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Getting sweet patron money on the modern internet (2020)
Once, to survive in the arts, you needed someone like this : The profoundly rich product of centuries of inbreeding. This is a blog pos...
Treason in the Futures Markets
People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets
Simplifying Firefox Release Channels
Streamlining our release process and quickly getting stable new features to users and developers is a priority for Firefox. Taking a close critical look at our release channels, it became ...
The Search for the Extra Pedal (2017)
McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 will race with Mercedes-Benz power in the 2026 F1 season, taking to the track for 24 race weekends with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Brex Devalues Rewards
Without notice, Brex just devalued cash, crypto, and airline point redemptions by 40%. Here's how you can still get value from your Brex Rewards points.
Puget Systems Most Reliable Hardware of 2025
We look back at our records for 2025 to highlight specific brands and models of workstation computer components that we found to be exceptionally reliable.
Sony Music Brazil hacked
I hate to pick on Sony, but they got hacked again (and no, I am not talking about the Lulzsec + sonypictures, this is another…
Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A
Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust.
State of SaaS Product Onboarding
Read our State of SaaS Onboarding annual industry report to see how your product's onboarding compares to SaaS industry benchmarks & what best practices you could implement.
From LLM to AI Agent: What's the Real Journey Behind AI System Development?
Confused by LLMs, RAG, & AI Agents? We break down the spectrum of AI system design with a familiar resume-screening example to show the leap in capabilities (and complexity) at each level.
Primer on FedEx's Distribution Network (2024)
With a map!
Microsoft and Arduino Announce Partnership
It’s a special day for the Makers’ community. Massimo Banzi is in San Francisco attending Build Conference, the biggest developer event of the calendar
Designing Engineering Organizations
How should you structure a larger engineering organization, one with dozens (or hundreds) of engineers? There are many tradeoffs to consider, and no single right answer. But, there are some structures that work better than others.
The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358%
Groove is now Helply!
Your Money and Your Life (Edward Snowden)
Central Bank Digital Currencies will ransom our future
Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier
阶跃星辰于2023年4月成立,以“智能阶跃,十倍每个人的可能”为使命。阶跃星辰坚定自研超级模型,积极布局算力、数据等关键资源,发挥算法和人才优势,已完成 Step-1 千亿参数语言大模型和 Step-1V 千亿多模态大模型的研发,在图像理解、多轮指令跟随、数学能力、逻辑推理、文本创作等方面性能达到业界领先水平。
JetBrains suspends R&D activities in Russia and sales in Russia and Belarus
We have already made our position very clear in regard to the invasion of Ukraine. We condemn the attacks of the Russian government, and we stand with the Ukrainian people, including our own colleagues and their families.
NLnet announces funding for 67 more open-source projects
We are happy to announce that 67 new projects have been awarded grants today as part of the Next Generation Internet intiative, across three different funds: NGI Zero Commons Fund , NGI TALER and NGI Fediversity . We congratulate the developers and engineers involved with these projects, and thank them for their…
The idea maze
programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups
The Art of Closing
How to close patches for your open source project you don't want.
How ReadMe Went from SaaS to On-Premises in Less Than One Week
Discover the tech stack used by ReadMe.io. Explore 6 tools across 2 categories.
Microsoft Board Names Satya Nadella as CEO
The latest news and stories about how technology is helping people around the world solve problems, innovate and do more each day.
The Ethics of Running a Data Breach Search Service
No matter how much anyone tries to sugar coat it, a service like Have I been pwned [https://haveibeenpwned.com/] (HIBP) which deals with billions of records hacked out of other peoples' systems is always going to sit in a grey area. There are degrees, of course; at one end
DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost
This policy is illogical and will harm Americans, their employees, employers, and family members. It will drive talented people to other countries and make America a less competitive place for business.