Migrating Millions of Users to Auth0 Without Downtime
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Read morePlaying Tetris With Quantum Circuits
A simple guide to calculate and reduce the depth of a quantum circuit with Qiskit.Have you ever wondered if your quantum circuit will run efficiently on a real quantum device? Can you even do anything to improve that? — Well, the answer is yes! To achieve this we need to understand the concept
Read moreStreamlining GPT-2 Model Training on a GPU VM with Ansible
Just about two months ago, I became quite enamored with language models. It started with a GPT 3.5 Plus account and then rolled back to GPT2 so I could test my hand at working with language models. And I quickly ran into hurdles.I have quite a powerful home lab server with
Read moreThe meeting that changed how we build software (Ep. 579)
Jim Highsmith, an original signatory on the Agile Manifesto, tells Ben and Ryan about what software development looked like at the time of the Apollo program, the evolution of user interface, and the meeting where “17 adventurous techies changed the world.” Plus: How a savvy shoe choice helped introduce Agile
Read moreJava 20 Pattern Matching for Switch: What’s Under the Hood?
An overview of the new features in Java’s latest releasesAll images by authorPattern matching for switch statements and expressions has evolved as the latest releases unveiled. We can already play with the most exciting changes, such as pattern guards and record patterns, in the Java 19 and 20 preview versions.Let’s consider the
Read moreChris’ Corner: Shifting
So many interesting little nuggets I’ve saved up for you this week! Let’s do it. Jehl’s Law of Web Performance: A website should load before you can say “cumulative layout shift” lol I love that. Stoyan calculated it to be 1.722 seconds. Speaking of layout shifts, did you know the
Read moreSeven Months Into Open Source And Counting
Random notes about the journey so farImage from adobe.comEngineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.— Scott AdamsWhen asked why I quit a full-time job and devoted all my energy to an open-source project, I gave inconsistent answers: an intended gap period
Read moreGitHub’s Magic Tools — GitHub CLI, API, and JavaScript
Exploring programmable GitHub operations and visualizationContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreUnleashing Engineering Excellence: Proven Methods to Tackle Tech Debt and Supercharge Your Team
A head of engineering’s guide to conquering tech debt and empowering engineering excellenceContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreInvestigating the I/O Monad in Go
From concepts to implementationPhoto by Marat Gilyadzinov on UnsplashIn this article, we will continue our investigation of applying functional programming concepts to Go. While in the previous article, we concentrated on pure functions, we will dive into the ideas and implementation behind effectful functions.Guiding PrinciplesLet’s recap some of the guiding principles.Pure
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