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In my tech career, I’ve experienced two acquisitions without any inside knowledge. There were signs that something was brewing weeks before the deals were announced. Look out for distracted founders and executives, increased focus on security vulnerabilities, lack of urgency around hiring and retention, and unusual meeting changes. These signs were evident before the acquisitions […]
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Reka has trained strong multimodal language models and is sharing insights into developing infrastructure and training large models from scratch. The biggest surprise was the variance in hardware quality across compute providers, turning model training into a hardware lottery. Each cluster had its own challenges and failure modes, requiring unique hot-fixes. Training on GPUs instead […]
Under New Management, created by Matt Frisbie, is an extension for Chrome that detects when your installed extensions have changed owners. It intermittently checks the Chrome Web Store for any changes in developer information and alerts users with a red badge if a change is detected. This is important because extension developers are often approached […]
The FDA announced the approval of the Dexcom Stelo Glucose Biosensor System, the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor for individuals 18 years and older not on insulin. This device allows users to monitor glucose levels without a health care provider’s involvement, emphasizing health equity for all patients. The system uses a wearable sensor and smartphone […]
LogScreen simplifies the process of searching logs by piping them and visualizing in a web app. Developed with ChatGPT, it demonstrates the power of collaborative iteration with AI. After installation, users can view command outputs in a browser, making it easier to monitor logs from Docker, NPM, Linux, remote servers, Google Cloud Functions, Kubernetes, AWS […]
At OneSignal, we are on a mission to democratize customer engagement worldwide and are seeking creative individuals to join us in enhancing our product and community. With over 2 million developers and marketers using our platform, we aim to become one of the most valuable technology companies globally. We encourage intelligent risk-taking, client success, empowerment, […]
Sugar Labs is a collaborative, free/open-source software learning platform for children that promotes collaborative learning through various activities. Students can reshape, reinvent, and reapply software and content into powerful learning tools. Sugar does not require the Internet, allowing for peer-to-peer collaboration in classrooms or outdoors. Users can access Sugar through easy installations on thumb drives […]
The author challenges the idea that linguistic resemblances between languages are too complex to be random, citing human nature’s tendency to find patterns and trust them. Linguists caution that many resemblance lists lack linguistic expertise and overlook borrowings and native compounding. The author proposes a simple statistical model for estimating the probability of chance resemblances […]
CoRecursive podcast dives into the story of how a senior staff engineer, Chris Krycho, navigated his time at LinkedIn, facing challenges that led to his decision to quit. Chris oversaw major projects in the front end for one of the world’s largest professional social networks, dealing with massive amounts of JavaScript and technical debt. His […]
Canva is committed to improving security across its platform by exploring new ways to safeguard processes and tools. They discovered vulnerabilities in font processing, a less explored aspect of graphics security, building on previous font security research. One surprising finding was the use of SVG formats in digital typography. They discovered security issues in font […]