Redesign Case Study 2024 (19 minute read)
This article goes over a complete frontend redesign of a website that involved creating a new header, a unique hero section featuring personalized hats drawn by the author's daughter, and a circular navigation for the hats section. It also incorporated interactive elements using Framer Motion and scroll-driven animations, along with the usage of CSS features like container queries, :has(), offset-path, and more.
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Postgres Write-Ahead Logs (8 minute read)
Postgres Write-Ahead Logs (WAL) are needed for logical replication in Postgres. WAL works by storing each state change as a command in an append-only file before the change is actually made to the database, allowing for recovery from the last checkpoint in case of a crash. WAL offers various configurable parameters like `wal_level`, `fsync`, `wal_buffers`, and `checkpoint_flush_after` to optimize performance and control data retention.
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What I've Learned in the Past Year Spent Building an AI Video Editor (13 minute read)
This developer, while building a generative video platform, used Microsoft Promptflow and Temporal to build generative workflows but encountered some challenges with unpredictable LLMs and embeddings. He found that embeddings might not be the best solution for every search problem and traditional search methods may be needed in some cases.
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Move Fast and Abandon Things (11 minute read)
This former Mac game developer reflects on his experience of rapid prototyping and abandoning unfinished projects, arguing that this approach, while seemingly chaotic, was ultimately effective for him. He quickly tested game ideas as it allowed for the identification of truly compelling concepts. This "move fast and abandon things" philosophy was applicable even in his later career as a software engineer at Apple, where he found himself a "blue-collar" programmer amidst "white-collar" professionals.
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What I tell people new to on-call (9 minute read)
New on-call engineers should not fix every issue personally, but rather assess the situation and ensure it's addressed. They should also shadow experienced engineers to learn best practices and prioritize their well-being by not sacrificing personal health for non-critical issues.
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JSON For You (GitHub Repo)
JSON For You is a tool that visualizes and processes JSON data with features like graph and table views, comparisons, validation, nested parsing, jq support, CSV import/export, and more.
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On Impactful AI Research (16 minute read)
Impactful AI research focuses on open-source work through artifacts like models, systems, and benchmarks. Students should prioritize investing in projects over papers, selecting timely problems with large headroom and "fanout," and thinking two steps ahead while iterating fast.
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The Data Pipeline is the New Secret Sauce (17 minute read)
In AI infrastructure for companies, data pipelines are the most important part of creating and managing proprietary datasets to train and fine-tune LLMs. There are various inference hosting models to use, including hosted APIs, edge computing, on-premise data centers, and third-party cloud hosting. Generally, enterprises will start with off-the-shelf cloud solutions and progress towards specialized infrastructure for specific use cases.
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Google Cache Is Fully Dead (3 minute read)
Google has disabled its cache feature, which was previously used to access older versions of websites - users can now only access archived websites through the Wayback Machine.
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Nano-spawn (GitHub Repo)
Nano-spawn is a tiny, dependency-free process execution library that offers a promise-based interface and various features for managing subprocesses.
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