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Chalice: Python Serverless Microframework for AWS
Serverless computing is one of the most talked-about subjects among AWS customers. The AWS serverless offerings, AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway, make it possible for developers to create and run API applications with built-in, virtually unlimited scalability without managing any servers. Today the AWS Developer…
How to use Elm at work
A delightful language with friendly error messages, great performance, small assets, and no runtime exceptions.
Why we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack
A recent blog post posed the question Why do we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack?. It triggered a very interesting discussion on Hacker News.
Pokémon GO: The Data Behind America’s Latest Obsession
Similarweb's blog is a go-to resource for digital professionals and marketing experts offering a wide range of business tips, industry insights, trends and more.
Generating Recommendations at Amazon Scale with Apache Spark and Amazon DSSTNE
In this post, I discuss an alternate solution; namely, running separate CPU and GPU clusters, and driving the end-to-end modeling process from Apache Spark.
Changes to Trusted Certificate Authorities in Android Nougat
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
Symantec's Bad Week
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Facebook Messenger begins testing end-to-end encryption using Signal Protocol
Facebook Messenger has started rolling out Secret Conversations, a feature that enables end-to-end encryption for conversations within Messenger. Secret Conversations is built on Signal Protocol, a modern, open source, strong encryption protocol we developed for asynchronous messaging systems.
Reverse Debugging for Python
RevPDB A "reverse debugger" is a debugger where you can go forward and backward in time. It is an uncommon feature, at least in the open ...
Native reactive spreadsheet in 17 LOC
After the release of our reactive framework a few days ago, we though it would be a good idea to implement the, often mentioned, spreadshee...
Investor Day
Below is a copy of an email I sent to investors who attend YC’s Demo Day. It discusses some of the changes we’re making and how they will impact Demo Day. > YC Demo Day Investors,We’re making some changes to Y Combinator’s Demo Days – please take a minute to read below because they are material. As with previous…
Employee #1: Reddit
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Experimenting with Post-Quantum Cryptography
Posted by Matt Braithwaite, Software Engineer Quantum computers are a fundamentally different sort of computer that take advantage of aspec...
Bee Bread
Honeybees ( Apis mellifera ) have mastered feats of chemical engineering as various as they are alchemical. Their most well-known substances are of course honey, their concentrated, stable, hive-warming energy source, and wax, their pliable, moisture-proof structural material. Yet there are others which nowadays are…
Scrapely: The brains behind Portia, our visual web scraping tool
Note: Portia is no longer available for new users. It has been disabled for all the new organizations from August 20, 2018, onward.
Akka.NET 1.1: Akka.Cluster, Akka.Streams, and Multi-Node Testing
High Availability for Enterprise .NET
Introducing OpenCellular: An open source wireless access platform
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The Problem with Reality
Discover all the Meta Quest VR entertainment experiences. Enjoy streaming your favorite VR movies, tv shows, and live sport events. With VR, your living room is better than the theater.
Later Stage Advice for Startups
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