations unconditionally, conditioned in an image, or conditioned on a video. The results are lovely, are somewhat computationally expensive, and have a very distinctive style.
2023.05.12·stability.ai·2 min read·TLDR AI 2023.05.12·blog.google·5 min read·TLDR AI This paper describes a new way to make video content using artificial intelligence (AI), based on sketches and text. The method, which combines two technologies called Text-to-Video Zero and ControlNet, can create high-quality, consistent videos that closely match what the user intended, as demonstrated by various experiments.
2023.05.12·arxiv.org·5 min read·TLDR AI This paper introduces a method that uses diffusion models, which have been successful in creating images, to reconstruct 3D facial features from just one image. The process involves using a dataset of facial textures, simulating various lighting conditions, and then using the diffusion model to fill in missing parts of the texture and unknown reflective properties, resulting in a more accurate and consistent 3D face.
2023.05.12·arxiv.org·12 min read·TLDR AI This paper is a comprehensive survey of the emerging field of text-to-3D, a part of generative AI that turns written descriptions into 3D models. It introduces different types of 3D data, foundational technologies, and how they're combined in recent works, as well as how text-to-3D is used in various applications like creating avatars and generating scenes.
2023.05.12·arxiv.org·28 min read·TLDR AI HuggingFace has open sourced the codebase powering the HuggingChat app, a competitor to ChatGPT.
2023.05.12·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI This repo introduces VideoChat, a system that makes sense of videos by combining artificial intelligence techniques for understanding videos and language. The researchers also created a large set of videos with detailed descriptions and conversations to help train the system to be better at understanding the sequence of events and cause-effect relationships in videos.
2023.05.12·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI EVA is designed for supporting database applications that operate on both structured (tables, feature vectors) and unstructured data (videos, podcasts, PDFs, etc.) using deep learning models.
2023.05.12·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI European lawmakers came a step closer to passing new rules regulating artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, following a crunch vote on Thursday. The European Union's highly anticipated AI Act is set to be the first comprehensive legislation governing the technology, with new rules around the use of facial recognition, biometric surveillance, and other AI applications.
2023.05.12·archive.ph·2 min read·TLDR AI In this article, Ted Chong dives into the question of AI’s future in the economy, specifically its potential negative impacts on the workforce.
2023.05.12·archive.ph·11 min read·TLDR AI 2023.05.12·techcrunch.com·5 min read·TLDR AI 2023.05.12·techcrunch.com·1 min read·TLDR AI 2023.05.12·arstechnica.com·2 min read·TLDR AI Drag & drop UI to build your customized LLM flow using LangchainJS.
2023.05.12·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI Following the collapse of SVB, venture debt fell to $3.5B in Q1, the lowest level since 2017, a sign that more startups may be in for financial peril.
A deep-dive into how Vanta continued to grow throughout the bear market, with particular focus given to the timing of its Series B raise, its expansion overseas, the building of new moats, and the scaling of its team.