Feature-based code organization in frameworkless projects
Organizing front-end projects to minimize cross-cutting concernsPhoto by Ivan Torres on UnsplashFor the past couple of months, I’ve been working on two side projects. I was going through a little experimentation spree and played with various techniques, tools, and concepts. Finally, in the clear, I’ve decided to summarize my thoughts and
Read moreThe Last Mile in a Software Solution is the Longest
Last-minute integrations take longer than a minute to doContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreLeadership Journal: Become an Inspiring Leader in 10 Minutes a Day
Improving your leadership skills with self-reflection — collect new insights, think creatively, make better decisionsHave you ever finished a busy workweek, wondering what it was that you’ve accomplished throughout? Me too.I bet you spend time every day racing between numerous tasks on your to-do list. Perhaps you’re rushing from one meeting to the
Read moreLLaMA 2: The Dawn of a New Era
Key differences from LLaMA 1, safety & violations, Ghost Attention, and model performance.Image generated by Stable Diffusion.Instant Access to Resources and Important LinksPaperGitHub repositoryHuggingFace models (you need to request access by agreeing to the license)Playground (using text-generation-inference)LLaMA 2 model familyMeta just released the new state-of-the-art open LLM, which is a collection of
Read moreYour Personal Copy Editor: Build a LLM-backed App Using LangChain.js and Electron
Turning my idea into a productContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreHow AI can help your business, without the hallucinations
SPONSORED BY DOIT Large language models are all the rage. But they have a bad habit of injecting factual errors, known as hallucinations, into their responses. We sit down with Sascha Heyer, Senior ML specialist at DoIT, to learn how organizations can leverage the power of GenAI while avoiding the
Read moreMy Journey From Entry Level to Engineering Manager
The first five years of any career are a roller coaster — here’s what my journey from entry-level developer to engineering manager was likeContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreNuke the Backlog
aka “Honey, I shrunk the backlog”Photo by Fotis Fotopoulos on UnsplashA few years ago, I was consulting with an airline that had a major web project going on. The engineering team was delivering around 100 story points a month, which sounded quite good — although if you know story points, you know they can
Read moreThe Power of Mentors
Only when we stand on the shoulders of giants can we see further than ever beforeContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreUnreleased Resource Stream: Sometimes Garbage Collectors Do Not Save Us
You always have to throw the garbage without waiting for helpImage created by me with GencraftThe problem with not releasing the resources we use is that over time the server fills up with things to do and can no longer process incoming requests, causing a disservice. This may be due to a
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