Tag: programming
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steve Yegge
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/4/steve-yegge/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steve Yegge Feedly Summary: In the past, these decisions were so consequential, they were basically one-way doors, in Amazon language. That’s why we call them ‘architectural decisions!’ You basically have to live with your choice of database, authentication, JavaScript UI framework, almost forever. But that’s changing…
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The Register: GitHub’s boast that Copilot produces high-quality code challenged
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/03/github_copilot_code_quality_claims/ Source: The Register Title: GitHub’s boast that Copilot produces high-quality code challenged Feedly Summary: We’re shocked – shocked – that Microsoft’s study of its own tools might not be super-rigorous GitHub’s claim that the quality of programming code written with its Copilot AI model is “significantly more functional, readable, reliable, maintainable, and…
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Cloud Blog: PayPal’s Real-Time Revolution: Migrating to Google Cloud for Streaming Analytics
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/paypals-dataflow-migration-real-time-streaming-analytics/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: PayPal’s Real-Time Revolution: Migrating to Google Cloud for Streaming Analytics Feedly Summary: At PayPal, revolutionizing commerce globally has been a core mission for over 25 years. We create innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, empowering consumers and businesses in approximately 200…
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Hacker News: Controlling AI’s Growing Energy Needs
Source URL: https://cacm.acm.org/news/controlling-ais-growing-energy-needs/ Source: Hacker News Title: Controlling AI’s Growing Energy Needs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The provided text highlights the significant energy demands associated with training large AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-3. It discusses the exponential growth in energy consumption for AI model training, the…
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Hacker News: Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)
Source URL: https://github.com/privastead/privastead Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption) Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Privastead, a privacy-preserving home security camera solution that employs end-to-end encryption through a Rust implementation and uses the MLS protocol. It emphasizes strong privacy assurances and…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: GitHub OAuth for a static site using Cloudflare Workers
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/29/github-oauth-cloudflare/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GitHub OAuth for a static site using Cloudflare Workers Feedly Summary: GitHub OAuth for a static site using Cloudflare Workers Here’s a TIL covering a Thanksgiving AI-assisted programming project. I wanted to add OAuth against GitHub to some of the projects on my tools.simonwillison.net site in order…
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The Register: Abstract, theoretical computing qualifications are turning teens off
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/bcs_computer_science_gcse/ Source: The Register Title: Abstract, theoretical computing qualifications are turning teens off Feedly Summary: BCS calls for digital literacy GCSE alongside Computer Science The UK’s professional body for the IT workforce has called for a more “inclusive" digital literacy age-16 qualification alongside Computer Science, which it says is "theoretical and demanding."… AI…