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Mark your calendars, we're hosting our first live Q&A! Join us on February 26 at 3pm EST to hear from Stack Overflow's CEO, Chief Product & Technology Officer, and VP of Community about how we're investing in the Stack Exchange network and exploring new ways for our users to engage on our site in 2025 and beyond.
Why build your own vector DB? To process 25,000 images per second
Ben and Ryan chat with Babak Behzad, senior engineering manager at Verkada, about running a pipeline that vectorizes 25,000 images per second into a custom-built vector database. They discuss whether the speed is due to technical brains or brawn, the benefits of processing on device vs. off, and the importance of privacy when using image recognition on frames from a video camera.
Will the web ever be the primary delivery system for 3D games?
Jaime Torrealba, a frontend developer currently at Push Security, joins Ryan to talk about 3D graphics and web development. Their conversation ranges from the evolution of technologies like WebGL and WebGPU to the importance of performance optimization for different devices to the frameworks available for creating 3D experiences. Jaime also explains the layers of abstraction in 3D development and shares some insight into what the future of 3D applications might look like.
Community Products Roadmap Update, January 2025
An update on recent launches and the upcoming roadmap.
Interesting questions
Is it acceptable to regularly ask a professor questions from a course textbook reference even beyond the course material?
It's a sign that you are interested in the material and thinking beyond the confines of the course.
IBM thought the PC would only sell 25,000 units. How much free software did they write for those 25,000 users?
Even the operating system was extra.
How does an "enterprise browser" work?
It boldly searches where no one has searched before.
How does the Linux Kernel know how to run DotNET programs
Who configured you? <shakes computer> Answer me!
Links from around the web
Why we’re bringing pebble back
The software behind Pebble, the e-ink smartwatch of the early 2010s, is now open source, and the watch is coming back too!
How I learned to code with my voice
Accessibility issues can sneak up on you, and this developer learned how to navigate them with her voice.
Monorepos in JavaScript and TypeScript
This is a comprehensive deep-dive into monorepos for JavaScript and TypeScript, what they are, why you'd use them, and how to set them up best.
A computer can never be held accountable
A legendary note from 1979 is still relevant today.
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