This article explains Graphite’s journey from a simple single-page app (SPA) architecture to the adoption of a more robust solution. It explains why the company considered various hosting options, the technical considerations that guided the decision, and why it ultimately chose to host its Next.js web application on ECS. Graphite’s decision to containerize its application with AWS ECS aligned with its goal of maintaining performance standards and cost efficiency within its AWS Virtual Private Cloud.
Intuit has embraced generative AI, developing various applications like Intuit Assist, which aids small business owners, marketers, and others in making informed decisions. The company also created GenOS, an operating system that enables product teams to integrate generative AI into their applications easily. GenOS contains various components that Intuit built, such as GenStudio for experimentation, GenUX for UI tools, and GenRuntime for hosting AI capabilities.
This author discusses their preference for not using a build system in small frontend JavaScript projects. They give examples of how simple it is to work without a build system, using Vue 3 directly with script tags, and express frustration that some libraries, like CodeMirror 6 and Tailwind 3, now require a build system. Build systems, like webpack, rollup, esbuild, parcel, or vite, are used to translate and optimize JavaScript or TypeScript code for web deployment, but can be overkill for small projects.
Qdorks is an advanced Google Search query composer.
When you scroll rapidly to the top or bottom of a webpage you might notice a “bounce” effect. To prevent this with CSS, you can add the overscroll-behavior property on the document root to none.
Prioritizing user needs and operational aspects is more important than developer preferences in software development.
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Sam Altman felt defiant, hurt, and angry when OpenAI's board asked him to return a day after they fired him. This article contains an interview with Altman and OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on the attempted boardroom coup. Altman repeatedly declined to say exactly why he was fired during the interview. OpenAI's new board will conduct an independent investigation into what went down.
2023.11.30·theverge.com·7 min read·TLDR Firefox extensions compatible with Android will be openly available to users on December 14. There will be over 400 extensions available at launch. The update involves giving developers a route to port desktop extensions to Android. Mozilla will be redesigning the add-on library to better show the new options.
2023.11.30·9to5google.com·1 min read·TLDR Perplexity AI's combination of a web index and up-to-date information with a conversational AI chatbot-style interface has the potential to dethrone Google. The company recently released fine-tuned and augmented versions of open source models from Mistral and Meta. The models aim to offer helpful, factual, and up-to-date information. They are the first-ever live LLM APIs that are grounded with web search data and have no knowledge cutoff.
2023.11.30·venturebeat.com·6 min read·TLDR Google DeepMind researchers have discovered 2.2 million crystal structures using an AI tool known as GNoME. The researchers plan to make 381,000 of the most promising structures available to fellow scientists to make and test their viability. The discovery of inorganic crystals has always been bottlenecked by expensive trial-and-error approaches. The venture shows how AI can be used to shortcut years of experiments and potentially deliver improved products and processes.
2023.11.30·arstechnica.com·2 min read·TLDR jaq is a clone of the JSON data processing tool jq that focuses on correctness, performance, and simplicity. It aims to support a large subset of jq's syntax and operations. Examples of how to use jq and benchmark results are available.
2023.11.30·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR pgxman is a command for implementing extensions and updates in PostgreSQL. It allows developers to install and upgrade Postgres extensions with confidence. pgxman automatically detects and streamlines extension operations based on the local development environment. It integrates with the system package manager to ensure correct versions are installed without extra packages from any shared dependencies between extensions.
Y Combinator invests in, educates, and promotes early-stage companies, especially in software. It has helped birth companies like Airbnb, Reddit, Twitch, and Instacart. YC exerts a wide cultural and intellectual influence on Silicon Valley, the core driver of US economic growth and technological dynamism in the present day. This article looks at YC and its impact on the industry and how the company will be affected as the contemporary political economy of the US changes and software successes become less impactful.
2023.11.30·brief.bismarckanalysis.com·32 min read·TLDR Spotify Wrapped is a yearly summary of the songs and artists that users have listened to throughout the year. It has become one of the most successful and shareable marketing ploys on social media since its inception in 2016. 2023's Spotify Wrapped has launched. This article shows readers how to access the feature, how it works, the most popular artists of the year, and more.
This repository contains both TrueType and WOFF/WOFF 2 files for Reddit Sans, Reddit Mono, and Reddit Condensed.
2023.11.30·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR Stability AI has engaged in preliminary discussions with multiple companies for an acquisition due to mounting pressure from investors over its financial position.
2023.11.30·pymnts.com·2 min read·TLDR This post steps through the various eras of a venture investing career to create a context for the current startup funding environment.
2023.11.30·bryce.medium.com·7 min read·TLDR llamafile allows anyone to distribute and run LLMs that work with multiple CPU microarchitectures with a single file.
2023.11.30·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR A mistake resulted in the connector interface sending a surge of electricity straight into the Spirit spacecraft instead of its RAT-Revolve motor.
2023.11.30·chrislewicki.com·20 min read·TLDR This article presents a guide to creating documentation for a house for homeowners to refer to for a whole slew of scenarios.
2023.11.30·luke.hsiao.dev·6 min read·TLDR Led by Kleiner Perkins, this round will help boost the training and inference products that have seen massive adoption since Together’s launch in June.
2023.11.30·together.ai·2 min read·TLDR AI Amazon trained a generative model to assist users of the AWS platform. It will also be used for generic business assistance. The model is a private system that answers user queries about various aspects of Amazon's backend tooling.
2023.11.30·aws.amazon.com·3 min read·TLDR AI Powering workflows for customers like Character AI, Voltage Park is a new cloud provider with a 24k H100 mega cluster. Its pricing seems to be industry-leading at less than $2/hour per GPU.
2023.11.30·blog.voltagepark.com·1 min read·TLDR AI UVCOM is a new framework that better handles the distinct requirements of Video Moment Retrieval (MR) and Highlight Detection (HD).
2023.11.30·arxiv.org·16 min read·TLDR AI Deepseek coder was an amazing model that reached amazing code synthesis performance. It now has a 67B parameter chat LLM that dramatically outperforms Llama 2 70B.
2023.11.30·github.com·4 min read·TLDR AI This recent paper published in Nature details a CNN trained for classification that processes each frame in just 72ns and uses far fewer watts than traditional computer systems. With the recipe of AI continuing towards more FLOPs, more data, and larger models - these chips might be necessary to reach future levels of performance.
2023.11.30·nature.com·35 min read·TLDR AI Sponsored
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llamafile is a combination of llama.cpp and Cosmopolitan libc. This means that you can target essentially any CPU on any OS and bundle your model in a single executable file.
2023.11.30·github.com·4 min read·TLDR AI This is a blog post from Meta outlining how to use its llama language model. The guide includes fine-tuning and deployment advice.
2023.11.30·ai.meta.com·12 min read·TLDR AI OccWorld, a self-supervised AI model, is designed to predict future driving scenarios by understanding and forecasting the movements of surrounding agents and map elements in 3D.
2023.11.30·wzzheng.net·4 min read·TLDR AI Research reveals that large language models, including ChatGPT, can memorize and inadvertently reveal specific training data, highlighting privacy concerns, particularly in larger models.
2023.11.30·stackdiary.com·7 min read·TLDR AI The hype around OpenAI's rumored AI breakthrough, Q*, highlights the tech community's tendency to rapidly shift focus and speculate on the next big advancement in AI, often with limited information, exemplifying the "Shiny Object Syndrome."
2023.11.30·thealgorithmicbridge.substack.com·10 min read·TLDR AI Google Search is being upended by AI and it can only blame itself for sitting on tech it has had for years. That aside, integrations with the next generation of AI tooling are springing up across Google’s suite of tools and are set to make a significant impact.
2023.11.30·bigtechnology.com·2 min read·TLDR AI Dataiku and Databricks are collaborating to further the reach and capability of Dataiku's LLM Mesh Partner Program. The partnership aims to create a simpler way to achieve generative AI-driven business transformations while allowing the enterprise to capitalize on the immense potential of LLMs.
2023.11.30·dataiku.com·3 min read·TLDR AI Winn.AI handles all of your sales busywork so you can type less and win more.
YouTube, Mr. Beast, and a South Korean label are using AI to dub video content into various languages, though the cost is seen as high by some creators.
2023.11.30·semafor.com·2 min read·TLDR AI Grayscale is updating its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, marking the first modification of the trust since 2018, in preparation for a potential transition to a spot bitcoin ETF. The changes include a daily fee payment structure and the option for assets to be blended in an account for easy share creation and redemption. Experts are suggesting that this is yet another sign that the spot bitcoin ETF applications from Grayscale and others will be approved.
The Abu Dhabi-based M2 Exchange has launched a token called MMX that is tied to M2 Global Wealth Limited, giving rise to speculations of a possible tokenized equity platform being approved in Abu Dhabi. There are questions about its business structure as it has entities regulated both in Abu Dhabi and the Bahamas. However, Abu Dhabi's new legislation reflects a desire to make the city into a crypto hub, and allowing for tokenized equity like this thread suggests would set the region apart.
Sei is planning a major upgrade to the chain, intending to create the first fully parallelized EVM. Known as Sei v2, the upgrade will allow the Sei network to maintain its rapid block finalization and transaction rate while adding support for EVM smart contracts. This means developers can implement already-audited smart contracts from EVM-compatible blockchains without changing their code. The upgrade is expected to be released on testnet in Q1 2024.
Republic has announced its plans to list its profit-sharing digital asset, the Republic Note, on INX’s US-regulated trading platform. This listing could be a transformative step towards making private market investments more accessible to investors worldwide. The Republic Note grants access to gains from Republic’s broad venture portfolio which includes over 750 private companies.
Portalcoin is aiming to revolutionize the web3 gaming space by introducing a universal gaming coin across multiple blockchains. Its initiative includes a Portal Wallet that will enable easy cross-chain gaming and it has partnered with over 200 games. You can farm Portalcoin through social media engagement. Gamers can use the coin for in-game purchases, governance, staking, buying NFTs, and purchasing nodes.
This thread analyzes and compares the performances of three crypto casino tokens: $RLB, $BCB, and $KNK. The analysis is based on the volumes/revenues of each token's respective product. According to this analysis, $RLB has been the best performer, with its current market cap sitting at $500m and an approximate 20% monthly growth rate. $BCB and $KNK have shown less promising growth rates, with $KNK recently experiencing a steep decline.
This article debates the necessity of a stablecoin for a robust monetary system, challenging the common belief that market-based cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin could fulfill this role. The author suggests a simplified monetary system, maintaining price stability with optimal interest rates, rather than attempting to create a stablecoin pegged to purchasing power. Establishing a native unit of account with a controlled monetary policy might be more beneficial than launching yet another stablecoin effort.
This older thread goes over the concept of real estate and how it isn’t actually that different from digital ownership. Punk 6529 likens the process of buying property - acquiring title deeds and registering at the county office - with owning an NFT, asserting that both are symbolic of digital or physical ownership respectively and are only a social convention. NFTs are as secure as physical property and can be enforced with math instead of just physical force.
The US Treasury Department is seeking more authority to fight digital asset misuse in illicit finance, proposing sanctions and updating anti-terrorism finance laws.
Genesis Global and DCG are nearing a settlement in a complex bankruptcy case involving payments of over $500 million in cash and Bitcoin.