Best of Tech News — September 2024
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Community Picks·2y
Advanced Typescript Types, explanations and Cheatsheet
Explore advanced TypeScript types and utilities through detailed explanations and examples. This post covers custom utility types like Await, Length, KeysOfType, OneOf, and more. Learn about manipulating tuples, template literal types, and creating complex types from interfaces. Enhance your TypeScript skills with practical use cases and useful libraries.
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DEV·2y
GitHub Foundations certification is free! 🚀🔥💲
GitHub Foundations certification exam is now free for verified students on GitHub Education. Previously costing $99, this offer requires students to register with a school-issued email and enable two-factor authentication on their GitHub account. The exam covers GitHub basics, including repositories, commits, and project management. Upon passing, students receive a Credly badge as digital proof of their achievements.
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Fireship·2yThe Internet's most broken protocol
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), a critical component of the Internet, has been at fault for several major outages and security breaches, as it was designed without stringent modern security measures. To mitigate these issues, a new solution involving the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is being implemented to cryptographically sign route announcements, though adoption is varied globally.
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Hacker News·2y
Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests
A study by the University of Pennsylvania found that Turkish high school students who used ChatGPT for practicing math did worse on tests than those who didn't. Even a chatbot version designed to mimic a tutor didn't improve test scores, suggesting that reliance on AI can inhibit learning. The research points to students using AI as a crutch and highlights errors in ChatGPT's problem-solving approach.
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Machine Learning Mastery·2y
Building 3 Fun AI Applications with ControlFlow
ControlFlow is a Python framework designed for creating structured AI workflows with large language models. It simplifies the process of integrating complex AI capabilities into applications using tasks, agents, and flows. The post demonstrates the framework through three AI applications: a tweet classifier, a book recommender, and a travel agent, showing how easily complex functionalities can be implemented with minimal code.
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This Week in Self-Hosted (13 September 2024)
This week, self-hosting news highlights the launch of a new icon collection project, the public beta release of Plex's dedicated photo apps for Android and iOS, and updates to several self-hosted software including Glance, Immich, and Komodo. Additionally, new self-hosted software such as AirTrail and Beaver Habit Tracker were introduced. Haptic, a lightweight Markdown note-taking app, is featured in the content spotlight.
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AlternativeTo·2y
Files v3.7 launched with improved tab management, navigation history and folder thumbnails
Files v3.7 introduces improved tab management, a navigation history feature, and folder thumbnails in breadcrumb flyouts. Users can now hide the System Tray icon, add an optional home button to the toolbar, and customize CPU threads for archive creation. Experimental support for flattening folders and new keyboard shortcuts enhance usability. Various bug fixes and performance optimizations are also included.
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Theo - t3․gg·2yWe stopped using serverless. The results are insane.
Upload Thing V7 drastically improves file upload speeds, making uploads five times faster. Major changes include seamless pausing and resuming of uploads, integration support for Remix, and the transition from relying on direct S3 uploads to a custom upload server, simplifying the process and enhancing control. This update reduces the number of steps and requests needed, enhances security, and unlocks new features like bring-your-own-bucket and better file validation.
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Ubuntu 24.10 Default Wallpaper is Finally Revealed
The default wallpaper for Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ features a geometric oriole bird with arcane symbols, aligning with the oracular theme. Two versions, light and dimmed, are available, the latter activating in dark mode. Community-contributed backgrounds include a modern remix of Ubuntu 4.10’s wallpaper. Ubuntu 24.10, marking the distro’s 20th anniversary, also offers a new 'LTS legacy wallpaper' package with high-resolution wallpapers from 6.06 LTS to 24.04 LTS.
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daily.dev Changelog·2y
AI Search Just Got 10X Better (kind of)
GPT-4o has been integrated into daily.dev's AI Search, offering a smarter and faster search experience with improved context handling and fine-tuned prompts for longer answers. The upgrade aims to provide better, more accurate search results.
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Changelog·2y
AI is more than GenAI (Practical AI #285)
AI encompasses more than just Generative AI (GenAI). Daniel Whitenack breaks down the history and development of data science, machine learning, AI, and GenAI to help listeners understand the AI ecosystem holistically, including models, embeddings, data, and prompts.
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MakewebAI has been acquired for $60K just 50 days post-launch
MakewebAI has been acquired for $60,000 only 50 days after its launch. The founder aimed to gain experience in building a business and was involved in every stage from inception to sale. The company had over 30 paid users and generated more than $1,000 in net revenue. Despite being bootstrapped, the sale was achieved due to significant interest and competing bids on Acquiredot.com. The founder decided to sell due to slow growth and financial constraints.
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Blockchain·2y
The Architecture of a Web 3.0 application.
Web 3.0 applications have a distinct architecture compared to Web 2.0 applications, offering decentralized platforms where users can publish and interact with content more independently. An example of a Web 2.0 application is Medium, a blogging site for user-generated content.
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What is Hugging Face?
Hugging Face is a platform where users can upload, download, and find over 900,000 pre-trained AI models. Initially started as a chatbot project in 2016, it evolved into a central hub for AI models, valued at $4.5 billion by 2023. The platform simplifies collaboration in machine learning projects, offering features like model hosting and an inference API for demos. Despite its benefits, including supporting startups with flexible pricing plans, Hugging Face has faced security concerns over malicious AI models. The company has implemented malware scanners to address these issues.
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Google Paid $2.7 Billion To Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration
Google spent $2.7 billion to rehire AI expert Noam Shazeer, who previously quit in frustration in 2021 to start his own company, Character.AI. The search giant made the move after Shazeer's startup began to struggle.
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Programmers as the New Mercenaries: The Evolution of Work in the IT Sector
The IT sector has dramatically shifted from localized work environments to a decentralized, remote work model accelerated by the Internet and the pandemic. This new paradigm has led to increased opportunities and challenges for both workers and companies. Retaining talent has become critical, with companies offering various innovative incentives. Despite these advances, disparities between large and small companies create significant challenges, highlighting the need for effective knowledge management and professional growth strategies.
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Linus Torvalds advises open-source developers to pursue meaningful projects, not hype
Linus Torvalds, speaking at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe, highlighted key updates in Linux development including the Linux kernel 6.11 release and the ongoing evolution of core kernel components. He emphasized the importance of pursuing meaningful projects rather than chasing hype and expressed optimism about the state of open source, noting its democratizing effect for newcomers to the tech industry.
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OpenAI is now ClosedAI
OpenAI, initially founded to democratize AI and ensure its safe and equitable use, is reportedly transitioning to a for-profit model with Sam Altman taking a substantial share of $10.5 billion. This shift raises questions about the company's commitment to its original pillars of safety, accessibility, and openness. Critics argue that this move undermines the trust and principles that initially garnered support from competitors, researchers, and lawmakers. The debate highlights broader issues within Silicon Valley about the balance between social good and profit.
