Blogs

Important and interesting study showing how the new generation of models are driving energy consumption way up. As a developer, do the responsible thing and use smaller, more specific models.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16863.pdf

The AI trust crisis

Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, surveillance, trust, transparency

There’s definitely a problem here. The lack of transparency from the involved companies doesn’t help. It’s also a chance for local and self-hostable models, let’s hope their use increases.

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Dec/14/ai-trust-crisis/

Kernel vs. User-Level Networking: Don’t Throw Out the Stack with the Interrupts | Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems

Tags: tech, linux, kernel, networking

Interesting deep dive about how network stacks work in kernel or in user land. Also provides some insight on how to improve the kernel stack.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.¹¹⁴⁵⁄_3626780

What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic

Tags: tech, floats, mathematics

Probably the definitive resource on how floating-point arithmetic works.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.¹¹⁴⁵⁄₁₀₃₁₆₂.103163

The SQL Murder Mystery

Tags: tech, sql, databases, learning, game, funny

You like SQL? You like murder mysteries? This little game might be right for you.

https://mystery.knightlab.com/

Patching around a C++ crash with a little bit of Lua

Tags: tech, http, safety, bug, c++, lua

Nice trick to get the pressure off the team while it looks for a proper solution.

https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2023/12/07/header/

Real-world match/case

Tags: tech, python, pattern

Nice illustration on how pattern matching can simplify code and make it easier to write.

https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202312/realworld_matchcase.html

trippy | A network diagnostic tool

Tags: tech, tools, networking

Looks like a nice tool for exploring network issues. I’ll take it for a spin when I get the chance.

https://trippy.cli.rs/

Dynamic music and sound techniques for video games

Tags: tech, music, sound, gaming

Interesting little tricks to create music and sound variations to guide the user.

https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/12/09/dynamic-music-and-sound-techniques-for-video-games/

Behavior Belongs in the HTML

Tags: tech, html, semantic

This would indeed be a nice path forward for HTML. It’s much too dominated by JavaScript for now, having standardized semantic extensibility would be just better.

https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/behavior-belongs-in-html/

Painting with Math: A Gentle Study of Raymarching - Maxime Heckel’s Blog

Tags: tech, 3d, shader, mathematics

Another nice introduction to raymarching. I still find this a very interesting rendering approach. It’s really cool what you can do with those Signed Distance Fields functions.

https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/painting-with-math-a-gentle-study-of-raymarching/

Canon TDD - by Kent Beck - Software Design: Tidy First?

Tags: tech, tdd, design, tests

This is apparently a much needed clarification. Let’s get back to basics.

https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/canon-tdd

Advice to a New Speaker - Dan North & Associates Limited

Tags: tech, talk

Nice list of advices in the second section. It makes a good point in some of the dynamics women might have to face in public conferences.

https://dannorth.net/advice-to-a-new-speaker/

The Importance of Career Laddering | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks

Tags: tech, management, career

You got a career ladder in place? Well, that’s just a first step, how do you make sure the expectations are clear to people? How do you follow through? This article helps with those questions.

https://css-tricks.com/the-importance-of-career-laddering/

The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity

Tags: organization, meetings, productivity, work, life

Interesting survey results. This kind of confirm what we already suspected regarding longer work day and the amount of meetings.

https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/blog/news/the-surprising-connection-between-after-hours-work-and-decreased-productivity?nojsmode=1

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