builtin.com/data-science/t… good simple overview of non exotic ML (simple and effective).

Myth: Using UUID as the primary key will slow down inserts. Fact: Not in Postgres. I often recommend using UUIDs instead of integer sequences as primary keys. I was surprised to discover that many developers are uncomfortable with them and believe they will slow down inserts.

Would love if anyone has ideas on how LLM and generative AI can reduce technical debt instead of just creating more code...

quick tip for nested radii → your corners will look a lot better if you set the outer radius to the sum of the inner radius + padding

Is there going to be a Ruby on Rails for AI? Is there anybody out there trying to build that?

.Vivek Ramaswamy just OBLITERATED Mike Pence at the GOP Debate👀

2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record, but we still have Republicans claiming the climate crisis is a "hoax." What planet are they living on?

Story Points don't work. Even Ron Jeffries, who invented them, said he was sorry years ago. And not only did he apologize, but he called the whole estimation idea "Evil." Unfortunately, too many teams still use these points to estimate their work. Story Points is a made-up

Tossing the rock to our friends at Soldier Field. 🏈 Good luck this season, Chicago Bears! 🐻 ⬇️

linkedin.com/news/story/ai-… love the idea, but unsure how we continue the economic output gains that keep capitalism not a zero sum game.

The average public SaaS company spends about 50% of its revenue on sales and marketing and 20% on engineering and product I know you want that to be the other way around It just doesn't work that way

I used to do this stupid dumb thing in college where I'd get throw-up levels of drunk, stumble back to my apartment at 5 AM, then see how many Vagrant GitHub issues I could close before I fell asleep at my desk. Having a newborn and remaining productive kind of feels like this.

Why most engineers don't make it to Staff: They have the wrong behaviors and mindsets. I went from Junior to Staff in 3 years largely because of the way I worked. 3 behaviors that helped me (feel free to copy):

I’m gonna give 10 random people that repost this and follow me $25,000 for fun (the $250,000 my X video made) I’ll pick the winners in 72 hours

quick crazy personal health story: Four years ago this week I went to an ENT doctor for a partially deviated septum. I'd broken my nose twice playing sports and always had trouble breathing through it. Plus i'd get frequent sinus infections. The doc said it needed a surgical

ok this demo is better than apple's actual ads for vision pro 🤯

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀? In the last decade, we have seen a massive trend of using microservices everywhere. We were building systems for a few hundred or thousand users and

If you’re a #Rails developer, buying Campfire 🔥 is the best investment you can make in your professional development. Forget the books and courses — it’s so fucking cool to see how the people who build Rails build Rails apps. (And makes me want to work at 37signals!)

I’ve noticed a pattern with some AI startups that are producing flashy demos with very low customer engagement. They are usually solving occasional problems. An example is “use natural language to query a database”. Most employees at a tech company don’t actually write SQL

Chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin developed a process to achieve peak performance in any craft or career. He’s applied it to the world of investing, professional sports, science and more. The MIQ Process. It is not a quick fix, but rather a rewiring of your default settings.