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These days, many applications utilize multiple data stores for various reasons. This could be due to each data store specializing in a specific task or because the application was developed by multiple teams over time. However, coordinating operations across these stores can be challenging. While transactions guarantee consistency within a single database, they don’t work […]
In 2018, Figma used a single MacBook to run their performance testing system. However, as the company grew and expanded, they realized they needed a more sophisticated approach. They developed a new testing system that combines virtual and real hardware. The cloud-based system uses virtual machines to test for large regressions, while the hardware system […]
Airplane window seats offer a unique form of in-flight entertainment: the outside world. But beyond taking photos, what can you do with them? Well, with photogrammetry, you can transform your photos into something cool. For example, by using QGIS, you can map reference points on a photo and project it onto a world map. While […]
In a groundbreaking achievement for artificial intelligence (AI), researchers from the University of Zurich and Intel have developed an AI system called “Swift” capable of beating human champions in drone racing. Swift was trained in a simulated environment using reinforcement learning, allowing it to teach itself to fly by trial and error. With the ability […]
Croner is a JavaScript and TypeScript library that allows you to trigger functions and evaluate cron expressions. It works in Node.js, Deno, and browsers, with no dependencies. The library supports features such as using the Vixie-cron pattern, including additional features like the L modifier for the last day and weekday of the month, and the […]
Compress This is a tool designed to create typing shortcuts automatically based on your own writing. It’s primarily used for email and slack communication. The tool analyzes a corpus of text and suggests shortcuts that can help save characters while typing. It also generates configuration files for Autokey, a Linux program that implements keyboard shortcuts. […]
The author begins by expressing excitement over the recent coding accomplishments they have made, which include reducing RAM requirements, eliminating the need for system downtime during upgrades, expanding document indexing limits, and increasing keyword limits. The author then reflects on past issues with the search engine, specifically mentioning an outage caused by scaling problems and […]
In this newsletter, the author highlights the release of the Llama 2 base and chat models, as well as CodeLlama, the latest additions to the open-source AI large language model (LLM) landscape. They discuss the leaked details of the GPT-4 model and its performance over time. The author also mentions OpenAI’s new finetuning API for […]
Xata is thrilled to announce the addition of File Attachments to its serverless database platform. This feature allows users to store files of any size, which are stored in AWS S3 and cached through a global CDN. With file attachments, files become a part of a database record, sharing the same security boundaries. Image files […]