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A developer discovered a backdoor in XZ, a popular open-source compression utility. Read more about the cyberattack here . A Microsoft technical report pinpoints 54 attributes of great software engineers. A new report from The Economist lays out how AI is changing drug development . Are you sick of hearing about AI? What topics or technologies would you rather hear us talk about? Email us at podca...

You can find Jessica on LinkedIn . We've published several posts, including this most recent one , about our attempt to shape an ethical approach to combining our community of knowledge and today's AI systems. Check out this blog post that details some of the work we did to build our data platform.  Congrats to macfij on your lifeboat badge for answering the question: How can I do a CTRL + A and a...

DBRX , an open, general-purpose LLM created by Databricks, reportedly outperforms GPT-3.5 and is competitive with Gemini 1.0 Pro. Recent research found that large, complex LLMs use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge in response to a user prompt. These mechanisms can help researchers reveal what the model knows and potentially even correct false information it has stored. FTX co-founde...

Small nations like Anguilla (.ai) and Tuvalu (.tv) are benefiting from their coveted domain names. The US government is suing Apple for violation of antitrust laws, which could have a huge impact on devs, end users, and the whole ecosystem.  Reddit went public last week despite not being profitable since its launch in 2005. How can you give feedback on a poorly reviewed PR? The Software Engineerin...

To learn more about the signs that indicate you may be paying more for your cloud computing that you should, check out DoIT’s seven red flags guide .  We’ve spoken with DoiT on the podcast before about LLM hallucinations and the security threats that LLMs open . DoiT ’s sales pitch is simple: they provide technology and expertise to clients who want to use the cloud, free of charge, with the big c...

Cribl is a data management platform. Check out their sandbox or explore their products . Cribl Stream is their vendor-agnostic observability pipeline. If you’re new to the term, the observability pipeline is a crucial component of the cloud-native world. Connect with Nick on LinkedIn . Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 03:23 The Data Landscape and Generative AI 06:08 Incumbents vs. Startu...

GitClear is a developer-friendly code review tool that aims to deliver higher developer satisfaction and faster releases. Check out their blog or find them on GitHub . GitClear’s research focuses on how AI code-gen tools have impacted code quality (and not in a good way). Find Bill on LinkedIn . Chapters 00:00 Introduction  00:30 Background of the Research 06:09 Business Model of GitClear 09:46 Co...

Node.js ® is an open-source JavaScript runtime environment. Deno is an open-source JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime. Explore the quick start or check out Deno by example , a collection of annotated examples of how to use Deno. JSR is an open-source package registry for JavaScript and TypeScript. Keep up to date with Ryan on GitHub or his blog . Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Squadr...

AI shops are now releasing LLMs optimized for RAG .  Turn a repo into a prompt for a long-context LLM . Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search and discovery tool. Good news for developers: Apple will not remove progressive web app support on iOS in the EU. Basil Bourque earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining How to get full name of month from date in Java 8 while formatting . See Privacy Policy at h...

Stack Overflow has teamed up with Google Cloud to develop an API—Overflow API—to give Gemini, Google’s AI model, access to Stack Overflow knowledge communities.  Learn how Ryan’s team is working toward socially responsible AI . Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn . Stack Overflow user verygoodsoftwarenotvirus earned a Great Question badge by asking something at least 87,000 people have also wondered: Ho...

Check out Maxime’s three-part LLM course .  Part 1 “covers essential knowledge about mathematics, Python, and neural networks. Part 2 “focuses on building the best possible LLMs using the latest techniques." Part 3 “focuses on creating LLM-based applications and deploying them.”  Read Maxime’s blog . Follow Maxime on GitHub or LinkedIn . Nikhil Wagh earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining how to Eff...

Intuit shares more about their generative AI operating system (GenOS) in this Medium blog .  If you want to try out generative AI in MailChimp, sign up here .  Learn more about Intuit technology here . Many thanks (and a Lifeboat badge) to Dherik for dropping an answer on cURL: how can I return 0 if status is 200? Connect with Shivang on LinkedIn . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a...

Build GenAI applications faster and cheaper with a vector database like Pinecone . New to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and other GenAI topics? Our guide is a good place to start. Learn more about RAG and Pinecone . Connect with Roie on GitHub or LinkedIn . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Pinecone is a vector database that lets companies build GenAI applications faster for less cost. Read our primer on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or explore RAG and Pinecone . Follow Roie on GitHub or LinkedIn . If you need a handy guide to what’s what in the AI space, check out Stack Overflow’s Industry Guide to AI . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...

SPONSORED BY INTEL   Ryan and Ben chat with Raymond Lo, AI software evangelist at Intel, about the AI PC, the software that powers AI breakthroughs, and optimizing hardware and software in unison to improve generative AI performance. Bonus: what’s the difference between a GPU optimized for graphics and a VPU or NPU optimized for AI?   Episode notes   If you’re interested in trying any of the demos...

Sema ’s AI code monitor helps companies manage the risks and capture the benefits of AI in the software development lifecycle. Learn how it works here . Connect with Matt on LinkedIn . Erstwhile podcast cohost Cassidy Williams is the CTO of Contenda.  Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Jim , who earned a Stellar Question badge with Docker cannot start on Windows , a question (well, more of a statemen...

Discussions are now taking place across all tags on Stack Overflow. Check out this one about why people keep proclaiming the death of PHP or this one on whether Jenkins is still the dominant player in the CI/CD space . What would happen if you suddenly lost consciousness ? The Philosophy Stack Exchange has thoughts. Did knights wear glasses ? Historical records don’t really answer this question, b...

Andrew has worked in many roles, including as Executive Manager at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he established and grew a platform engineering function that supported 7,000 engineers. You can find him on LinkedIn here. You can learn more about Compass, a developer experience platform, here . Shout to Amelio for earning a stellar question badge and helping over six hundred thousand peo...

Mobb offers AI-powered technology that automates vulnerability remediations with a goal of helping development teams significantly reduce their security backlogs and free up more time for innovation.  Check out their blog or dive into their docs . Connect with Eitan on LinkedIn . Shoutout to Konrad , who won a Stellar Question badge for What is the difference between private and protected members...

Find out why others have joined Shell . If you want to experience what being a developer at one of the world’s largest energy companies looks like, they’re hiring . Great question, Alexander Myshov ! This badge was awarded for Are arrow functions faster (more performant, lighter) than ordinary standalone function declaration in v8? Reach out to Maya on LinkedIn . See Privacy Policy at https://art1...

William is the CEO of Lightning AI and the creator of PyTorch Lightning, the lightweight PyTorch wrapper for high-performance AI research. Dive into their docs or explore the developer community . ICYMI: Across tech, layoffs are boosting share prices . Follow William on Twitter or connect with him on LinkedIn . Shoutout to Brian61354270 , who earned a Lifeboat badge by answering ModuleNotFoundErro...

Is it possible to make a PDF bigger than Germany ? Here’s one larger than the known universe. As its creator says, “it’s mostly empty space, but so is the universe.” Massachusetts is leading the way in the skills-based hiring revolution by eliminating degree requirements for state jobs. Did you miss these deeply uncanny AI-generated food images, from the conjoined chickens to the macaroni and chee...

AI-generated code is “not equivalent to reliable and robust code, especially in the context of real-world software development,” according to a new study whose title got our attention. Tech layoffs continue in the wake of the pandemic hiring boom, sending some share prices into the sky. Take a look at how AI coding assistants are already changing the way code is made. Shoutout to Stack Overflow us...

A theory explores how to play DOOM inside a human cell . Fair warning, you'll need about 600 years to complete the game. Looking for a good prompt builder to help you get the most out of your LLM? Try this one or explore this huge collection of prompts. Startup Twin Labs wants to build a product that automates repetitive tasks by letting AI take over your cursor. Harvard Medical School researchers...

Intuit shares more about their generative AI operating system (GenOS) in this Medium blog .  Learn more about Intuit technology here . Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner Mohsin Naeem for answering the question How can I extract metadata from an MP3 file? Connect with Merrin on LinkedIn or X .  Connect with Shivang on LinkedIn . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...