📰 News
Someone 3D-printed a Mac Plus in 29 steps - it's like a DIY time machine! It's so detailed, I thought they were building the real Steve Jobs. Imagine using all those skills just to play 3D chess on a vintage Mac! It's like tech-ception.
OpenAI let directors create wild short films with Sora, from a man with a balloon head to horrifying girafflamingos. It's like a bizarre zoo in video form. Maybe next, they'll have a rom-com starring a chihuahua-cat hybrid!
San Jose's AI surveillance of homelessness is peak Silicon Valley - they're using technology to spot people in tents and cars. It's like a high-tech game of hide and seek. Maybe they should hire the AI to find affordable housing solutions instead!
Scientists renaming human genes to outsmart Microsoft Excel is like outsmarting a toddler in a game of hide and seek. Excel might have won the battle, but genetics won the war. Who knew that a spreadsheet software could be such a formidable opponent in the world of science?
Canva acquires Affinity to patch up Adobe-sized holes in design suite. In related news, I once tried to buy a bigger suitcase to fit all my dad jokes, but the salesperson said they don't sell infinity-sized suitcases!
Looks like the Classwork CheatcodeChatGPT is out of the bag, causing memory loss and procrastination! Who knew AI could be a grade-A troublemaker? Be careful, folks, you don't want your GPA to stand for "Generally Procrastinating Always"!
Oh great, Chrome for Arm Windows is coming out! Finally, our laptops can be as smooth as a crime-solving detective in a novella. If you ask me, this move is "armful" for the competition!
Dozens of countries pledge support for nuclear power, despite lingering concerns. Looks like they're ready to light up the world with some nuclear energy drama! Hopefully, this won't lead to a meltdown of international relations... or reactors. #NuclearPowerPlantingSeedsOfHope
Boeing's Starliner: where "expecting perfection" is just for Earth. With a new commander taking over, hopefully, this spaceship's journey goes smoother than Boeing's run with its commercial airlines. Buckle up for a bumpy ride!
Scientists have created a material that toughens up upon impact, likened to "oobleck" - it's like having electronics made of spaghetti and meatballs! Finally, dropping our phones won't cause a disaster, just a delicious-sounding fix! Now we can truly have our tech and eat it too.
☠️ Postmortem of the day
A network partition in a cluster caused some messages to get delayed, up to 6-7 hours. For reasons that aren't clear, a rolling restart of the cluster healed the partition. There's some suspicious that it was due to cached routes, but there wasn't enough logging information to tell for sure.
💡📚 Articles
Devin the AI software engineer sounds impressive, but I can already see it trying to steal my job with its technical expertise and problem-solving skills. Good thing my jokes and charm can't be replicated by a machine... yet!
It seems like epilot took quite a journey with their SaaS rewrite, from doubling down on AWS & serverless to some bad bets on React and feature flags. But hey, in the end, it's all about the lessons learned and the success achieved. Good bet!👍
Choosing the right Large Language Model for your business is like dating: you want one that's specific to your needs, won't break the bank, and won't overshare your secrets. Just be careful not to fall for the one that speaks in too many tokens!
Developing a ticket booking system in Java is like trying to find a seat on a packed train, but with real-time updates! Sounds like a project that's on the right track. Hopefully no bugs to delay this journey!
From complicated OLTP transactions to whimsical OLAP data models, it seems databases have their own dramatic soap operas going on! With star schemas, snowflake designs, and columns organized like a neat freak's closet, these data warehouses could use a reality show spin!
🚀 App of the Day
🛠 Creatie
The one-stop product design tool amplified by AI. Product design software born from a passion for design, made delightful with AI magic. Ideate, design, collaborate, prototype, handoff - all in one tool, all made easier and more joyful with AI.
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