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I keep thinking about the kind of person who owns a little Bitcoin tucked away for the future, a little gold tucked away for the past. They are usually calm people; they do not trade headlines, they do not care about the daily noise, and they just want something solid on both sides of the […]
Disclaimer: This is an experiment, not a benchmark, and not an architectural recommendation. Translation layers do not improve performance, whether you emulate MongoDB on PostgreSQL or PostgreSQL on MongoDB. I wanted to test the performance of the mongo_fdw foreign data wrapper for PostgreSQL and rather than writing a specific benchmark, I used PgBench. The default […]
In our last Rubber Duck Thursdays stream of 2025, I wanted to build something celebratory. Something that captures what Rubber Duck Thursdays is all about: building together, learning from mistakes, and celebrating everyone who tunes in from across the world. Along the way, I picked up practical patterns for working with AI that you can […]
They dive into the uneven productivity results of AI tools, how tech teams are evolving their roles and work in response to these massive technological shifts, and what the nervous developer can do to maintain joy in their work. Founded by computer and data scientists from the University College London, TurinTech automates your code optimization […]
Qwen3-TTS Family is Now Open Sourced: Voice Design, Clone, and Generation (via) I haven’t been paying much attention to the state-of-the-art in speech generation models other than noting that they’ve got really good, so I can’t speak for how notable this new release from Qwen is. From the accompanying paper: In this report, we present […]
Florida-based pet food and product online retailer Chewy has been around for less than 15 years but has quickly become a popular source for everything pet-related. Chewy even has supplies for farm animals, reptiles, fish, and more, carrying over 3,500 brands, including everything from food to medicine to toys. My cat is constantly throwing up […]
TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s mandate is to secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm through comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity measures. It will safeguard the U.S. content ecosystem through robust trust and safety policies and content moderation while ensuring continuous accountability through transparency reporting and third-party certifications. Data Protection: U.S. user data will be […]
Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at the prominent VC firm Sequoia Capital. But just like several other former Sequoia partners — including David Vélez, who founded the Brazilian digital bank Nubank — Khimji (pictured left) has always wanted to be a […]
Developing effective agentic AI requires a new research playbook. When systems plan, decide, and act on our behalf, UX moves beyond usability testing into the realm of trust, consent, and accountability. Victor Yocco outlines the research methods needed to design agentic AI systems responsibly. Agentic AI stands ready to transform customer experience and operational efficiency, […]
A reader asks: I have something of an existential question for you. I’m fast approaching retirement age with a not-to-brag level of wealth. Most experts (including my advisor) would say it’s enough money for financial independence. That means my wife and I don’t need to work anymore. We can do what we want when we […]
