J.B. Straubel talks Tesla, Redwood Materials and keeping a startup mentality at any scale
J.B. Straubel has worn many hats in his career: co-founder of Tesla, Tesla Board Member, and more recently, founder and CEO of battery materials and recycling startup Redwood Materials. But in his heart, he’s a engineer, he said during a fireside interview at TechCrunch Disrupt. “I think of myself first
Read moreHow Long Should a Class Be — When Clean Code Isn’t Really Clean
How Long Should a Class Be — When Clean Code Isn’t Really CleanHow rules for clean code can sometimes undermine its actual qualityImage generated by MidjourneyNot long ago, I was looking for a new job, meticulously sifting through a sea of job adverts, each designed to catch the eye and encourage candidates to send
Read moreAgTech leaders dish on untapped and overlooked opportunities for founders
Lab-grown meat is buzzy for a reason. The ick factor is palpable, and the benefits of scaling alternatives to factory farming are enormous. Yet, plenty of other crucial corners of agriculture often go overlooked— at least as far as headlines are concerned. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, we asked two leading
Read moreOptimize Your Cache with These 4 Cache Eviction Strategies
The perfect eviction policy is like being able to see into the future and know what items users will need or notContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAgri-Trak is helping farms replace pen and paper with digital tools to track labor and production
Meet Agri-Trak, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to help farms digitize, track and analyze their labor and production. The Pultneyville, New York-based startup presented today at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield to detail how its labor tracking and H2-A compliance software is helping farms replace pen and paper with easy-to-use digital
Read moreExploring CoreData — From Data Model Creation to Managed Object Instances
Exploring CoreData — From Data Model Creation to Managed Object InstancesThe Core Data technology stack that makes SwiftData so excellentPhoto by Marek Piwnicki on UnsplashFor every developer who uses Core Data, building a data model using Xcode’s Core Data Model Editor, creating a container, loading a data model, and ultimately creating managed object
Read moreRole Explosion: The Hidden Cost of RBAC
Photo by Scott Webb on UnsplashIn today’s complex organizational landscapes, managing access control efficiently is crucial. The traditional approach of using coarse-grained permissions, often called Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), has its unintended consequences. One of these consequences is known as “Role Explosion.”In this article, we’ll explore what Role Explosion is, why
Read moreAmazon Devices Event 2023: Everything you need to know about Alexa, Echo, Fire TV and more
Amazon kicked off its annual Fall Devices Event today, revealing its generative AI plans, a slew of Alexa and Echo announcements, Fire TV streaming news, along with updates to Amazon’s smart home gear like its Blink and Ring cameras and a new, yet very expensive, eero Wi-Fi system. It’s a
Read more5 things to get straight before submitting an RFP to a digital marketing agency
The already-colossal $200 billion online advertising industry is staring down unprecedented innovation — and even more significant revenue.
Read moreJusticeText taps AI to transcribe evidence for public defenders
While studying computer science at the University of Chicago, Devshi Mehrotra and Leslie Jones-Dove were inspired to build tech that centered on the needs of communities historically marginalized by law enforcement. They ended up reaching out to local public defenders, who told them that they were being overwhelmed by hours of
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