Reposted by Mircea CadariuMartin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com · 23/05/2025Got the cover design for the second edition of DDIA from the publisher. Now just need to finish the effin’ manuscript… 923327
Reposted by Mircea CadariuGitHub @github.com · 23/03/2025Java may be 30 years old, but it is in its lane, focused, and flourishing. ✨ Let’s take a look at how it’s evolved over the decades and why learning Java could be good for your career. ⬇️github.blogWhy Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise developmentFor 30 years, Java has been a cornerstone of enterprise software development. Here’s why—and how to learn Java. 2239945
Reposted by Mircea CadariuCynthia Dunlop @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social · 20/02/2025If you missed (or want to revisit) @gwenshap.bsky.social's 🔥 P99 CONF keynote "High Performance on a Low Budget," here's your chance. thenewstack.io/high-perform... via @thenewstack.io 0123
Reposted by Mircea CadariuWeb Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 13/02/2025"I don’t need an agent, I want to maintain my own agency." "Can we get back to building a web where people have agency instead of inhuman agents?" This ties into much of what I was thinking about earlier today. Pondering what kind of web *do* we want? www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/t...miriamsuzanne.comTech continues to be politicalAnd the politics aren't looking great 2315
Reposted by Mircea CadariuMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I’d say probably more like Joffrey Baratheon 1303182170
Reposted by Mircea CadariuFirr @firr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025If you change your code and it starts working 10 times faster, you started doing something clever. If you change your code and it runs a hundred times faster, you stopped doing something stupid. 1124516
Reposted by Mircea CadariuLaurence Tratt @ltratt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025New post: "Can We Retain the Benefits of Transitive Dependencies Without Undermining Security?" tratt.net/laurie/blog/... 3426
Reposted by Mircea CadariuMaggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com · 26/01/2025Reluctantly spent part of the weekend trying to interpret the DeepSeek R1 manic panic happening on the hell site. Took a minute, but wrote myself notes to clarify the basics: maggieappleton.com/2025-01-deep... TLDR; a cheaper, higher-quality, open-source reasoning model for everyone. Net good.maggieappleton.comDeepSeekMaggie's digital garden filled with visual essays on programming, design, and anthropology 917124
Reposted by Mircea CadariuArmin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at · 24/01/2025“Celebrated are the minimal dependencies, the humble function that just quietly does the job, the code that doesn't need to be touched for years because it was done right once.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/1/24/bu...lucumr.pocoo.orgBuild It YourselfWe need a vibe shift on dependencies in programming. 1811522
Reposted by Mircea CadariuRandy Shoup @randyshoup.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Must-read: AI copilots as Option Value by the ever-brilliant @realgenekim.bsky.social 1. Build things faster 2. Tackle more ambitious projects 3. Build things yourself 4. Have more fun 5. Explore more options Guaranteed return on the ~15 minute investment! itrevolution.com/articles/gen...itrevolution.comPotential GenAI Impact On DORA Metrics: Five Dimensions Of Value For Developers—Especially Creating Option Value!Having helped establish the DORA metrics a decade ago, Gene Kim explores the puzzling DORA 2024 findings: why did GenAI boost learning and flow, yet decrease stability? I make the claim that we need t... 042
Mircea Cadariu @mcadariu.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Misty views from today’s Boxing day walk in the Peak District, England 000
Reposted by Mircea Cadariushikhar @schmizz.net · 20/12/2024So excited to announce the preview launch of S2! s2.dev/blog/intros2.devIntroducing S2The Log – made serverless 55917
Reposted by Mircea CadariuHazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 17/12/2024You see, it turns out observability is pretty useless because it doesn’t do anything. Yet... Somehow? It’s this thing that we’ve been able to grow into a multi billion dollar industry composed entirely out of “get a bunch of data, and then…” That’s it?? hazelweakly.me/blog/the-fut...hazelweakly.meThe Future of Observability: Observability 3.0 | Hazel WeaklyObservability, so hot right now. Over the years, we’ve seen observability go from an unknown concept to a ubiquitious phrase that everyone is desperate to stamp... 187014
Reposted by Mircea CadariuEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Ringo has entered the building. Can’t believe we get to see two Beatles. 🔥 Paul McCartney at the o2 London. Wow. 1234403438
Reposted by Mircea CadariuDave Cramer @postgres.rocks · 14/12/2024postgresintl.blogspot.com/2024/12/does...postgresintl.blogspot.comDoes anyone use client connectors for PostgreSQL ?Recently, I attended a conference talk about the vibrant ecosystem of PostgreSQL. It was a fascinating presentation, showcasing the incredi... 093
Reposted by Mircea CadariuUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12/12/2024Fully in Schengen - where you belong. europa.eu/!jrMWXC 1036782
Reposted by Mircea CadariuJen LB @jenlb.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Bravo Romania - its court annulled the 1st round of elections due to online interference by russia bc 1 candidate received “preferential treatment on social media platforms, which … distort[ed] … voters’ expressed will.” Does anyone doubt the same thing happened here? apnews.com/article/roma...apnews.comRomania's top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidateA top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right... 1053132501
Reposted by Mircea CadariuGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 01/12/2024This obituary for the award-winning costume designer of Peaky Blinders, Stephanie Collie, is a wonderful tribute to her research process and skill. It’s easy to criticise costumes in TV historical dramas, but historical inaccuracies are rarely errors, they’re often storytelling choices 775904586
Mircea Cadariu @mcadariu.bsky.social · 01/12/2024The major cause of bad software is constantly solving imaginary problems 000
Mircea Cadariu @mcadariu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024The best explanation of floating point I came across, really helps understanding fabiensanglard.net/floating_poi...fabiensanglard.netFloating Point Visually Explained 001
Reposted by Mircea CadariuJosh Long 🍃 @starbuxman.joshlong.com · 21/11/2024Spring Boot 3.4 is here! spring.io/blog/2024/11...spring.ioSpring Boot 3.4.0 available nowLevel up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you. 08928
Mircea Cadariu @mcadariu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Hehe, no more poking fun at the name allowed, they stepped up 👏 buff.ly/3YWbU1jbuff.lyAmazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity - AWSDiscover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity 010
Mircea Cadariu @mcadariu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Great explanation of how binary quantization works. Give this a try if you have large vector datasets, gains seem impressive (at expense of small retrieval accuracy degradation) emschwartz.me/binary-vecto...emschwartz.meBinary vector embeddings are so coolVector embeddings by themselves are pretty neat. Binary quantized vector embeddings are extra impressive. In short, they can retain 95+% retrieval accuracy with 32x compression 🤯. 010
Reposted by Mircea CadariuWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 20/11/2024With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size. At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive. 442362415413