Tags: web-review, debugging, gpt, tech, graphics, management, performance, tools, internet, storage, sustainability, machine-learning, trust, databases, ai, privacy, shader, python, kernel, amd, product-management, empathy, complexity, version-control, 3d, infrastructure, engineering, simulation, virtualization, google, filesystem, networking, safety, cpu, git, cloud, security, marketing, c++, linux, browser, sqlite
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2024-31.
Tags: tech, browser, privacy, google
Apparently this needs to be spelled out for browser providers to understand this needs to go.
https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/third-party-cookies-have-got-to-go/
Tags: tech, security
Looks like we really get back to the same type of vulnerabilities… it’s only a couple of dozens usual suspects.
https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/archive/2023/2023_stubborn_weaknesses.html
Tags: tech, security, empathy
A very good piece, it’s nice it’s been resurrected. This is a good reminder that the blame and shame of the user for general computing security is plain wrong. It’s we the developers and the UX designers who should be kept on our toes.
https://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/a-story-about-jessica-by-swiftonsecurity/
Tags: tech, ai, trust, marketing
Interesting finding. Looks like the trust is not very high in the general public towards products with AI.
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt
This ought to be easier, this should help a bit.
https://github.com/healsdata/ai-training-opt-out
Tags: tech, cpu, amd, performance
Interesting article about what’s coming for the branch predictor in the Zen 5 architecture from AMD.
Tags: tech, linux, kernel, trust, sustainability
Having a bootstrappable build is definitely not an easy feat! It is something necessary to do though for trust and for longevity reasons.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/983340/25f5b1f6b1247079/
Tags: tech, linux, kernel
Looks like a good online reference resource if you need to make your own modules.
https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
Tags: tech, c++, safety
It’s nice to see progress coming to lifetime checks in C++ compilers.
https://lemire.me/blog/2024/07/26/safer-code-in-c-with-lifetime-bounds/
Tags: tech, databases, storage, filesystem, sqlite, performance
Interesting experiment showing that BLOBs in a database can be a good alternative to individual files on a filesystem in some contexts.
https://sqlite.org/fasterthanfs.html
Tags: tech, tools, internet, networking
This is not said enough but this is indeed a very useful tool. There is a few tricks I didn’t know in this list.
https://martinheinz.dev/blog/113
Tags: tech, python, debugging
Nice little utility for Python programming. Helps to introspect on the spot.
https://igrek51.github.io/wat/
Tags: tech, version-control, git
Oh fancy! I didn’t know this git log parameter. Definitely useful.
https://nerderati.com/tracing-the-evolution-of-a-python-function-with-git-log/
Tags: tech, 3d, shader, graphics
Good collection of techniques to procedurally generating scene assets.
https://cprimozic.net/blog/tools-and-techniques-for-procedural-gamedev/
Tags: tech, graphics, shader, 3d, simulation
Very neat shader for a procedural earth simulation. The breakdown is interesting covering the tricks being used in this shader.
https://davidar.io/post/sim-glsl
Tags: tech, infrastructure, virtualization, security, safety, complexity, cloud
Definitely not as fashionable as the kubernetes craze. This gives very interesting properties that multi-tenant applications can’t really provide. The article is nice as it lays out properly the pros and cons, helps make the choice depending on the context.
https://blog.thinkst.com/2024/07/unfashionably-secure-why-we-use-isolated-vms.html
Tags: tech, engineering, management, product-management
This is an interesting framing of the question. We often talk about the scope, but how thorough are we when handling it? Should we even be that thorough? Might make some of the trade offs more explicit.
https://www.theengineeringmanager.com/growth/scope-how-about-thoroughness/
Tags: tech, management
Interesting concept of task relevant maturity. I should probably take it more into account myself.
https://substack.com/@refactoring/note/c-63277431
Bye for now!