We just launched a partnership with OpenRouter that lets us offer two new pieces of functionality: First, your projects can use any model on OpenRouter through our AI Gateway. That means that if your own web app offers AI inference-based … Read more
Choosing a Public DNS Resolver DNS Resolver Guide Independent reference Pick what matters to you, such as privacy, malware blocking, parental controls, speed, IPv6, or a specific jurisdiction, and the finder narrows 29 global public resolvers to the ones that … Read more
A programming language is not merely its syntax. Semantics actually exist, be that denotation semantics I’ve always found that focusing on the denotational semantics of a language is more important than focusing on the operational semantics because (for me at … Read more
Picking the technology stack for a project is an important and consequential decision. In the enterprise space in particular, it often involves a multi-year commitment with long-lasting implications on the roadmap of the project, the pace of its development, the … Read more
Just say no to LM741 and LM324 / LM358. This article assumes some familiarity with the principles of op-amps; if you need to jog your memory, start with an earlier write-up on signal amplification. The most common design paradigm for … Read more
Like many people, I spend a lot of time reading. Since there is much more that I could read than there is time for, I have to make choices about what I should read. In this short post I’m going … Read more
RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer [RFC Home] [TEXT|PDF|HTML] [Tracker] [IPR] [Info page] INFORMATIONAL Network Working Group D. Libes Request for Comments: 1178 Integrated Systems Group/NIST FYI: 5 August 1990 Choosing a Name for Your Computer Status of … Read more
Primary keys are important. They uniquely identify rows of data in tables, and make it easy to fetch data. The job of a database is to archive and recall data and you’re going to have a hard time finding data … Read more
I’m currently applying for a master’s degree in computer science (MSCS). I thought I might share my experience here for other people in the same boat as me. My boat is that I’m a mid-career software developer and engineering manager. … Read more
Paying attention to beginner questions is important. While many are just re-hashes of things that books have explained 1000 times, some are quite interesting, like this one that I saw recently in a Reddit post: How do I determine when … Read more