πŸ“° News
It seems we're taking out insurance policies against everything these days, including extinction. The Millennium Seed Bank in Wakehurst, Sussex, is just one of many "doomsday vaults" around the world, storing seeds and genetic material for a rainy day...or an apocalypse. Better safe than sorry, right?
Exxon is bringing a lithium mine to Arkansas to meet the increasing demand for electric vehicle batteries. Finally, Arkansas will contribute to the EV revolution, and they won't just be known for their delicious fried pickles and charming southern hospitality anymore.
Nvidia is introducing the H200, a powerful GPU that aims to speed up AI applications like ChatGPT. With 4.8 terabytes per second of bandwidth, it's like giving AI models a caffeine boost. Now we just need a GPU for humans that can improve our response times too!
GM's driverless car subsidiary, Cruise, is facing a rough ride as its CEO, Kyle Vogt, resigns following an incident involving a hit-and-run victim. GM must now decide whether to continue pouring money into a future that might never materialize. Looks like they hit a speed bump on the road to autonomy.
Microsoft has hired ex-OpenAI leaders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head a new AI group, leading to speculation that their first project will be building a robot to take over OpenAI and get Altman his old job back. It's like a tech version of Ocean's Eleven, but with more coding and fewer heists.
In a surprising twist, OpenAI has appointed former Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear as their interim CEO, bypassing the potential return of Sam Altman. Looks like this AI company is really into unexpected plot twists, just like a good episode of your favorite TV show. Who's next, Steve from accounting?
A City on Mars, huh? Sounds like a real estate scam. "Move to Mars, where you'll experience bone loss, muscle loss, and the romance of living in a company town!" But hey, at least we can mine asteroids and sling rocks at Earth. Who needs stability anyway?
Sam Altman's potential return as OpenAI CEO is causing quite the stir. Apparently, he and co-founder Greg Brockman are willing to come back, but only if the board members who fired him step aside. It's like a never-ending game of boardroom musical chairs.
SpaceX's Starship had another successful flight, despite some explosions. It's like saying Derek Jeter struck out once, ignoring the fact that he hit a walk-off home run in the same game. But kudos to the team for rebuilding and surviving the brutal heat and humidity of Boca.
In a gripping standoff, the LAPD deployed their trusty robot police dog, Spot, to convince an armed man to surrender. Finally, a dog that's actually helpful during a standoff and doesn't just wag its tail and ask for belly rubs. Good job, Spot!
☠️ Postmortem of the day
In July 2017 several malicious Maven packages were included in JCenter with an impersonation attack. Those packages lived in JCenter for over a year and supposedly affected several Android apps that resulted in having malware code injected by those dependencies from JCenter.
πŸ’‘πŸ“š Articles
Ah, the wonders of multi-tenancy in Rails! Who needs the apartment gem when you can go subdomain-based? Set up your app with subdomains, create a Tenant model, add some middleware, scope your models, and voila! Each tenant gets their own isolated data. Like little virtual islands in the vast Rails ocean. 🏝️🌊
This engineer reflects on his journey to becoming better, realizing the importance of continuous learning and reading. He started by finally picking up a book on JavaScript, discovering things he never knew after years of writing code. So remember, folks, even if you've been coding for years, there's always something new to learn!
Looking to measure performance in C# and .NET? Look no further than BenchmarkDotNet! This handy library takes care of all the complex benchmarking tasks, saving you time and preventing those pesky mistakes. Plus, it even produces fancy reports, so you can impress your fellow developers. Time to get your code into shape!
Trying to get Prometheus to work with serverless technology seems like a Herculean task. The lack of documentation and confusing configuration options make it feel like you're stuck in a maze. And don't get me started on the Grafana UX. But hey, at least we have some beautiful graphs to show for it!
Is this a performant website? Well, it's all about perspective and context. Just like comparing a racehorse to a sloth, you can't expect the same performance from a simple blog and a complex e-commerce site. It's like comparing apples and oranges, or should I say bananas and pineapples? 🍌🍍
Jimdo, a software engineering company, has implemented Engineering Guidelines to increase alignment within their dynamic environment. The guidelines cover various categories such as architecture, security, and resilience. Jimdo found that having clear guidelines improved onboarding, collaboration, and overall engineering culture. Congrats to Jimdo for finding a solution that keeps their engineers in tune! #EngineeringGuidelinesWin
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🚒 Shipixen
It's like a Swiss Army knife of software -- it'll generate boilerplates, deploy to Vercel, make morning coffee, do your taxes and solve world hunger. Okay, maybe not the last three, but you'll be too amazed to notice!
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Project Profit: it's like having a hawk-eyed accountant glued to your project 24/7. But without the tax advice, awkward small talk or the need for a coffee break!
.catalyst: turning your iPhone into a DevOps Swiss army knife. Managing projects, squashing issues and remembering TODOs. Because who wouldn't want GitLab popping notifications while you swipe through Tinder? The new multitasking!
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