Large language models and mnemonics

The Major mnemonic system encodes numbers as words in order to make them easier to remember. Digits correspond to consonant sounds (not spellings) as explained here. You can use the system ad hoc, improvising an encoding of a word as needed, or you can memorize canonical encodings of numbers, also

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When does a function have an addition theorem?

Motivating examples The addition theorem for cosine says that and the addition theorem for hyperbolic cosine is analogous, though with a sign change. An addition theorem is a theorem that relates a function’s value at x + y to its values at x and at y. The squaring function satisfies

The Overflow #186: Do large language models know what they’re talking about?

Welcome to ISSUE #186 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: probing the intelligence of LLMs, responding to “work faster” feedback, and Ethernet turns 50. From the blog Do large language models know what they are

Automation Testing In Large Enterprises: Best Practices

Learn about best practices for automation testing of apps in large enterprises, and the ideal scenarios for turning to automation testing. Continue reading Automation Testing In Large Enterprises: Best Practices on SitePoint.

Converting Amplify Lambdas to TypeScript

The easiest way to convert and maintain Amplify functions in TypeScriptAmplify + Lambda + TypeScriptFirst off… I really wish the AWS Amplify CLI offered TypeScript as a language option when adding new functions. If they did, this article wouldn’t exist.Since this isn’t an option at the moment, the only alternative is

Mastering the SwiftUI task Modifier

With the introduction of the async/await feature in Swift 5.5, Apple has also added the task view modifier to SwiftUI, making it easier for developers to use asynchronous code based on async/await within views. This article will introduce the characteristics, usage, and precautions of the task view modifier, and provide

How terrifying is giving a conference talk? (Ep. 589)

Connell, a UK-based .NET developer and senior software engineer at Stack Overflow, tells the home team about his path to software development via text-based RPGs, his work on Stack Overflow’s Community Enablement team, why Agile gets so much hate, and what he’s learned giving conference talks to developers. Episode notes:

The value of code

Midjourney: noir cartoon humanoid robot typing on a keyboard at a computer workstationSooner or later, every software engineering organization is faced with the task of trying to evaluate the productivity of their team and the performance of its members. And invariably, the conversation turns into a discussion about whether, or

Late Stage Microservices

I read about the Amazon Prime Video team’s effort to scale and cut costs by 90% by combining their microservices into a monolith. While I’m sure there’s more to the story here, there are similar stories published around the Internet; a kind of rebuttal to the microservices craze of the