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How we engineer feedback at Figma with eng crits
A behind the scenes look at engineering crits at Figma.
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Plausible Community Edition
We’re introducing the “free as in beer”, self-hosted and AGPL-licensed Plausible Community Edition (CE).
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Privacy focused platform Skiff is joining Notion, Skiff to be sunset
Our co-founder Akshay talks to Skiff co-founders Andrew Milich and Jason Ginsberg about their startup's vision and journey to Notion.
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Intel Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intel Corporation today reported second-quarter 2024 financial results.
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The economics of a Postgres free tier
Let's look at the numbers behind Xata's free tier. How much does a database cost us and why are we offering them for free.
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The death of Glitch, the birth of Slack
[This post is about the day that Glitch failed, and how that failure created the opportunity to make Slack. We're sharing it here (out of chronological order) to mark 12 years since the famous pivot.] “We have to shut down the game.” Stewart Butterfield said. I looked at him
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Harnessing chaos in Cloudflare offices
This blog post will cover the new sources of “chaos” that have been added to LavaRand and how you can make use of that harnessed chaos in your next application
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C-Motive's electrostatic motors use printed circuit boards instead of magnets
Simple, efficient torque C-Motive’s motors are engineered to provide silent, maintenance-free, and high-efficiency torque for stationary industrial applicat ...
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Rebooting (something like) early Triplebyte
We're a bunch of ex-Triplebyte people. We loved it there, and we're trying to make something like it. Here's how.
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Anime is eating the world
New tech & business models are accelerating anime to even greater heights.
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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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Automattic–WP Engine Term Sheet
One of the many lies in Silver Lake and WP Engine’s C&D was their claim that Automattic demanded money from them moments before our CEO Matt Mullenweg gave his keynote at WordCamp US. Tha…
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Vercel ends open-source sponsorship program giving projects 24hr notice
Power your open source project with Vercel platform credits, exclusive community support, and extra benefits.
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Intel: New Core Ultra Processors Deliver Breakthrough Performance
Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors offer outstanding AI performance, compatibility and power efficiency at scale to leading laptop manufacturers.
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Mistral AI raises $640M at $6B valuation
Today, we are excited to triple down on our partnership with Mistral AI by co-leading their €600M Series B round.
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Parking reform legalized most of the new homes in Buffalo and Seattle (2023)
Studies from two very different cities showed the same result.
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Return-to-Office Mandates Aren't Worth the Talent Risks
Accelerate HR outcomes with Gartner. Access AI-driven operating models, HR budget benchmarks, culture frameworks, and guidance for CHROs & HR leaders.
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The $500M Dollar Typo
It's amazing how a series of small but unfortunate events can quickly add up to one very expensive problem. Like the time one person fat-fingered the wrong year on a mainframe JCL job, Ronald Reagan died, and the US postal service lost $500 million.
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Judge's Investigation into Patent Troll Results in Criminal Referrals
In 2022, three companies with strange names and no clear business purpose beyond patent litigation filed dozens of lawsuits in Delaware federal court, accusing businesses of all sizes of patent infringement. Some of these complaints claimed patent rights over basic aspects of modern life; one, for...
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Anthropic: Expanding Access to Claude for Government
Claude 3 Haiku and Sonnet are now available in the AWS Marketplace for the US Intelligence Community and in AWS GovCloud.
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Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure
To ensure our mission always comes first, Proton is transitioning to a non-profit structure and formalizing our promise of people before profits.
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The Engagement Is Better on Bluesky
Bluesky is the lobby to the open web. Find and build your community here.
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Mixed Reality gone in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052
UPDATE 2/9: Added an important known issue for Dev Drive users. Please see the known issues below. Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052 to the Canary
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The European Union's remarkable growth performance relative to the United States
The EU has outperformed the US on per-capita output growth; in terms of output per hour worked, some EU countries are as productive as the US
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High Levels of Banned PFAS Detected in Hershey's Packaging
The U.S. legacy producer The Hershey Company offers a “ growing portfolio of delicious snacks to pair with every occasion. From indulgent treats to a boost of protein between meals, or a bag of popcorn to share during movie night, we love creating moments of goodness through our 90+ brands .”
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Using the term 'AI' in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions
Companies may unintentionally hurt their sales by including the words “artificial intelligence” when describing their offerings that use the technology, according to a study led by WSU researchers.