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16,597 matchesREACT95
React95 is a component library inspired by the Windows 95 UI design. It features TypeScript support, a Figma design kit, themes, and Clippy. Examples are available in the repository.
2023.07.11
GITA
Gita is a command-line tool for managing multiple git repos. It can display the status of multiple git repos side by side and delegate commands on repos from any working directory. A video explaining common usages for Gita is available.
2023.07.11
WHY INSTAGRAM IS TAKING ON TWITTER WITH THREADS
Meta had been planning to release Threads for a while, but the backlash to Twitter's recent limiting of how many tweets people can see per day pushed the company to get the app out of the door. This article contains a transcript of an interview with Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, on how the Threads project started, the decision-making process when developing the standalone app, Threads' ActivityPub integration, why Threads isn't available in the EU, Mosseri’s views on Twitter, and more. Threads' success shows that there is room in the market for multiple players in different spaces.
2023.07.11
INVISIBLE DETAILS OF INTERACTION DESIGN
Design can feel like there's no science to it, but there are many enthusiasts who spend their time deconstructing designs to find out the why behind great displays of interaction design. This article presents observations on common interactions as an exercise in building stronger design intuition and vocabulary. It covers metaphors, gestures, spatial consistency, touch inputs, and much more. Understanding and articulating why something feels right might not come as intuitively as designing something to feel right, but they're two sides of the same coin.
2023.07.11
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2023.07.11
FEATURE FLAGS: THEORY VS REALITY
Feature flags are great for continuous deployment, but they add complexity to code, are difficult to verify, and add to potential costs.
2023.07.11
THE REALITY OF BIG TECH'S 'FAKE WORK' PROBLEM
There are many stories of tech workers being paid by giant tech firms to do very little, with some having to basically fight to find work.
2023.07.11
EXPLORING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CODE BEHIND MODERN EDGE FUNCTIONS
Edge computing runs code and serves data from servers as close as possible to the client to keep apps fast and relevant.
2023.07.11
APPEAL TO NEW USERS
Tumblr is redesigning its reply and reblog features in an attempt to make the site less intimidating to attract users disillusioned with Reddit and Twitter.
2023.07.11
The team behind BotDefense, a service that helps moderate 3,650 subreddits on Reddit, is quitting over Reddit's antagonistic actions towards moderators and developers.
2023.07.11
EASY SVG SPARKLINES
Sparkline charts are simple, compact charts that show general trends without getting into details.
2023.07.11
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2023.07.07
THREADS ALREADY HAS OVER 95 MILLION POSTS
Threads had more than 30 million sign-ups and 95 million posts in its first 24 hours. It reached the top free apps on the App Store. There are still a lot of features missing from the app, such as DMs or a reverse chronological following feed. The app is also missing a planned integration with the decentralized ActivityPub protocol.
2023.07.07
APPLE IS INVENTING A REVOLUTIONARY CAR AUDIO SYSTEM FOR APPLE CAR
Apple is inventing a whole new stereo system for the Apple Car. The company recently filed five patent applications about audio in the car. It uses the phrase 'enclosed environment' as a euphemism for the car, but the way the term is used strongly suggests that it can't refer to anything else but a vehicle. This article provides an overview of the five patents along with images from the applications.
2023.07.07
INDIA TO LAUNCH CHANDRAYAAN-3 MOON LANDER MISSION ON JULY 14
India will launch the Chandrayaan-3 mission on July 14, almost four years after the crash of its previous iteration. The mission involves sending a lander, propulsion module, and rover to the lunar surface to conduct on-site scientific experiments. It should land on the Moon in August. If successful, India will be the fourth country in the world to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
2023.07.07
TEMPERATURE
A new type of gel allows 3D printers to print heat-sensitive electronics. It enables the 3D printing of metal objects at room temperature. The gel temporarily turns a metal alloy into a liquid-metal state - it becomes rigid and highly electrically conductive after it is left to dry. It can create objects that can change shape in a predictable fashion if heat is applied while it is drying, allowing for the production of items with complex 3D shapes that are easier to print as a flat pattern.
2023.07.07
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2023.07.07
COMPLETIONS API
All paying OpenAI API customers now have access to GPT-4. The GPT-3.5 Turbo, DALL·E, and Whisper APIs are also now generally available. Models using the Completions API are set to be deprecated in favor of models using the Chat Completions API, which often provides better results. Older embeddings models will also soon be deprecated as the current recommended model, text-embedding-ada-002, accounts for 99.9% of all embedding API usage. The Edits API will be deprecated in January. Details about which exact models will be deprecated are available in the article.
2023.07.07
TYSON
TySON (TypeScript Object Notation) is an embeddable configuration language that generates JSON. It can create JSON with comments, types, and basic logic using TypeScript syntax. The project aims to make it possible for all major programming languages to read configuration written in TypeScript using native libraries.
2023.07.07
TWITTER IS THREATENING TO SUE META OVER THREADS
Twitter has accused Meta of poaching former employees to create Threads. It is threatening to sue Meta to enforce its intellectual property rights. Twitter's lawyers allege that Meta hired and assigned former Twitter employees to develop Threads with the specific intent that they use Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property to accelerate development. A Meta spokesperson responded by saying that Twitter's accusations are baseless as no one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee.
2023.07.07
MY SMALL, NO NAME COMPANY HAS COMPLETELY LOST ITS MIND WITH AI
Some people really think that AI is a magical thing that can fix all their problems. This article gives an example of a company that is using AI to generate JIRA tickets, code, and HR documents without any care about quality or security or checks for legality. The entire process has become a failed experiment that the company's engineers have had to clean up, but the company's decision-makers continue to push the technology to please the CEO. Examples of no name companies acting like this serve as an indication of what the future might hold.
2023.07.07
TSMC
Google is sticking with Samsung for next year's Tensor chip design and manufacturing, but it has been replacing Samsung components with its own IP every generation.
2023.07.07
THE SECRET LIFE OF .WELL-KNOWN
The .well-known directory was intended to be a generic and extendable version of robots.txt.
2023.07.07
TWINSPARK
TwinSpark is a declarative enhancement for HTML that transfers a lot of the common logic from JavaScript into a few declarative HTML attributes to allow developers to make interactive sites with little JavaScript and more manageable code.
2023.07.07
KEEPING UP WITH BIG SHIFTS IN TECH
This article features interviews with several developers about their views on how to keep up with the fast-paced changes of the tech world.
2023.07.07
META WILL NUKE YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT IF YOU DELETE THREADS PROFILE
Threads profiles can be deactivated at any time, but deleting a Threads account requires deleting the linked Instagram account.
2023.07.07
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2023.07.07
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2023.07.06
INSTAGRAM’S TWITTER COMPETITOR, THREADS, IS AVAILABLE NOW
Meta's Twitter competitor Threads is now available. It can be accessed on iOS, Android, and the web. Threads allows users to create text-based posts with up to 500 characters, share photos, and upload videos up to five minutes long. It looks similar to Twitter, with an interface that gives users the option to like, comment, repost, and share threads. Users can choose to log in with their Instagram usernames or create a new account. Threads does not currently support ActivityPub, but there are plans to integrate the protocol later down the line. The app is not available in the EU due to the EU's strict privacy regulations.
2023.07.06
CHATGPT DROPS ABOUT 10% IN TRAFFIC AS THE NOVELTY WEARS OFF
ChatGPT's traffic declined for the first time from May to June. Worldwide unique visitors to the site dropped by 5.7%, with the amount of time spent on the site down 8.5%. ChatGPT still attracts more visitors than Bing.com. Charts showing ChatGPT's growth and recent decline are available in the article.
2023.07.06
CONTROL
OpenAI is forming a team to develop ways to steer and control superintelligent AI systems. AI with intelligence exceeding that of humans could arrive within the coming decade. There is no current solution for controlling a potentially superintelligent AI and preventing it from causing harm. The team aims to develop a solution by creating a human-level automated alignment researcher that will find ways to ensure AI systems achieve desired outcomes.
2023.07.06
HEAT PUMPS - THE WELL-TEMPERED FUTURE OF A/CS
Air-conditioners keep people comfortable and alive. Extreme heat waves are killing more and more people every year. The demand for more air-conditioners is exacerbating climate change due to increased demand for electricity and the leakage of refrigerants. Both winners of the 2021 Global Cooling Prize were heat pumps that reduce cooling's climate impact by up to 80 percent. Heat pumps address the problems of emissions while providing a source of emissions-free power. They're also comparatively cheaper to install than central air-conditioners.
2023.07.06
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INTRODUCING THE VERCEL PLATFORMS STARTER KIT
The Vercel Platforms Starter Kit is a full-stack Next.js template for building multi-tenant applications with custom domains. It features programmatically assigned unlimited custom domains, subdomains, and SSL certificates, fast performance, an AI editor, image uploads, custom styles, and more. The kit creates apps that can serve multiple customers across different subdomains/custom domains with a single unified code base.
2023.07.06
LINESELECT
LineSelect is a shell utility that allows users to interactively select lines from stdin and output them to stdout. It effectively pauses the pipeline for the selection. LineSelect makes it easier to select files with ls, manage docker containers, grep log files, and more.
2023.07.06
WHY INSTAGRAM IS TAKING ON TWITTER WITH THREADS
Twitter's recent volatility provided Meta with an opening to compete. Meta had been planning to release Threads for a while, but the recent backlash over Twitter's limit on how many tweets people can see per day prompted the company to push it out this week. Meta expects tens of millions of people to try the service within the next few days. Threads is now available in 100 countries, but not in the EU due to complexities complying with some of the laws coming into effect next year.
2023.07.06
AI WEIGHTS ARE NOT OPEN "SOURCE"
AI licensing isn't as simple as applying proprietary/open-source software licenses. It has many layers with multiple components and additional licensing considerations. This article presents a set of AI licensing categories to standardize discussions on AI licensing. It names different categories of license types based on the function they serve and which AI component they serve. Using the right terms will help the industry move forward in developing standards around each of the categories.
2023.07.06
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FIREFOX 115 CAN SILENTLY REMOTELY DISABLE MY EXTENSION ON ANY SITE
Firefox 115 introduced a new 'feature' that only allows some extensions monitored by Mozilla to run on specific websites.
2023.07.06
MY TAKE ON THE CURRENT REACT & SERVER COMPONENTS CONTROVERSY
Some people are frustrated with React Server Components, others are frustrated with the way the React team communicates, and the React team is frustrated with the pile-on they are facing.
2023.07.06
THE MANY WAYS THAT DIGITAL MINDS CAN KNOW
Large language models do both of the things that their promoters and detractors say they do, at the same time, on the same prompts, and while it is difficult to tell which they're doing, both of them are useful.
2023.07.06
THE ENGLISH SDK FOR APACHE SPARK
This tool takes English instructions and compiles them into PySpark objects like DataFrames.
2023.07.06
LESSONS FROM KEITH RABOIS
This page contains a collection of interviews, podcasts, posts, books, and other resources from Keith Rabois, a general partner at Founders Fund.
2023.07.06
3 ENDINGS MORE POETIC THAN AI WIPING US OUT
This article presents three alternative AI-generated endings for humanity in an attempt to mimic a physicist's agnostic approach to predicting how the universe will end.
2023.07.06
BOOKTOK CAN MAKE BESTSELLERS. SO BYTEDANCE IS BECOMING A PUBLISHER.
BookTok has helped catapult numerous titles to bestseller lists and has become a regular topic in quarterly earnings calls at book retailers. ByteDance has begun soliciting authors to publish their books with its recently launched publishing house, 8th Note Press. The company's trademark filing for '8th Note Press' describes it as an ecosystem where people can find, buy, read, review, and discuss books. 8th Note Press reportedly plans to focus on digital publishing with limited print-on-demand runs.
2023.07.04
A FUTURE EXTERNAL MAC MONITOR WILL HAVE AN ALWAYS-ON DISPLAY
Apple reportedly plans to introduce an external Mac monitor that can act as a smart home display when the Mac is in sleep mode or shut down. The feature will be available on at least one monitor in an upcoming lineup. The upcoming display could potentially run on the iPhone 14 Pro's A16 chip. Apple is switching the AirPods charging case to USB-C this fall.
2023.07.04
WHY TRANSFORMATIVE AI IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO ACHIEVE
While humans have a good track record of innovation, the trend growth rate of GDP per capita has never exceeded three percent per year. There has yet to be a technology that breaks the three percent threshold. Only strong evidence should cause us to expect anything different. AI is likely transformative in the same way that the internet was, but it has many hurdles in the way to the accelerating growth rates predicted by some.
2023.07.04
AT LAST, SINGLE-PHOTON CAMERAS COULD PEER INTO YOUR BRAIN
Superconductor-based cameras have remained confined to the laboratory over the past two decades due to the inability to scale them past a few pixels. A team at the National Institute of Standards and technology (NIST) has created a 0.4-megapixel single-photon camera that could transition superconductor-based cameras from a lab curiosity to an industrial technology. The technology could be used for space imaging, measuring light in photonic quantum computers, and looking into the brain with noninvasive light-based techniques. The team at NIST is now working closely with several bioimaging groups to adapt the device to various applications.
2023.07.04
TINYVECTOR
tinyvector is a tiny and fast vector embedding database. It is extremely easy to customize and has comparable speed to advanced vector databases on small to medium datasets. tinyvector can scale up to over 100 million vector dimensions without issue.
2023.07.04