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Intel's Humbling
Intel under Pat Gelsinger is reaping the disaster that came from a lack of investment and execution a decade ago; the company, though, appears to be headed in the right direction, as evidenced by i…
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 776 posts.
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The business of check cashing
Check cashing, as a business, is a poorly understood "alternative" financial service.
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What the The end of 0% interest rates means for software engineers
The end of 10+ years of 0% interest rates is set to change the tech industry. What do higher rates mean for software engineering jobs, developers, and careers; and how can you prepare for this shift?
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How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech
Although this article isn’t related to any of the 12 Challenges so far, it’s on a subject I’m developing for a potential future challenge.
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Lessons from history's greatest R&D labs
A historical analysis of what the earliest electrical and great applied R&D labs can teach Answer.AI, and potential pitfalls
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The Apple Vision Pro’s missing apps
The Apple Vision Pro is missing some important apps, and it seems likely that Apple’s App Store policies played a part. Might the company respond by doubling down with Disney?
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How we crowdfunded $750k for a giant book about keyboard history
At first sight, the idea of 1,216-page two-volume work on keyboards for $150 might seem like a heavy lift. But it was years in the making.
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Hell is other people: performance management at Big Tech
The lofty theory and the sordid reality of "perf".
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When the "R" goes missing from R&D (2021)
A Cautionary Tale about Too Much Siloing and Not Enough Trust
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The rise of batteries in six charts
The unstoppable rise of batteries is leading to a domino effect that puts half of global fossil fuel demand at risk.
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How I got an O-1 visa as a software engineer
Jump ahead • Timeline • Meeting the extraordinary ability criteria • How much does it cost? • Should you work with a lawyer?
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Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union
Apple announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the EU to comply with the DMA.
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Kagi search reached 20k paying members
Update: We shipped the t-shirts. -- Dear Kagi community, Today, we’re happy and proud to have reached 20,000 paying members, including over 1,500 families all over the world, in our community. We have come a very...
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Good DevEx increases productivity. Here is the data
Explore how DevEx boosts productivity and innovation according to new research.
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Balancing engineering cultures: Debate everything vs. just tell me what to build
Lessons from leaders at New Relic, Credit Karma, Reforge, Hubspot, Trulia, Intercom, VSCO, and more
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Brex Layoffs
Today, Brex Founder and co-CEO Pedro Franceschi sent the following note to Brex employees:
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Boeing whistleblower: MAX 9 production line has "enormous volume of defects"
A reader at respected airline industry site Leeham News offered a comment that suggests they have access to Boeing’s internal quality control systems, and shares details of what they saw regarding the Boeing 737 MAX 9 flown by Alaska Airlines that had a door plug detach inflight, causing rapid decompression of the…
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Qdrant, the Vector Search Database, raised $28M in a Series A round
Qdrant is an Open-Source Vector Search Engine written in Rust. It provides fast and scalable vector similarity search service with convenient API.
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Riot Games laying off 11%
The following is a copy of the internal message from our CEO.
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Changes at Riot Games and the road ahead
Here’s what these changes mean for our games and what players can expect from us going forward.
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Right to Repair: The Price Is Not Right
This article exposes the unfair reality of spare part prices. To make repair affordable, we need reasonable prices for original parts, clear acceptance for the use of compatible parts (third party, used or 3D-printed) and a solid ban on parts pairing.
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Should I open source my company? (2022)
The unexpected upsides of building in public
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Backlog size is inversely proportional to how often we talk to customers
Lessons learned from a year of startup life.
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Lessons learned from bringing promotional sweets to a conference
I've recently set up my own consultancy company and decided to sponsor my local UKGovCamp conference. That entitled me to a logo on the site, a shout-out during the conference, and place to put any promotional stickers. Everyone loves stickers! But I decided to bring along something different - promotional sweeties! I…
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Microsoft actions following attack by nation state actor Midnight Blizzard
Microsoft Security Response Center Blog
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Silos are fine, as long as there is an API between them
"Destroying silos" is a clumsy solution to team isolation
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Four Magic Words
Long ago, in a parallel universe three doors down and one to the left of our own, OpenAI headquarters found itself in chaos. A klaxon blared overhead as red lights began flashing. A message played over a loud-speaker: “Warning! Warning! This is not a drill! Artificial General Intelligence window