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PinterestPinterest

Pinterest is now on HTTP/3

Pinterest has adopted HTTP/3, the next generation HTTP protocol, for major production domains on their multi-CDN edge network and upgraded client apps' network stack to support the new protocol, resulting in faster and more reliable networking for users.

2/23/2023
Ink and SwitchInk and Switch

Ink Note Feb 2023: Crosscut Extension Design Jam

Exploration of enhancing Crosscut's operator design with multi-directional computation, symbolic math, and dynamic abstractions to improve expressiveness and usability in geometric modeling.

2/22/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Credo AI DS head on operationalizing responsible AI

Operationalizing responsible AI: A discussion on turning abstract concepts into measurable observations and actions in AI systems with a focus on fairness and responsible AI using the Credo AI Lens tool.

2/22/2023
Fly.ioFly.io

Gossip Glomers

This blogpost introduces the 'Gossip Glomers', a series of distributed systems challenges that combine real code with academic rigor to teach people about distributed systems theory and help them gain practical experience.

2/22/2023
DoorDashDoorDash

How DoorDash Designed a Successful Write-Heavy Scalable and Reliable Inventory Platform

Designing and implementing a scalable and reliable inventory platform to manage a large number of items for multiple merchants in the Convenience and Grocery business.

2/22/2023
Ink and SwitchInk and Switch

Ink Note Feb 2023: Crosscut Extension Design Jam • Marcel's Notes

Explores the design and limitations of the Crosscut extension model focusing on local constraint solving, dataflow visualization through algebraic expressions, split operators, handling circular dependencies, and potential extensions like propagating guesses and bridging information to improve interactive geometry constraint solving.

2/21/2023
Ink and SwitchInk and Switch

Ink Note Feb 2023: Crosscut Extension Design Jam • James's Notes

Exploring design improvements for the Crosscut extension to achieve truly bidirectional circuit programming by integrating meta-ink visual relationships with declarative formula-like expressions, enhancing intuitive creation and encapsulation of reusable components.

2/21/2023
Ink and SwitchInk and Switch

Ink Note Feb 2023: Crosscut Extension Design Jam • Alex's Notes

Exploration of well-formedness rules, spatial queries, and component abstraction in Crosscut circuit design to enhance usability and functionality.

2/21/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

How a Brown professor sharpened and shrunk GPT-3

How a Brown professor improved GPT-3 by shrinking it and using multitask training with curated data.

2/21/2023
Fly.ioFly.io

Shipping Logs

This blogpost explains how to ship logs from your applications, centralize them, and use log aggregators like Logtail.

2/21/2023
Snorkel AISnorkel AI

Cleanlab CEO shows automatic data-cleansing tools

Cleanlab CEO demonstrates automatic data-cleansing tools for model training, exposing millions of errors in benchmark datasets

2/17/2023
RobloxRoblox

Generative AI on Roblox: Our Vision for the Future of Creation

Exploring the future of creation on Roblox through the implementation of generative AI.

2/17/2023