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Making OKRs more playful using hill charts
OKRs for Managers and C-Level? Great! But have you ever asked your teams? In this post I am sharing how I make OKRs less dry and more enjoyable for the teams I manage.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,299 posts.
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How Correlated Are You?
This post is an offshoot from Chapter 1 of Probably Overthinking It, which is available for pre-order now! Suppose you measure the arm and leg lengths of 4082 people. You would expect those measurements to be correlated, and you would be right. In the ANSUR-II dataset, among male members of the armed forces, this…
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Compiling Typed Python
With a little effort, you can make your mypy-typed Python go zoom.
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The idea maze for AI startups (2015)
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
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Canon Nanoimprint lithography semiconductor manufacturing system (5nm)
On October 13, 2023, Canon announced today the launch of the FPA-1200NZ2C nanoimprint semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which executes circuit pattern transfer, the most important semiconductor manufacturing process.
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Setting time on fire and the temptation of The Button
We used to consider writing an indication of time and effort spent on a task. That isn't true anymore.
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Thoughts on Video Editing (2022)
I’ve been thinking about editing for the last 5 years. Not just thinking, also editing. Trying out what works. You may have noticed different editing styles in the 65 videos I have posted to …
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Designing a new concurrent data structure
How to design a lock-free data structure? A detective story for curious developers.
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HTTP/2 Rapid Reset: deconstructing the record-breaking attack
This post dives into the details of the HTTP/2 protocol, the feature that attackers exploited to generate the massive Rapid Reset attacks
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Concrete: A fully homomorphic encryption compiler
An introduction on how to use the Zama Concrete open source TFHE compiler
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The Full Story of Large Language Models and RLHF
Large Language Models have been in the limelight since the release of ChatGPT, with new models being announced seemingly every week. This guide walks through the essential ideas of how these models came to be.
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Practical comparison of ARM compilers
My inspiration for this article was this thread in r/embedded . There are still many myths and misconception when it comes to the simple questions "Which compiler should I use?" or "Which compiler is the best?". I will try to share my practical experience with GCC, Clang and IAR on Cortex-M ( and Cortex-M only ). This…
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Animations From First Principles (in 5 minutes)
Create animations from first principles and morph between different figures with Python. In 5 minutes. Kind of.
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Draculark: Mudlarking and vampire hunting game in APL for the Commodore SuperPET
Mudlark on the River Thames foreshore by day, then hunt vampires at Carfax Abbey by night. A new game written in APL on the Commodore…
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A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married
As of 2021, 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States had never been married, a significant increase from 20% in 2010.
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The technical merits of Wayland are mostly irrelevant
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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The Federated App Problem
Federated applications have a few problems. And I really wish it weren’t the case, I love the idea and philosophy of these applications. But I can’t see them being mass adopted.
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Vision Pro
What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500? Check back in 2025.
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Next.js 14
Next.js 14 includes included performance, stability for Server Actions, a new course teaching the App Router, and more.
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The loophole that made cars in America so big
Here's why American cars and trucks are so big
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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).
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Cut the Cutesy Errors
If your app has just ruined my day, I need help, not humour.
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Scaling Rust Builds with Bazel
Why DFINITY builds Rust with Bazel.