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09 November 2022 0h16

I think it really suffers from being a leaky abstraction – it's pretending to be a single thing like Twitter, but the boundaries between servers mean it actually works in all sorts of surprising things ways

9 November 2022

Linking significant work to issue threads for better context

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08 November 2022 21h01

I'm a fan of trying to link significant pieces of work to an issue thread, to provide a place for additional context, screenshots and other notes to exist independently of the commit log – see my notes here https://
simonwillison.net/2022/Oct/29/th
e-perfect-commit/
… Agree that forcing it for ALL commits is bad tho

Efficient ActivityPub implementations with Python asyncio and Rust

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08 November 2022 20h56

Yeah I genuinely do worry about that I'm looking forward to more efficient ActivityPub implementations – stuff like Python asyncio on top of SQLite could use a lot less resources than Sidekiq non-async workers and PostgreSQL – or move the noisy bits directly to Go or Rust

Custom background tasks and SQLite database optimization

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08 November 2022 20h40

I believe there are background tasks deleting older content – it's certainly not lightweight though Naturally I'm poking around the edges of it to see if I could roll something fun and custom on top of SQLite

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Databricks optimizes cloud VMs with Azure and AMD technologies

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08 November 2022 19h26

Two of our favorite things: saving our users time AND money That's why we combined the latest technologies from @Azure
, Databricks, and @AMD to help users take advantage of the new Lasv3-series VMs with the Databricks Runtimes. See for yourself https://
dbricks.co/3TdOkIZ

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Twitter Engineer Warns Platform Breaking Under Feature Strain

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08 November 2022 17h01

Folks may be tired of talking about the potential decline of Twitter, but this piece by a Twitter engineer on how the site might start breaking under the strain of new features & not enough people, is good Also, a useful perspective on how software decays https://
technologyreview.com/2022/11/08/106
2886/heres-how-a-twitter-engineer-says-it-will-break-in-the-coming-weeks/
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Data Sovereignty and Cloud Cost Optimization in MLOps

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08 November 2022 17h01

How do you protect data sovereignty, reduce cloud costs, and future-proof your infrastructure investments? On Nov. 10, top experts—including @nvidia
's VP of Enterprise Computing, @ManuvirDas
—explain how you do all that in the real world. #MLOps Register: https://
domino.buzz/3UjejzD

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Essential Python Learning Guide for All Applications

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@avikumart_

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08 November 2022 15h30

The best guide for learning python for all kinds of applications Must have resource if you use python for majority of your task Save for your future reference https://
docs.python-guide.org