2025-07-16
Why Teams Are Ditching DynamoDB
Teams are leaving DynamoDB due to rising costs, latency issues, and AWS lock-in. ScyllaDB offers a DynamoDB-compatible API, lower latency, reduced costs, and multi-cloud flexibility. Case studies from Yieldmo, Digital...
Being and Existence
Published on July 16, 2025 6:10 PM GMTI find it useful to make an admittedly idiosyncratic distinction between "being" and "existence". These two words normally have the same meaning—as in,...
Let Your Kid Climb That Tree. “Your fear that your kid will...
Let Your Kid Climb That Tree. “Your fear that your kid will get hurt is depriving them of something they’ll never get back.” (The bit about “kinematic movers” is really...
Seven months after putting Johnny Silverhand in your car, Cyberpunk 2077's latest update will let you kick him out
Cyberpunk 2077's next big update arrives on July 17 with more cars, photo mode improvements, AMD FSR 4 support, and more.
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Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the...
Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the Visitations of the Darkness. “My depression is spewing like an oil spill all over the beautiful turquoise-green gulf...
Mobile Development Expert Opinion: Designing Apps for Real-World Work Environments
Mobile expert Mara Dimofte explains how enterprise apps must go beyond screen taps—focusing on hands-free, voice-first design for fieldwork. Her work at Rilla shows that real-world conditions demand new UX...
OpenAI Engineer Quits, Says Company Is Pure Chaos Inside
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, rolling out feature after feature to keep the multibillion-dollar gravy train going. And that kind of drum beat,...
Benchmarking Muon Collider Physics: Simplified Models & Production Rates
Explore how simplified models are used to benchmark muon collider physics potential, detailing rate computations for annihilation, neutral VBF, and charged VBF processes using FeynRules, Whizard, and Madgraph5.
Abhigyan Khaund on the Systems Engineering Behind AI Applications
Abhigyan Khaund, a systems engineer at Palantir and former Microsoft/Meta contributor, builds the backend infrastructure that keeps AI systems fast, reliable, and scalable. From latency fixes to fraud detection, his...
Where Security Begins: 5 Insights from the Intersection of Engineering and Teaching
Maxim Khomutinnikov unites engineering and academia to make security a core part of software development. From AI-driven WAFs to secure public systems and award-winning apps, he champions automation, ethical design,...
Making Smart Tech Work for People: Inside Nikhil Jain’s Vision
Nikhil Jain blends AI, IoT, and sustainability to create smart tech that empowers users. From smart energy systems to mentorship, his work prioritizes ethical, human-centered innovation. As a thought leader...
Collaborator Acknowledgments: Expertise Fueling Muon Collider Physics
This section acknowledges the invaluable insights and contributions from numerous collaborators and institutions, including UC Berkeley, in advancing the physics case for a high-energy muon collider.
More on Commodore, Apple, and the Inchoate Personal Computer Era
Jason Snell: If you find yourself walking down the street in the 1980s and you see someone coming who prefers the VIC-20 to the Apple II, cross to the other...
Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant can now optionally see your entire desktop—maybe it will be able to finally explain what Windows error code 0x8007002c means
Oh, and you can make it look like Clippy, too...
Your Toolkit for Teaching at Scale: Lessons from a 1000-Student Haskell Course
A toolkit of practical methods—bonuses, instant feedback, competitions, and workshops—used to engage 1000+ students in a large-scale Haskell course.
Reddit just had a meltdown for a moment: 'no content to display' on any subreddits, before deploying a server fix in surely record time
I nearly went outside in the break, but alas, the time to touch grass has passed.
Unifying Physics, Accelerating Discovery, and Future Frontiers
This summary consolidates the physics case for a high-energy muon collider, highlighting its unique blend of annihilation and VBF for new physics, covering dark matter, flavor, and setting a bold...
The Legacy Browser is Broken—Here’s What a Next-Gen Browser Looks Like
Legacy browsers are outdated. Shift introduces a next-gen, fully customizable browser with drag-and-drop layouts, integrated apps, and dedicated Spaces. Built for modern multitasking, Shift transforms your browser into a personal...
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