The hottest Development Substack posts right now

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The LLM Threshold: When Incremental Improvements Cease to Matter

AI Progress Newsletter • 1 HN point • 21 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. In the world of large language models (LLMs), the incremental improvements are reaching a point where they may not matter much to users.
  2. The growth in LLM size and capabilities has led to diminishing returns in user experience with each new iteration.
  3. Instead of focusing solely on improving LLM benchmarks, attention should be shifted to practical AI applications and addressing ethical concerns in AI development.

Building Docker Image Faster

DevCube • 0 implied HN points • 10 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Building docker images can be time-consuming, especially in CI/CD pipelines.
  2. To speed up the process, consider using cache, layering your Dockerfile, and utilizing multi-stage builds.
  3. Ensure your Dockerfile is correctly set up, specifying versions, exposing necessary ports, and addressing platform compatibility.

Run Functions Anywhere In The View Body

Type Safely • 0 implied HN points • 11 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. You can run functions anywhere in the view body in Swift by creating your own function.
  2. Undocumented functions like View._printChanges() can lead to rejection in App Store submissions.
  3. In Swift, using underscore (_) allows you to run a function without storing its result, useful for functions that return Void.

Is Outsourcing Killing Developers

DevCube • 0 implied HN points • 24 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Outsourcing can be detrimental to a developer's career
  2. Working in countries with weak innovation culture makes avoiding outsourcing difficult
  3. Outsourcing can hinder developers' innovation skills and push them out of their comfort zones
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Full Context Development • 0 implied HN points • 01 May 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Understanding React rendering behavior can help improve performance by eliminating unnecessary renders and minimizing payload size.
  2. Eliminating flickering from React apps is important for providing a smooth user experience and can positively impact business results.
  3. Securing Next.js applications with HTTP headers and mitigating Cross Site Request Forgery is crucial for maintaining customer experience and productivity.

Taming the Nested Beast

Unlearning • 0 implied HN points • 07 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Flattening overly nested code isn't always the best solution, as nested code can accurately reflect the problem's logic.
  2. Strategies to flatten nested code include embracing early returns to reduce nesting, breaking down code into smaller functions for modularity, and rethinking logic using list comprehensions.
  3. Improving code readability and maintainability involves reducing nesting, promoting modularity, and simplifying logic.

An Interview with Matthew Bischoff

Syntopikon • 0 implied HN points • 14 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Matthew Bischoff started and runs Lickability, a software design & development studio, creating apps for known companies.
  2. Resources to learn software development include online courses, tutorials, and hands-on practice, emphasizing the importance of learning by doing.
  3. Well-designed apps are fast, easy to use, accessible, and solve real problems visibly crafted by a caring team.

Institutional economics through the lens of scale-free regulative development, morphogenesis, and cognitive science

Engineering Ideas • 0 implied HN points • 23 Jan 24
🔬 Science Development
  1. Socioeconomies are non-ergodic systems with hysteresis, and history matters in understanding their structures.
  2. The complexity of socioeconomic structures goes beyond individual behavior and requires a non-reductionist approach.
  3. Policies and regulations in economies are more effective when supported by networks of checks and balances among various organizations.

What's Next for Malloy in 2024

Making Things • 0 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The Malloy community is expanding globally and working on enhancing language capabilities like SQL features.
  2. Efforts are being made to improve analytical completeness by implementing partition clauses and percentile functions.
  3. The team aims to enable users to call arbitrary aggregate or window functions in the underlying database.

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Dan’s MEGA65 Digest • 0 implied HN points • 14 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. The MEGA65 project is making progress on the R5 main board and new games like Unicone and The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor are being released.
  2. Developers like Gurce are creating games in BASIC 65 like Way of the Imploding Foot, showcasing low resolution graphics and animated characters.
  3. When programming in assembly language for MEGA65, techniques like accepting keyboard input, generating random numbers, and avoiding duplicates are crucial for game development.

So, So Lean

Synystron Synlogica • 0 implied HN points • 10 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. FAANGs and BigDumbCorps are extremely agile
  2. Metabook team was able to move fast with a small team and huge resources
  3. Emphasis on being extremely lean in a project's development process

A story about validating language models

Simplicity is SOTA • 0 implied HN points • 14 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Validating language models for inappropriate content is crucial to maintain trustworthiness.
  2. Building confidence in a model's performance through rigorous testing can prevent potential issues.
  3. Structuring data outputs for human review can significantly improve efficiency in evaluating model responses.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

ML Under the Hood • 0 implied HN points • 25 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Developing a prototype ML product for niche languages and cultures has unique challenges that are not present in more common languages.
  2. Focusing on core objectives is crucial for efficient development and achieving sprint goals.
  3. Prioritizing functionality over speed in ML inference pipelines can lead to tangible progress and real product advancements.

CTO/co-founder 🕵️‍♀️

Embraceme.app • 0 implied HN points • 17 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Building a grief guide app to help people process loss and provide support.
  2. Offering bite-sized daily missions and AI chatbot support for personalized assistance.
  3. Seeking pre-seed investment for Embraceme AI app development and looking for CTO with iOS skills.

Beijing's 31-point action plan

Philoinvestor • 0 implied HN points • 21 Jul 23
🌍 World Politics Development
  1. The 31-point action plan from Beijing aims to promote the private economy's high-quality development.
  2. Continued efforts are needed to optimize the development environment and increase policy support for the private economy.
  3. Emphasis is placed on strengthening legal guarantees, focusing on high-quality development, and creating a positive social atmosphere for the private economy.

Getting rid of the guest tier

trydeepwork • 0 implied HN points • 09 May 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Deciding what features to include in a guest tier can be difficult due to data sources.
  2. Maintaining a guest tier can be a challenge for indie developers with limited time and resources.
  3. A guest tier can lead to a suboptimal user experience, especially as more features are added.

Extensible UI

Microfrontends, Architecture and Trade-offs • 0 implied HN points • 19 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Extensibility allows products to scale by adding new features without changing the core codebase.
  2. Extensible UIs enable seamless integration of custom features within existing systems.
  3. Challenges in implementing extensible UIs include authentication, sandboxing, and maintaining consistency across extensions.

Example-Driven Development

m3 | music, medicine, machine learning • 0 implied HN points • 17 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Providing a wider range of examples to ChatGPT helps in generating more natural-sounding outputs.
  2. Using a local plugin for ChatGPT allows for accessing and providing context from local files for better collaboration.
  3. Example-driven development with LLMs is useful for identifying relevant context, mimicking input characteristics, and making connections between different types of files.

Sneak Peek at Our Latest Feature

wentin’s newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. A new feature in Typogram will revolutionize logo design and open up creative possibilities.
  2. The latest feature is a nod to the roots of Typogram, bringing back the Font Playground concept that started it all.
  3. Stay tuned for more details next week - exciting developments are on the way!

Tradeoffs in development: The True Cost of Javascript

Iceberg • 0 implied HN points • 03 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Choosing JavaScript for backend development can come with a high maintenance cost due to its npm ecosystem having a lot of dependencies.
  2. JavaScript projects in npm tend to have 10x more dependencies compared to projects in other ecosystems, leading to frequent updates, breaking changes, and security patches.
  3. Despite the benefits of a vibrant ecosystem, it's important to consider the trade-offs and evaluate tech choices based on factors like maintenance costs when comparing to alternatives like Python and Golang.

HN blogs - 11/2/24

HackerNews blogs newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. There are new technologies and strategies being discussed on HN blogs like Tiny NAS setups and using the Web Crypto API for message verification.
  2. Interesting discussions are happening in the tech world, like the return of skeuomorphism and the importance of backpressure in systems.
  3. Creative and unique concepts are being explored, such as the 'Listen to Yourself' pattern and building and showcasing unconventional ideas.

Strongly typed Id in f#

Reflective Software Engineering • 0 implied HN points • 13 Sep 22
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Defining strongly typed Ids in F# can prevent issues like passing the wrong type of Id in a given context.
  2. Striving for type-strong Ids can enhance code readability by clearly indicating the type of Id a method requires.
  3. In F#, using a private struct with helper methods like New and Parse for defining Id types can ensure encapsulation and validation.

The Best Add-ons I use on Heroku

Implementing • 0 implied HN points • 29 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Heroku add-ons can make server setup smoother by providing services like databases and caches, allowing for flexibility as the application grows.
  2. Choosing cost-effective and reliable database add-ons like Heroku Postgres can be crucial for project success, offering scalability without losing data.
  3. Utilizing cache add-ons like Redis Cloud and search engine add-ons like Bonsai Elasticsearch can enhance app performance, with options for free plans to start.

The Long Term

The Daily Developer • 0 implied HN points • 07 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Programming languages shape our thinking and community influences our choices.
  2. Challenge yourself to make better technical decisions by questioning trends and considering long-term tradeoffs.
  3. Embrace the evolving nature of programming languages and frameworks, be open to learning new ones to stay relevant.

Use more version control

The Daily Developer • 0 implied HN points • 30 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Using version control system like Git can help improve code quality and productivity.
  2. Making small and frequent commits can reduce cognitive load and increase code clarity.
  3. Observing and adapting the behavior of experienced developers can lead to beneficial outcomes in coding practices.

The World Bank prepares for the polycrisis

An Africanist Perspective • 0 implied HN points • 07 Jan 23
🌍 World Politics Development
  1. The World Bank identifies a 'crisis of development' impacting global prosperity and sustainability.
  2. The World Bank aims to expand its mandate to address interconnected crises like climate change, pandemics, and migration.
  3. The Bank plans to increase work in middle income countries and revamp its country engagement model to align with its proposed changes.

Mechanomy's Fifth Birthday!

Mechanomy’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 16 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Development
  1. Mechanomy is celebrating its fifth birthday today, focusing on developing prototype tools and navigating market challenges
  2. Market needs are challenging to pinpoint, making product development decisions risky
  3. An outside-in iterative approach will be taken, involving readers in critiquing proposed solutions for better understanding and possible Mechanomy offerings