This article explores 27 challenges faced by developers working with Large Language Models (LLMs), including issues around data handling, model optimization, and ethical concerns. It highlights insights from a recent study to help understand these complexities in AI development.Read more Climbing the Ladder: Proven Ways to Elevate Your Position as...
On software as an “in-discipline”
The blog discusses the immaturity of software as a discipline, highlighted by incidents like the CrowdStrike fiasco, which demonstrate the risks of highly centralized software systems. Unlike well-established fields like civil engineering or medicine, software is still in its early stages and faces unpredictable failures due to its complexity and...
How does ChatGPT work? As explained by the ChatGPT team
ChatGPT works by converting text input into tokens, creating embeddings for each token, and using a massive weight matrix to predict the next likely token. This process involves pretraining on extensive datasets and applying gradient descent for optimization. The result is a language model that generates coherent, human-like responses based...
Why Engineers Should Study Philosophy
We think it is about the yin and the yang. Every good engineer is a good philosopher. Read it here A Short History of Chatbots If you are into conversational AI, you might want to look at the history and evolution here Interesting Battle There is an interesting battle behind...
What is Security Engineering?
What is Security Engineering? Is security engineering exclusive or should it be part of the dev lifecycle? Take a look here 15 Open-Source Projects That Changed the World We score 14/15. How about you? Take a look here ThoughtWorks Radar Some of our decisions are biased based on what the...
Essential Steps for Successful Product Development: Mastering Needs, Validating, and Pivoting
Exciting news ahead! Introducing TechPulse, a new podcast delving into the dynamic spheres of tech, business, and innovation. Join us for expert interviews and actionable insights to enhance your projects and ventures. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zunderlekshmanan_techpulse-productdevelopment-customerfirst-activity-7188506235690770435-wOtK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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Scaling Success: OpenTurf Co-Founders Share Their Journey on Scale Adventure Podcast
Join us on the Scale Adventure podcast for an exclusive conversation with Zunder L and Sriram Jeyabharathi, Co-Founders of OpenTurf Technologies. Learn about their journey of resilience, innovation, and scaling up with OpenTurf. Hear firsthand how they turned challenges into opportunities while crafting products for tech companies globally. Tune in...
Moving a Billion Postgres Rows on a $100 Budget
An interesting read on how to move large data sets at low cost and less pain. Read it here Champion Building - How to successfully adopt a developer tool In our decades of programming, we just go back to a few. How about you and how possibly you should add...
Measuring Developer Productivity: Real-World Examples
Developer Productivity - Do you measure or Should you measure? Here is an article on how various company measures developer productivity The Turing Trap: The Promise & Peril of Human-Like Artificial Intelligence Should AI be feared or adoption should be slowed down or it should be merged into activities that...