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Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is preparing to release a commercial version of its open-source large language model (LLM) called LLaMA. LLaMA uses AI to generate text, images, and code, and was initially introduced as a small model available to researchers. This commercial release will allow developers and businesses to build applications using the LLaMA […]
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In this web content, the author discusses their experience as the VP of Engineering at Honeycomb. They explain how little candid writing there is about the path to the VP of Engineering role and what the job entails. The author encourages others, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, to consider this position. They highlight that VPs […]
FIDO2 is a solution to the problems associated with passwords by replacing them with secret keys stored on dedicated hardware security keys. However, these security keys can become a target for attackers. The author of this post implemented a safer FIDO2 security key called Plat for their Master’s thesis. Plat uses privilege separation to prevent […]
OpenSSH has an unusual approach to handling command line arguments, which the author only discovered after 23 years of using OpenSSH. While assisting a mentee with a script that used ssh to execute remote commands, the author realized that some of the commands didn’t work as expected. Normally, when a command is executed in the […]
Podman Desktop version 1.2.0 has been released, bringing with it a host of new features, bug fixes, and improvements. Key highlights of this release include the addition of start/stop/delete/restart buttons for Compose containers, the ability to easily switch between different Kubernetes contexts, the option to rename images, and support for protocol handlers. Other notable features […]
Introducing COSMIC DE, a new desktop environment for Pop!_OS and Linux distros, inspired by ancient stars. The latest updates include window resizing with keyboard shortcuts, localized shortcut hints, and flexible wallpaper settings with slideshow options and scaling. COSMIC’s notifications daemon is being developed to manage notifications across multiple screens, with each applet having its own […]
Theo de Raadt has made an update to the innovations.html page, discussing the implementation of indirect branch target restriction on the amd64 and arm64 platforms. This work has involved enforcing support for arm64 BTI and Intel IBT in both the kernels and userland binaries of OpenBSD. The approach taken by OpenBSD differs from Linux, as […]
AlmaLinux, along with other downstreams, has been left in a bit of a predicament since Red Hat restricted access to the RHEL source repositories. As a result, AlmaLinux has decided to shift its focus. Instead of aiming for 1:1 compatibility with upstream RHEL, they will now strive to be Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatible. The […]
In this web content, the author reflects on the value of heirlooms and shares their personal experience inheriting two watches from their father after his passing. They discuss how monetary value is not the sole determinant of an heirloom’s worth, but rather the stories and memories that are associated with it. The author describes one […]
The Minotaur superoptimizer is designed to tackle the challenge of missing peephole optimizations for SIMD instructions in LLVM’s intermediate representation. It focuses specifically on integer SIMD instructions, both portable and specific to x86-64. To address this issue, Minotaur uses a hybrid synthesis algorithm that enumerates instructions concretely and generates literal constants through a solver. The […]