Experiences with Nvidia
Our team started working within Nvidia in early 2009 at the beginning of the ORNL Titan project. Our Nvidia contacts dealt with applications, libraries, programming environment and performance optimization. First impressions were that their technical stance on issues was very reasonable. One obscure example: in a C++ CUDA kernel were
Read morePrompt engineering courses: Questions to ask before you begin
No matter your industry or chosen profession, learning how to use generative AI tools is quickly becoming a necessity, not a luxury.Whether you’re using it to write copy, analyze data, build code, or brainstorm new product ideas, knowing how to use artificial intelligence in real world applications is a skill
Read moreLLM prompt engineering: What it is and how it can help with your AI success
In the age of artificial intelligence, how we talk to machines has never been more important.At the heart of this new communication revolution is a rapidly emerging field called prompt engineering, where art and science come together to unlock the full potential of large language models (LLMs). Key takeaways The
Read moreBetter performance, smarter workflows: What’s new in Stack Overflow for Teams
Our July 2025 release focuses on stability, integration, and actionable insight—designed to help your teams stay informed, secure, and efficient as they scale.
Read moreAttention isn’t all we need; we need ownership too
Ryan welcomes Illia Polosukhin, co-author of the original "Attention Is All You Need" Transformers paper and co-founder of NEAR, on the show to talk about the development and impact of the Transformers model, his perspective on modern AI and machine learning as an early innovator of the tech, and the
Read moreLegendre polynomials
The previous post mentioned Legendre polynomials. This post will give a brief introduction to these polynomials and a couple hints of how they are used in applications. One way to define the Legendre polynomials is as follows. P0(x) = 1 Pk are orthogonal on [−1, 1]. Pk(1) = 1 for
Read moreGetting creative with Coding Challenges
An experiment to level up your coding skills on Stack Overflow, while learning in a space that welcomes creative problem-solving. Discover how we built it.
Read moreThe biggest perturbation of satellite orbits
To first approximation, a satellite orbiting the earth moves in an elliptical orbit. That’s what would get from solving the two-body problem: two point masses orbiting their common center of mass, subject to no forces other than their gravitational attraction to each other. But the earth is not a point
Read moreTransmission Obstacles and Ellipsoids
Suppose you have a radio transmitter T and a receiver R with a clear line of sight between them. Some portion the signal received at R will come straight from T. But some portion will have bounced off some obstacle, such as the ground. The reflected radio waves will take a longer
Read moreWhy 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.
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