In a world increasingly affected by climate change and societal dysfunction, the writings of Ivan Illich, a prophet of the 1970s era of limits, are becoming increasingly relevant. Two new books, “Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey” by David Cayley and “The Prophet of Cuernavaca: Ivan Illich and the Crisis of the West” by Todd Hartch, […]
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The Bakhshali manuscript is an ancient Indian mathematical text that was discovered in 1881 in the village of Bakhshali, Pakistan. It is believed to be the oldest surviving manuscript in Indian mathematics and contains the earliest known use of the zero symbol in India. The manuscript is written in a form of literary Sanskrit influenced […]
Thomas Edison, the famous American inventor, is well known for his inventions like the light bulb and the phonograph. However, what many people don’t know is that Edison was also obsessed with concrete. In 1908, he filed a patent for constructing buildings with a single placement of concrete, which was ahead of its time. Edison […]
L-Systems, originally developed by Aristid Lindenmayer, are a formalism used to generate self-similar structures. While they can produce famous fractals like the Sierpinski Triangle and the Gosper Curve, their primary purpose is to model plant growth. The algorithm is straightforward: a model is represented by a string, with the axiom representing the initial state. On […]
Introducing the Raspberry Pi 5, set to launch at the end of October. Priced at $60 for the 4GB version and $80 for the 8GB version, this new model offers upgraded features and delivers a no-compromises user experience. It features a 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, VideoCore VII GPU, dual 4Kp60 HDMI display output, […]
New York Times Co. technology workers are set to go on strike for half a day, alleging that the company is attempting to push them back to the office without engaging in fair negotiations. These employees, which comprise software engineers and product managers, had previously voted overwhelmingly to form a union with the NewsGuild. This […]
WebRTC has been a significant development in real-time media since its release in 2011, solving the problem of live media on the web. However, it is not perfect and has limitations in customization. The WebRTC stack is optimized for conferencing but struggles with other use cases. WebCodecs and WebTransport are emerging APIs that offer alternatives […]
Odigos is an open-source project that aims to make distributed tracing effortless. Distributed tracing is essential for gaining insights into the movement of requests in complex distributed systems, but it can be challenging due to extensive code changes and performance impact. However, Odigos tackles these challenges by using eBPF for automated tracing without the need […]
The article discusses the concept of transitioning from a monolithic backend to a microservices architecture. The author explains that as an application grows and more feature teams contribute to the codebase, the components become coupled, leading to decreased productivity and increased complexity. To mitigate these issues, the author suggests splitting the backend into independently deployable […]