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PostgreSQL Logical Replication Explained
Vigneshwaran C explained the internals of PostgreSQL Logical Replication during PGConf India - if you were not able to attend, you can read all here.
Minimum Viable Finance: The Guide for Seed/Series A Startups
Causal has joined Lucanet to deliver Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) as part of the Lucanet CFO Solution Platform. Make smarter planning decisions with unified real-time insights across financial and operational planning.
Godot Arrives in the Epic Games Store
We are honored to announce that Epic Games is offering Godot Engine a place on Epic Games' own digital distribution platform, the Epic Games Store.
New React docs pretend SPAs don't exist anymore
React SPAs still matter: the new React docs push frameworks like Next.js, but dashboards behind a login need no SEO, and SSR adds server load.
DIY Nitrogen TEA Laser (2020)
Abstract : in the cover image the homebuilt TEA nitrogen laser in use at PhyscsOpenLab. The entire l
ChatGPT's Chess Elo is 1400
It shouldn’t be surprising that ChatGPT can play chess.
How to Ask Questions the Smart Way (2014)
Translations: Brazilo-Portuguese Chinese (Traditional) Czech Dutch Estonian French Georgian German Greek Hindi Hungarian Indonesion Japanese Lithuanian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Ukrainian Uzbek If you want to copy, mirror, translate, or excerpt this document, please see my copying policy .
ChatGPT is laying you off
(In various voices)
One AI Tutor Per Child: Personalized learning is finally here
Update (July 17, 2026): It’s three years since I wrote this article. It went viral and has been reshared and discussed. And curiously, AI…
Spelunking Apple’s Open Source
Since the earliest days of Mac OS X, Apple has complied with the licenses for the dozens of open source components it includes in the OS by posting (sometimes a little belatedly) updated versions of the source code to its Open Source at Apple web page.This resource is useful primarily to developer
JDK 20 G1/Parallel/Serial GC Changes
Yet another JDK release that is on track - JDK 20 GA is almost here . Another opportunity to summarize changes and improvements in Hotspot´s stop-the-world garbage collectors for the JDK 20 release.
Big Banks Agree to Historic $30B Deposit Injection in First Republic
Action by the largest U.S. banks reflects their confidence in the country’s banking system and helps ensure First Republic has the liquidity to continue serving its customers.
Something Pretty Right: The History and Legacy of Visual Basic
How Visual Basic became the world’s most dominant programming environment, its sudden fall from grace, and why its influence is still shaping the future of software development.
Retiring a favourite C++ joke
I have a favourite joke when teaching new and delete in C++. Alas, I believe that attendees are now less likely to have seen the show it references. Therefore, I present it here for your enjoyment (or not).
Creating a React App
The library for web and native user interfaces
Amazon doubling down on return to office
The tech giant is not blinking: after the unprecedented pushback on its 3-day return to office policy last month, Amazon just made it clear that the policy is going ahead.
We apologize. We did a terrible job announcing the end of Docker Free Teams
We apologize for how we communicated and executed sunsetting Docker “Free Team” subscriptions, which alarmed the open source community. Read our FAQ to learn more.
Introducing react.dev
The library for web and native user interfaces
Low-cost open source device can measure air pollution anywhere
Flatburn is an open-source, mobile pollution detector from the MIT Senseable City Lab intended to let people measure air quality cheaply.
TypeScript 5.0
Today we're excited to announce the release of TypeScript 5.0! This release brings many new features, while aiming to make TypeScript smaller, simpler,
Triplebyte acquired by Karat
Karat acquires Triplebyte's adaptive assessment technology to help companies eliminate resume bias, reduce candidate drop-off, and hire engineers more fairly.
John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next
I grew up on a farm. My parents worked hard to grow crops and manage the farm business. My parents also found additional jobs to make ends meet. As farmers have done for millennia, my family used tools to farm. Some of those tools were tractors. Farmers now, as they have for thousands of years, rely on their ability…
Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work
Humans are hard-wired to dream, to create, to innovate. Each of us seeks to do work that gives us purpose — to write a great novel, to make a discovery, to build strong communities, to care for the sick. The urge to connect to the core of our work lives in all of us. But...
Ok, it’s time to freak out about AI
There are at least two kinds of catastrophe scenarios, and both are getting more plausible
Citymapper Joins Via
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GPT-4 Designed a Programming Language
When the machines make machines, we're in a new world.
Shoshikantetsu
The other day I was visiting my family in Hawaii when I complained to my mother about not wanting to do a planned run that afternoon. I told her that I was tired and was dreading physical exercise. Despite that, I explained to her that I was going to do it, even if it meant I ran a lot slower than my regular pace.