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...
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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...
Nibble Gems
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Organize your week as an Engineering Manager
How do you see your week as an Engineering Manager? If you need some assistance take a look here (People on) Nice Teams Finish Last If you have to shoot, shoot, but shoot in context we would say. When to state the obvious? Take a look here Automating dead code...
Software engineers hate code
In our view, this is one of the classic articles and a must-read. Read it here How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers Is quantity quality? An exciting read on performance engineering here McKinsey Developer Productivity Review A well-articulated retort to the Mckinsey developer productivity article....
Thought works Radar
Thought works Radar influences some of our decision-making. Get the latest one here Moving From IC to Engineering Manager Do you want to move from an individual contributor to an Engineering Manager? This guide will help you to see if you have the right motivation. Create a Dev Environment with...