From the blog
Why call one API when you can use GraphQL to call them all?
Ryan welcomes Matt DeBergalis, CTO at Apollo GraphQL, to discuss the evolution and future of API orchestration, the benefits of GraphQL in managing API complexity, its seamless integration with AI and modern development stacks, and how it enhances developer experience through better tooling and infrastructure.
Programming problems that seem easy, but aren't, featuring Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet, the first Stack Overflow user with a million reputation, sits down with Ryan to share his wealth of knowledge on all things development: the deceptively simple but actually complicated problem of timezones, the importance of clear documentation for programmers, handling breaking changes and upgrading legacy systems, and the need for improved communication skills among developers.
Reliability for unreliable LLMs
Large language models are non-deterministic by design. Here's how you can inject a little bit of determinism into GenAI workflows.
Interesting questions
What's a good way to use exceptions in a C++ project?
Only catch an exception if you can use it.
My proposals for introducing a new technology keep getting turned down
"Naval architecture is by nature very conservative. It has to be. Too many lives have been lost due to mistakes in naval architecture."
Does this bread exist in real life?
A good reminder that, while bread is nearly universal, its form isn't.
Can you replace several ethernet cables with a single fiber line?
Trick question: you're not using Ethernet.
Links from around the web
A neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speech
Researchers at UC Davis are bringing us one step closer to a fully digital vocal tract.
After months of coding with LLMs, I'm going back to using my brain
The ghost is not yet in the machine.
The First Time I Was Almost Fired From Apple
Moral of the story: Do NOT put a T.S. Eliot quote into Apple's color picker, no matter how cool it might be.
The Era of Full-Stack Chip Designers
The future designers of the world will have a full-stack chip on their shoulders.
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